Three cheers once again

In 2004, he became the first Indian to score a triple century. This year, he became the third cricketer in the world, after Sir Don Bradman and Brian Lara, to have two triple hundreds to his credit. Abhijit Chatterjee on attacking batsman Virender Sehwag’s astounding feat
Exactly four years ago Delhi batsman Virender Sehwag walked into the record books with a triple hundred, completed characteristically with a six, against Pakistan at Multan. That was no ordinary knock. No Indian, neither the greatest Indian batsman of all times, Sunil Gavaskar, nor "master blaster" Sachin Tendulkar, had reached the landmark. (And an insider says the only reason why Tendulkar does not yet talk of calling it a day is the fact that he desperately wants to have a triple century against his name so that he can better his role model Gavaskar).

INCREDIBLE ACT: Virender Sehwag acknowledges the greetings of the crowd after his treble ton at Chennai. — Photos by PTI

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Borrowed, yet pleasing
Jannat (Sony BMG)
Whatever you may say about Mukesh Bhatt’s films as such, they always have above-average music. This quality is even higher in this film directed by Kunal Deshmukh. It is the creation of Pritam, who, after facing the charges of plagiarism, has had to admit that "let me tell you, my songs in Mukesh Bhatt’s forthcoming film, Jannat, which I had claimed were completely original are no longer so.