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- Asked whether the current Indian batting line-up was the best he has bowled against, Vettori said, "It is a very impressive line-up. But it is tough to say that it is the best I have played against. The top four players are complimented by the rest of the team. They allow the other players to be aggressive." "Sehwag is the key to all as he puts other teams off their game. The others guys can play around him. And when he is in form like this it becomes incredibly difficult to compete against him and so the key thing is to get his wicket," said Vettori. (Getty Images)
Virender Sehwag smashed the quickest One-day century by an Indian as the visitors defeated New Zealand by 84 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis method in the fourth ODI to secure their first series win. (Getty Images)
Sehwag's 60-ball hundred, powered by 13 fours and four sixes, bettered Mohammad Azharuddin's 62-ball century against the Kiwis at Baroda (1988-89). (Getty Images)
Sehwag was ballistic and he virtually butchered the hapless Kiwi attack with a flurry of electrifying strokes, which warmed the cockles of the hearts of Indian fans on a cold, blustery, rainy night. Holi couldn't have been more riotous than it was tonight, away from home. (Getty Images)
Given the small size of the grounds in New Zealand, an individual double century in an ODI is quite a possibility, reckons India's swashbuckling opener Virender Sehwag. (Getty Images)
"It is achievable in New Zealand because of the small grounds. Sachin (Tendulkar) was very close to achieving it (in the third ODI in Christchurch), as he still had five overs left in the innings before he retired hurt. If someone bats 50 overs on small grounds, he could possibly score a double. (Getty Images)
Matthew Hayden batted 50 overs and made 180 plus. So he was very close to it," said Sehwag, who blasted a 60-ball ton today to eclipse Mohammad Azharuddin's 62-ball century against the Kiwis in 1988. (Getty Images)
Incidentally, hard-hitting New Zealand opener Brendon McCullum yesterday felt Sehwag -- along with Tendulkar and West Indies captain Chris Gayle -- had the potential to reach the milestone. (Getty Images)
New Zealand's failure to find an answer to explosive opener Virender Sehwag has cost them the ongoing one-day series against India, hosts' skipper Daniel Vettori said today. "It was a good old fashioned hiding. There is no other word to explain it. We were pretty inept with the ball again. And we haven't found an answer to Sehwag and that is going to be the difference between the two sides," the New Zealand captain said after the blistering 75-ball 125 that Sehwag scored to guide India to a win in the fourth one-dayer. (Getty Images)
"I think Sehwag played exceptionally well, though we bowled a little bit better than we had in the earlier games. But it wasn't good enough to compete against him. We were just not consistent enough and when you play on such small ground you have to be inch perfect," added Vettori. (Getty Images)
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