Virender Sehwag became the second batsman to hit a double century in One Day International cricket after scoring a fast and furious 219 off 149 balls against West Indies. He reached this milestone at the Holkar Stadium, Indore, on December 8, 2011. The dashing Indian opener raced to the elusive mark in 140 balls when he square-cut Andre Russell for a boundary in the 44th over of the Indian innings, thus eclipsing Sachin Tendulkar who had taken 147 balls to reach there. In the process, Virender Sehwag also became the highest individual scorer in ODI cricket — Tendulkar had scored exactly 200 off 147 balls against South Africa at Gwalior in February 2010. It was a typical Sehwag innings which included 23 boundaries and seven sixes. Sehwag lost his wicket in the 47th over miscuing a shot off Kieron Pollard’s bowling. He was caught by the substitute fielder Anthony Martins. However, by that time India were comfortably placed for a total of over 400 runs.