Sehwag equals record on second day of Test

Sehwag equals the record of scoring a 50 or more in 11 consecutive Tests after making 59 off 54 balls.

MOHALI: India rode on Virender Sehwag's record-equalling half-century to reach 110-2 in their first innings in reply to Australia's 428 in the opening Test in Mohali on Saturday.

The Indian opener scored a blazing 59 off 54 balls with 10 fours in the final session.

Sehwag equalled the record of scoring a 50 or more in 11 consecutive Tests. West Indies' Viv Richards and Indian Gautam Gambhir are the other batsmen to have achieved the feat.

With the pitch offering no help to bowlers, Australia struggled to contain runs as Sehwag went for his shots from the beginning and raced to his half-century off 38 balls.