Sehwag hits 110 for India against New Zealand, declared MOM

Opener Virender Sehwag hit a stylish century on Wednesday as India was bowled out for 223 by New Zealand in the decisive tri-series match. Sehwag stood out as other India batsmen struggled, making 110 off 93 balls to claim his 13th one-day international century. His knock included 16 boundaries and a six. Despite the early losses, Sehwag showed his customary flamboyance as he unleashed a flurry of strokes and scored the runs at a brisk pace. Sehwag was particularly severe on Mills as he clobbered him for two consecutive boundaries and then hammered Southee for a couple of boundaries. During the course of the innings, Sehwag became the seventh batsmen in ODIs to hit 1000 boundaries. The record of hitting the most number of boundaries in ODIs is held by Sachin Tendulkar who has 1927 boundaries. Sehwag took a single off spinner Williamson to complete his 13th ODI century which came off just 87 balls. Spinner Nathan McCullum brought an end to the 107-run fifth wicket partnership by evicting the dangerous Sehwag soon after he completed his century, much to the relief of his teammates. Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who won the toss and chose to bat, was India's next best scorer with 38. Seamer Tim Southee had figures of 4-48 for New Zealand, with offspinner Nathan McCullum also impressing with 3-35. The winner of the match will play Sri Lanka in the tournament's final on Saturday. India Won the match by 105 runs and Sehwag Declared MOM. Read more at: http://cricket.ndtv.com/storypage.aspx?id=SPOEN20100151003&nid=47157&cp Read more at: http://cricket.ndtv.com/storypage.aspx?id=SPOEN20100151003&nid=47157&cp