<p>During the course of his unbeaten 239-ball carnage of 284, Sehwag repeatedly came down the track to unsettle Muralitharan, who bled 119 runs in his 20 wicket-less overs.<br />"Murali is a big challenge to face. If you have to play against a spinner like him, you have to attack him. Otherwise he will come and dominate you. So instead of allowing him to dominate, I dominated right from the first ball and pushed him into the back foot," Sehwag said of the off-spinner who has 1,300 international wickets under his belt.<br />The hard-hitting opener said he was determined to play a big knock after missing similar opportunities in the previous Tests at Ahmedabad and Kanpur.<br />"I had missed it a couple of times in the last two Tests and I did not want to miss it again here. I decided to take my time, see through the new ball and build my innings," he said. <br /><br />Post-lunch, Sehwag was simply unstoppable.<br />"Then I was seeing the ball really well. So I thought 'let's bat the way I bat -- see the ball, hit the ball'.<br />"It's still a good track to bat on. First day, the wicket was little damp so the ball seamed a bit. It was much better today and I think from fourth day, the track would turn," Sehwag said.<br /><br />Sehwag raised 221 runs with his opening partner Murali Vijay (76) who rued missing a century when he was trapped by Rangana Herath 24 runs away from the mark.<br />"I was very positive and was hitting the ball today. But that was a poor dismissal and maybe I would not make the mistake in my next match," said the youngster.<br /><br />Asked what advice he got from Sehwag during their partnership, Vijay said, "He told me to concentrate on watching the ball till the last moment and play."</p>
<p>During the course of his unbeaten 239-ball carnage of 284, Sehwag repeatedly came down the track to unsettle Muralitharan, who bled 119 runs in his 20 wicket-less overs.<br />"Murali is a big challenge to face. If you have to play against a spinner like him, you have to attack him. Otherwise he will come and dominate you. So instead of allowing him to dominate, I dominated right from the first ball and pushed him into the back foot," Sehwag said of the off-spinner who has 1,300 international wickets under his belt.<br />The hard-hitting opener said he was determined to play a big knock after missing similar opportunities in the previous Tests at Ahmedabad and Kanpur.<br />"I had missed it a couple of times in the last two Tests and I did not want to miss it again here. I decided to take my time, see through the new ball and build my innings," he said. <br /><br />Post-lunch, Sehwag was simply unstoppable.<br />"Then I was seeing the ball really well. So I thought 'let's bat the way I bat -- see the ball, hit the ball'.<br />"It's still a good track to bat on. First day, the wicket was little damp so the ball seamed a bit. It was much better today and I think from fourth day, the track would turn," Sehwag said.<br /><br />Sehwag raised 221 runs with his opening partner Murali Vijay (76) who rued missing a century when he was trapped by Rangana Herath 24 runs away from the mark.<br />"I was very positive and was hitting the ball today. But that was a poor dismissal and maybe I would not make the mistake in my next match," said the youngster.<br /><br />Asked what advice he got from Sehwag during their partnership, Vijay said, "He told me to concentrate on watching the ball till the last moment and play."</p>