Karachi: Virender Sehwag came to the party at the National Stadium here, scoring the fastest One-day International century against Pakistan by any batsman, as India walked away with a surprisingly easy six-wicket victory in their crucial Group B Clash.Set 300 to win, India eased to their target with the loss of four wickets in just 42.1 overs.Sehwag scored his century off just 80 balls, with the help of ten boundaries and five sixes and was involved in a big standwith Suresh Raina that settled it in India's favour.Sehwag and Raina put on 198 runs after India lost Gautam Gambhir early to a blinder taken by Misbah-ul-Haq at gully. Raina was also extremely aggressive and the duo were always on the ball with the run-rate.
Raina faced 69 balls as he blasted ten fours and three sixes in his innings of 84, and looked all set to get his second consecutive century before he carved one straight down Fawad Alam's throat off Rao Ifthikhar Anjum.
Sehwag, who knocked up his ninth One-day hundred, also departed soon after offering a skier to Younis Khan, before Yuvraj Singh and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni continued India's surge towards the formidable target with relative ease.
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