Many Cricketers shared their opinions and some Twitted. "I am very happy for Viru. It is even more satisfying that an Indian has broken my record." Sachin Tendulkar.

"I say it again! I never saw Sir Viv bat but I've seen Sehwag bat! What a player, 219 in a one day game is next to impossible!" Yuvraj Singh twitted.

"Wow, Test match tomorrow but am still up watching Virender Sehwag score, hopefully, 200. Unreal, and he does [get the] highest ever. Well done mate." Australia's David Warner twitted.

"When Viv Richards retired I thought it was end of entertainment. But then came Sehwag, the King of entertainment! Long live the King!!" TV commentator and former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja twitted.

"Sehwag had a habit of dragging his back foot out of the crease while playing his shot. To stop that, I tied one end of a rope to his leg and another to a post. He practiced like this for one month to cure himself," A.N.Sharma, former coach of Sehwag, reports Reuters.

Sehwag also made 309 against Pakistan at Multan in 2004 became only the third player to achieve the feat of two triple hundreds in test series, matching Australian Don Bradman and West Indies batsman Brian Lara.