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XtraTime Web Desk: Picking Indian cricket team’s former star opener Virender Sehwag’s five best innings is very tough. In his career he has scored over 17,000 runs which includes 39 centuries and among them in 11 knocks he has scored 150 or more runs in international cricket. After former India skipper Sourav Ganguly sent him to bat up the order earlier in his career, Sehwag showed everyone the meaning of power hitting in world cricket. Now among those we will talk about top five remarkable knocks which he played in his career. 309 vs. Pakistan [caption id="attachment_88679" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Virender Sehwag scored 309 runs against Pakistan at Multan.[/caption] Any game between the two rival countries like India & Pakistan has been a high voltage game. And this time it was the first Test between the two countries after 15 years. That’s why a triple century by Sehwag was a as magnificent as it could ever be because that knock in 2004 helped the Men in Blue register a magnificent victory. In his 309-run knock Sehwag hit 39 bounderies and 6 huge sixes. The innings remains the highest-ever Test innings by an Indian and lasted a stamina-sapping and concentration-testing 531 minutes. 319 vs. South Africa [caption id="attachment_88680" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Sehwag scored 319 against South Africa.[/caption] In this match South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first on a batting paradise. After they put on a huge total of 540 runs on board the pressure was totally on India, but it was Sehwag who decided to give a fight back to the star Proteas bowling line-up. The all-action opener blasted the fastest triple century in Test cricket history...an attack comprising of Dale Steyn, Jacques Kallis, Makhaya Ntini and Morne Morkel. Sehwag scored 257 runs on the third day of the match—the most scored in single day since 1954—and put his country back on top and in with a chance of completing a remarkable victory (the game actually ended in a draw). 195 vs. Australia [caption id="attachment_88681" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Sehwag scored 195 at MCG against Australia.[/caption] When the Australian cricket team was like invincible during Ricky Ponting’s era, we are talking about that time. A very few cricketer dominated the Aussie bowling line-up like Sehwag did in 2003. In that game he smashed 195 on the first day of the test match on a lively pitch. The innings, which was more than 53 per cent of his side's total, included five bludgeoned sixes and was the highest-ever score by an Indian batsman at the MCG. With the Aussies fighting back to bag the game, the knock was all in vain, but it was a coming-of-age moment for Sehwag as a Test match player. 122 vs CSK (2014) [caption id="attachment_88682" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Sehwag on his way to 122 against CSK.[/caption] Now if we talk about the Indian Premier League, Sehwag’s knock of 122 against Chennai Super Kings in 2014 had surprised many. He was at the very end of his career, and his selection in the Kings XI team was much debated. However, he rose to the occasion in the all-important Qualifier, smashing 122 runs off 58 balls, including 12 fours and 8 sixes. His knock even overshadowed Suresh Raina's 87 off 25 balls Eventually, Kings XI Punjab won by 14 runs and progressed to the final thanks to Sehwag. 83 vs England (2008) [caption id="attachment_88683" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Virender Sehwag on his way to 83.[/caption] Probably the best knock in Sehwag's career, although not a big century. India was set a daunting target of 387 in just over 90 overs on a worn-out fifth-day pitch. Out came this man to score 83 runs off 68 balls, and set up the platform for the Master Blaster to pull off an unexpected victory. Tendulkar later dedicated the win to all the brave souls who lost their lives in the Mumbai terror attack. Those 83 runs had more context than many other hundreds, and it instilled the belief and confidence that any target could be achieved with this man at the crease.