This birthday would be the most memorable for Ramnaresh Sarwan, which was on Friday, as the man not only scored a hundred but also became the third man in Test history.  The 26 turned sports man hit the six boundaries in an over, and got himself in the third position in Test history after Chris Gayle and Sandeep Patil. What a terrific gift for his birthday, isn’t it!

Sarwan appeared to be really casual about his achievement after the second day’s play. He was quoted as saying, “To be very honest, there's no special feeling at all. Given the position of the game at that time and my innings, I was thinking only about the 100.”

He further added, “I knew that six fours in an over don’t happen often, but I was not seriously concerned about it. I was just playing by instinct, trying to stay positive, and at one stage Ganga walked up and said I had hit five fours.”

Ganga reported that he had advised the modest vice-captain of West Indies to go for it if given a chance. He said that such opportunities don’t really come often.

However, Sarwan didn’t seem to be convinced. He also reported, “Even after that I didn't tell myself that another four off the last ball (which turned out to be a no-ball) would make it special. I was thinking about being positive against Patel because he is the kind of a bowler who gets the better of you if you let him get on top.”