Though the weather disturbed the proceedings in the form of rain, Sehwag did not stop whenever he got an opportunity to score runs. He did not bother whether it was a good ball or bad ball. He punished everything and scored the fastest hundred by an Indian overcoming Azharuddin's record.
Azharuddin quick century (in 62 balls) against New Zealand in Baroda in 1988. The second best was by Sehwag in 69 balls, against New Zealand in Colombo in 2001.
In the 4th ODI in Hamilton, he scored 100 in 60 balls which had 13 boundaries and 4 sixes. He was never under pressure when on nineties. He smashed a huge six of Vettori to move to 103.
When rain stopped play, he was unbeaten on 125 in 74 balls with 14 fours and 5 sixes. His rain pouring runs gave India the 3-0 lead and the first ever series win in New Zealand. India were ahead by 84 runs when the match was called off and India won by Duckworth-Lewis method.
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