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Sehwag’s 200 against West Indies rated world’s top mobile video

Rebecca Hawkes ©RapidTVNews | 08-02-2012

Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag's stunning double century in the 4th one day international against the West Indies in Indore has became 2011's most popular mobile video clip, according to the votes cast in Vuclip's first annual 'Clippie' awards.

The independent video service received entries from over 200 countries after it invited viewers across the world to vote for their favourite mobile videos in 18 categories last year.

Virender Sehwag's achievement captured on mobile video not only topped India's Best Sports category, but also became the most voted for video across the board and across the globe.

The mobile video of the ice hockey game when Boston Bruins beat Vancouver Canucks to win the 2011 Stanley Cup champions after a gap of 39 years was the most voted for clip in the US' top sports category.

"Our first-ever Clippie Awards captures the huge variety of videos that our users love to watch on their mobile handsets. While our monthly global video insights reports reflect the quantitative analysis of most watched videos on mobile, we have instituted the Clippie Awards to honour the qualitative aspect of most-liked videos as decided by Vuclip users the world over," said Salman Hussain, Vuclip's vice president – business development and managing director, India & Middle East.

"These results show that the people wholeheartedly reward human excellence, be it Sehwag's double century, or Bruin's victory after almost four decades. Softer emotions also touch the hearts of the masses irrespective of nationality," he added.

Vuclip claims to have served over 6.6 billion video views worldwide on more than 5500 different types of mobile handsets.