|
Home > Cricket > India's tour of Pakistan > Statistics
First Indian to score a triple
Rajneesh Gupta |
March 29, 2004 16:02 IST
Virender Sehwag became the first Indian and the 17th batsman in Test cricket history to score a triple ton in the Multan Test. Sehwag surpassed VVS Laxman's 281 (v Australia, Kolkata, 2000-01), which was the previous highest innings by an Indian player.The accompanying table lists the triple-centurions in Test cricket. England's Andrew Sandham was the first to do so. Australia's Don Bradman is the only batsman in Test cricket to score two triple centuries. Sehwag, however, is the only one to have reached the mark with a six. Score | Player | For | Vs | Inns | Test | Venue | Season | 380 | ML Hayden | Aus | Zim | 1st | 1st | Perth | 2003-04 | 375 | BC Lara | WI | Eng | 1st | 5th | St. John's | 1993-94 | 365* | GStA Sobers | WI | Pak | 1st | 3rd | Kingston | 1957-58 | 364 | L Hutton | Eng | Aus | 1st | 5th | The Oval | 1938 | 340 | ST Jayasuriya | SL | Ind | 1st | 1st | Colombo (RPS) | 1997-98 | 337 | Hanif Mohammad | Pak | WI | 2nd | 1st | Bridgetown | 1957-58 | 336* | WR Hammond | Eng | NZ | 1st | 2nd | Auckland | 1932-33 | 334* | MA Taylor | Aus | Pak | 1st | 2nd | Peshawar (AN) | 1998-99 | 334 | DG Bradman | Aus | Eng | 1st | 3rd | Leeds | 1930 | 333 | GA Gooch | Eng | Ind | 1st | 1st | Lord's | 1990 | 329 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Pak | NZ | 1st | 1st | Lahore | 2001-02 | 325 | A Sandham | Eng | WI | 1st | 4th | Kingston | 1929-30 | 311 | RB Simpson | Aus | Eng | 1st | 4th | Manchester | 1964 | 310* | JH Edrich | Eng | NZ | 1st | 3rd | Leeds | 1965 | 309 | V Sehwag | Ind | Pak | 1st | 1st | Multan | 2003-04 | 307 | RM Cowper | Aus | Eng | 1st | 5th | Melbourne | 1965-66 | 304 | DG Bradman | Aus | Eng | 1st | 4th | Leeds | 1934 | 302 | LG Rowe | WI | Eng | 1st | 3rd | Bridgetown | 1973-74 |
Sehwag's innings is now the third highest against Pakistan as detailed here-under: Score | Batsman | For | Vs | Inns | Test | Venue | Season | 365* | GStA Sobers | WI | Pak | 1st | 3rd | Kingston | 1957-58 | 334* | MA Taylor | Aus | Pak | 1st | 2nd | Peshawar (AN) | 1998-99 | 309 | V Sehwag | Ind | Pak | 1st | 1st | Multan | 2003-04 | 278 | DCS Compton | Eng | Pak | 1st | 2nd | Nottingham | 1954 | 268 | GN Yallop | Aus | Pak | 1st | 4th | Melbourne | 1983-84 | 260 | CC Hunte | WI | Pak | 1st | 3rd | Kingston | 1957-58 |
|
|
| Article Tools | | |
| Related Stories | | |
|