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The first test of the South Africa's tour of India in 2008 saw Virender Sehwag score his second triple century and record India's highest Individual score. [ 73 ] Virender Sehwag holds the top two highest individual score for India.
[1] [2] In the chase to achieve top scores, West Indian Garfield Sobers retired in 1974 as the most prolific run scorer in Test cricket, with a total of 8,032 runs. [3] The record stood for nine years, until it was broken by England's Geoffrey Boycott in the 1982 series against India.
Alan Davidson (Australia), in the tied 1st Test at Brisbane against the West Indies in 1960–61, was the first man to score 100 runs and take 10 wickets in a match (and is the only other player to achieve this so far), but without a century: his two scores with the bat were 44 and 80, in addition to 11 wickets (5/135 and 6/87).
The first Test triple century was achieved by Andy Sandham of England against the West Indies in 1930 in the first Test series hosted in the West Indies. [4] The quickest Test triple-century was scored in 4 hours 48 minutes, by Wally Hammond for England against New Zealand at Auckland in 1932–33. [1]
New Zealand built a 134-run lead after bowling out India for 46, its lowest total in a home test on Thursday. Opener Devon Conway led the way with 91 runs off 105 balls. Rachin Ravindra (22) and ...
In the final Test at Port of Spain he scored centuries in both innings of the match with scores of 124 and 220, becoming the second Indian player to perform the feat. [12] He became the first player to score two centuries in a Test match for the third time, when he made 107 and 182 not out in a match against the West Indies in December 1978.
With a target of 444 runs, India faced the task of chasing down what would have been a record-breaking chase in Test cricket. The openers adopted an aggressive approach, scoring at a run-a-ball rate, until a contentious slip catch was claimed by Green off the bat of Gill. [41] Before tea, India had reached 41/1 in 7 overs of their innings.
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