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Sehwag reached his second triple-ton off only 278 balls, the fastest triple century in Test cricket, and his innings lasted 304 balls in total. The match ended in a draw. ^ The first ever Test triple hundred to be made against Sri Lanka, with the previous highest being Martin Crowe's 299. Khan brought up the milestone with a reverse sweep.
Sehwag is the first Indian to score a triple century (300 or more runs), and has done so twice—309 against Pakistan in Multan in 2004 and 319 against South Africa in Chennai in 2008. [10] The latter is the fastest triple century in Test cricket, the 300 coming up off just 278 balls, and is also the highest score with a strike rate over 100. [11]
Sehwag is the first Indian to have scored a triple century (300 or more runs), and has done so twice—309 against Pakistan in Multan in 2004 and 319 against South Africa in Chennai in 2008, the later being the fastest triple century in Test cricket with 300 coming up off just 278 balls. [154]
He scored 210 runs against Bangladesh in the third ODI in the India vs Bangladesh ODI Series and scored the fastest double century in ODI cricket, scoring 200 off of 126 balls. [31] On 18 January 2023, Shubman Gill became the second youngest player to score a double century. He was 23 years and 123 days old.
First ever ODI 150; Faced most balls in an ODI innings (201) 175* 18 June 1983: Kapil Dev India Zimbabwe: Scorecard: World Cup; Was the fastest ODI century; 189* 31 May 1984: Viv Richards West Indies England: Scorecard: 194 21 May 1997: Saeed Anwar Pakistan India: Scorecard: 194* 16 August 2009: Charles Coventry Zimbabwe Bangladesh: Scorecard
His second century, 134 against Pakistan in 1996, was scored at a strike rate of 206.15 and was the fastest century in ODI cricket at the time. This record was later broken by Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi. [19] The 189 he made against India in 2000 is the sixth highest ODI score in a single innings. [20]
This included a century in each innings of his 100th Test match thus becoming the only player in history to achieve that feat. In that match he also guided Australia to a successful run chase against South Africa on the final day. [6] In 2006, Ponting scored seven centuries, the most by an Australian in a year. [7]
His innings, made against New Zealand in 2002, is the only triple century at the ground. Mohammad Yousuf holds the record for most centuries scored at by an individual player with 5. [3] 40 ODI centuries have been scored at Gaddafi Stadium. Zaheer Abbas became the first player to score an ODI