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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]
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.
When he made 334—his first triple century—against England in the 1930 Ashes, Bradman scored 309 of those runs on 11 July 1930, which remains as the highest number of runs scored by a single batsman in one day. [10] It was the highest individual Test score until Wally Hammond scored 336 in 1933. [11]
Sharma made his ODI debut against Ireland in June 2007. [1] His first century came during the 2010 Tri-nation tournament in Zimbabwe when he made 114 against the hosts. In the 2013 bilateral series against Australia at home, he made two centuries, including a double-century. [a] The next year, he scored 264 against Sri Lanka at the Eden Gardens ...
His ODI centuries, which were scored at thirteen venues, have come against seven different opponents. [18] He became the fastest batsman to complete 5,000 one-day international runs during the fourth match against New Zealand in Karachi. [19] In August 2023, he became the batsman to have scored the most runs after the first 100 ODI innings. [20]
A qualification of 15 overall centuries is used for entry onto the men's list. To date, 127 cricketers have scored 15 or more international centuries, 83 of whom went on to score 20 or more centuries, 44 have scored 30 or more centuries, and 21 have a total of 40 or more centuries.
As of September 2019, he holds fourth place for the most ODI centuries in a career, behind Virat Kohli (50 centuries), Sachin Tendulkar (49 centuries) and Ricky Ponting (30 centuries). [18] 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.