| Sehwag and his Record Double century 293 | | | | England Leeds 20-Jul-34 |
| It was on the 2nd of Dec 2009 when the 3rd Test | | | | V Sehwag 257 India v South |
| match between Sri Lanka and India started. It was | | | | Africa Chennai 26-Mar-08 |
| Cricket India hero who contributed to the most of | | | | It wasn’t any easy for the Sri Lankan players to |
| the scores, guess who, it was none other than | | | | stop Sehwag from hitting centuries. It looked like |
| Sehwag! It wasn’t a very difficult task for him | | | | they were in the battlefield fighting against Sehwag |
| to score double century, he was just 16 runs away | | | | from scoring his runs. With 40 Boundary Shots and 7 |
| from creating a record of completing his triple | | | | over the ropes, Sehwag managed to score 293 runs. |
| century on that day of the match. | | | | He backed by not scoring just 7 runs which would |
| After Bradman from Australia, and Hammond from | | | | have led him to complete his triple century. It was a |
| England, it’s Sehwag who scored a double | | | | very good score to hit 284 runs from 239 balls on |
| century of 284 in a day’s match and with this he | | | | the first day of the match and 293 out of 254 balls |
| has bagged the third place in the history of centuries. | | | | within the second day. With this he nearly became |
| Below is the list of most runs scored by a player in a | | | | the first Indian cricketer to score three triple |
| day’s game: | | | | hundreds before falling seven-run short of the mark. |
| Player Runs Team | | | | People from India and possibly from various places |
| Opposition Ground Match Date | | | | may have been eagerly waiting for Sehwag to |
| DG Bradman 309 Australia | | | | complete his 3rd triple century, but it just left all in |
| England Leeds 11-Jul-30 | | | | shock when Sri Lankan Cricketer Muralitharan caught |
| WR Hammond 295 England New | | | | and bowled him before he could take off to 300. It |
| Zealand Auckland 31-Mar-33 | | | | may be disappointing for Cricket india but there is |
| V Sehwag 284 India Sri | | | | always a chance and we are sure to watch this hero |
| Lanka Mumbai 2-Dec-09 | | | | hitting more than triple century in test matches! |
| DCS Compton 273 England v | | | | However we have a list of players who were |
| Pakistan Nottingham 1-Jul-54 | | | | heartbroken just like Sehwag for not completing 300 |
| DG Bradman 271 Australia v | | | | runs and were out with 290’s. |