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Fastest Test double hundreds

Last updated on: December 03, 2009 21:18 IST

Virender Sehwag raced to a double hundred off just 168 balls on Day 2 of the third Test against Sri Lanka. It is the second fastest double century in Test cricket.

The double hundred club:

Balls	Batsman	Countries	Venue	Season
153	NJ Astle (222)	NZ v Eng	Christchurch	2001-02
168	*V Sehwag (284)**	Ind v SL	Mumbai BS	2009-10
182	V Sehwag (254)	Ind v Pak	Lahore	2005-06
194	V Sehwag (319)	Ind v SA	Chennai	2007-08
211	HH Gibbs (228)	SA v Pak	Cape Town	2002-03

Sehwag's 284* is the third highest score by an Indian batsman in Test cricket. The dashing opener now holds the first three places in the list of top-5 best scores by Indian batsmen.

Runs	Batsman	Opponents	Venue	Season
319	V Sehwag	South Africa	Chennai	2007-08
309	V Sehwag	Pakistan	Multan	2003-04
284*	V Sehwag	Sri Lanka	Mumbai BS	2009-10
281	VVS Laxman	Australia	Kolkata	2000-01
270	R Dravid	Pakistan	Rawalpindi	2003-04

Most runs in boundaries in an innings

202 of Sehwag's runs came in boundaries alone -- 40 fours and 7

sixes.

He is thus the first Indian and only the fourth batsman in Test history to score 200 runs in boundaries.

The following table lists batsmen with most runs from boundary shots:

Batsman	Boundary runs	4s	6s	Countries	Venue	Season
JH Edrich (310*)	238	52	5	Eng v NZ	Leeds	1965
ML Hayden (380)	218	38	11	Aus v Zim	Perth	2003-04
Inzamam-ul-Haq (329)	206	38	9	Pak v NZ	Lahore	2001-02
V Sehwag (284*)	202	40	7	Ind v SL	Mumbai (BS)	2009-10
V Sehwag (319)	198	42	5	Ind v SA	Chennai	2007-08
WR Hammond (336*)	196	34	10	Eng v NZ	Auckland	1932-33

Rajneesh Gupta Mumbai