Thursday, October 10th, 2024

Who are those Indians who scored a triple century in just one innings of a Test match? 1 player did this feat twice


New Delhi. Many players have scored triple centuries in Test cricket. This includes many Indian players as well as many foreign cricketers. The only player to score 400 runs was former West Indies cricketer Brian Lara. No one has been able to reach his/her record till date. Today we will tell you about 2 such players from India who have achieved the feat of scoring triple centuries in Test cricket. The names of Virender Sehwag and Karun Nair come in this list.

Former India team’s fierce opener Virender Sehwag was the first Indian cricketer to score a triple century in Test cricket. he/she did this feat against Pakistan in 2004. In that match, Veeru scored a total of 309 runs in 375 balls. he/she made life difficult for the Pakistani bowlers. his/her strike rate was around 83 during this period. After doing this, he/she became the first cricketer to score a triple century for India.

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The cricketer who scored a triple century for India for the second time was also Virender Sehwag. he/she scored a double century once again exactly 4 years later on 26 March 2008. Sehwag scored a triple century in the first innings of the first test match against South Africa. he/she scored a total of 319 runs in 304 balls against the African team. his/her strike rate was around 104.93.

Apart from Sehwag, Karun Nair has achieved the feat of scoring a triple century for India. Karun Nair scored a triple century in the test match against England in Chennai on 16 December 2016. Nair played an unbeaten innings of 303 runs in 381 balls. The strike rate was around 80. However, despite this, Karun could not play many test matches for India. he/she could play only 6 matches in his/her career.

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