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Sehwag completes 3000 Test runs

By Rajneesh Gupta
March 26, 2005 16:19 IST
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Virender Sehwag on day three of the third and final Test completed his 3,000 runs in Test cricket and in doing so, he became the quickest Indian in terms of least number of innings taken to accomplish this feat.

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Sehwag took 55 innings (and 34 Tests) to reach this landmark, overhauling Mohammad Azharuddin's previous Indian record. Azhar needed 64 innings (and 43 Tests) to complete his 3,000 Test runs.

Sunil Gavaskar, likewise Sehwag, took 34 Tests but 66 innings to do so.

In all Tests, only Don Bradman (33), Everton Weekes (51), Brian Lara (52), Herbert Sutcliffe (52), Neil Harvey (54) and Viv Richards (54) have completed 3,000 runs in lesser innings, while Gary Sobers also took same number of innings as Sehwag.

Quickest to complete 3,000 runs in Test cricket

Batsman For Tests Inns NO Ave Hs 100s Tst Vs Series
DG Bradman Aus 23 33 4 103.45 334 13 5th Eng 1932-33
EdeC Weekes WI 31 51 3 62.50 207 10 2nd Aus 1954-55
BC Lara WI 31 52 3 61.22 375 7 6th Eng 1995
H Sutcliffe Eng 33 52 5 63.83 176 12 1st Aus 1930
RN Harvey Aus 31 54 5 61.22 205 12 2nd Eng 1954-55
IVA Richards WI 33 54 3 58.82 291 9 2nd Eng 1980
GStA Sobers WI 33 55 9 65.22 365* 9 1st Aus 1960-61
V Sehwag Ind 34 55 2 56.62 309 10 3rd Pak 2004-05
CL Walcott WI 33 56 6 60.00 220 13 5th Aus 1954-55
DCS Compton Eng 34 57 9 62.50 208 12 2nd NZ 1949
JB Hobbs Eng 35 60 7 56.60 187 7 1st SA 1924

Quickest Indians to complete 3,000 runs in Test cricket

Batsman For Tests Inns NO Ave Hs 100s Tst Vs Series
V Sehwag Ind 34 55 2 56.60 309 10 3rd Pak 2004-05
M Azharuddin Ind 43 64 4 50.00 199 10 2nd Aus 1991-92
SM Gavaskar Ind 34 66 6 50.00 220 12 2nd Aus 1977-78
RS Dravid Ind 39 67 6 49.18 190 7 1st Zim 2000-01
SR Tendulkar Ind 45 67 8 50.85 179 10 3rd SA 1996-97
NS Sidhu Ind 47 70 3 44.78 201 9 2nd Aus 1997-98

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