Fastest Indian to 3000 runs

The statistical highlights from the third day at Bangalore

26-Mar-2005

When he reached 160, Virender Sehwag became the 16th Indian to get to 3000 Test runs. He achieved the landmark in his 34th Test, and while Sunil Gavaskar took the same number of Tests, he played 11 more innings than Sehwag. In fact, Sehwag is easily the fastest, in terms of innings, to reach the milestone. Mohammad Azharuddin, who's in second place, took 64 innings.

Quickest to 3000	Tests/Inngs	Ave	100s/ 50s
Sehwag	34/ 55	56.31	10/ 9
Azharuddin	43/ 64	50.00	10/ 10
Gavaskar	34/ 66	50.00	12/ 14
Dravid	39/ 67	49.18	7/ 16
Tendulkar	45/ 67	50.85	10/ 15

This innings also took Sehwag's first-innings average to a monumental 75.12. Among batsmen with at least 1500 Test runs, Sehwag's average is second only to Don Bradman's.

First-innings performers	Runs	Ave	1st inng 100s/ total 100s
Bradman	4697	97.85	19/28
Sehwag	2554	75.12	10/10
Weekes	3429	71.44	14/15
Barrington	5069	65.83	17/20
Hutton	4905	65.40	17/19

Sehwag's 201 was his 10th Test hundred, in his 34th match - that's a rate of a century every 3.4 games. Among batsmen with at least ten hundreds, Sehwag is in seventh place. Don Bradman is well ahead of the pack, while George Headley and Clyde Walcott are the only others with a ratio of less than three games per century.

Best Test/ 100 ratio	Tests	100s	Ratio
Bradman	52	29	1.79
Headley	22	10	2.2
Walcott	44	15	2.93
Weekes	48	15	3.20
Hayden	66	20	3.30
Sutcliffe	54	16	3.38
Sehwag	34	10	3.4
Sobers	93	26	3.58
Tendulkar	122	34	3.59
Greg Chappell	87	24	3.63

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