10 Batsmen who narrowly missed out on a triple hundred

#7 Ramnaresh Sarwan

Ramnaresh Sarwan scored 15 hundreds in Test matches and twice he went on to convert them into big scores. On both occasions, he could have scored a triple hundred.

In the second Test of the 2004 Bangladesh tour of West Indies, the Bangladesh batting lineup was dismissed for 284. In reply, Brian Lara scored a hundred and Sarwan scored an unbeaten 261 from 402 balls. Lara the captain decided to declare after Shivnarine Chanderpaul scored his hundred.

Bangladesh were dismissed for 176 in the second innings and West Indies won the match by an inning and 99 runs. But many thought Lara could have allowed Chanderpaul and Sarwan to play a little longer considering the match ended inside four days.

In the fourth Test of England's 2009 tour of West Indies, England scored a huge total of 600 in the first innings on the back of hundreds from England captain Andrew Strauss and Ravi Bopara and 90s from Alastair Cook and Paul Collingwood.

West Indies replied back strongly, scoring 749, mainly because of Sarwan's 291 and Denesh Ramdin's 166. Sarwan scored 291 from 452 balls and was bowled by Ryan Sidebottom. He missed a well deserve triple century but his efforts helped West Indies draw the match.

#6 Sir Viv Richards

Viv Richards was one of the players who redefined batting. Unlike other players of his generation, he believed in attacking the bowlers and yet averaged above 50, scoring more than 8500 runs.

Even the great Richards once missed a well-deserved opportunity to score a triple hundred. In the fifth Test of the West Indies tour of England in 1976, West Indies while batting first posted a mammoth score of 687/8 mainly because of Richards 291 from just 386 balls.

Had he scored a triple hundred in that match, it would have been the fastest triple hundred of that time.