10 interesting stories and records about Virender Sehwag

#6 Record of making the fastest triple century in Test match cricket

Sehwag scored the fastest triple century against South Africa in Chennai

It should come as no surprise that Sehwag holds the record for the fastest triple century in Test match cricket. Given his explosive nature of batting and a career strike rate of 82.23 in over 100 Test matches, one would expect him to be the holder of such records.

In his first triple century against Pakistan, he reached the landmark of 300 in 364 balls, just two behind Matthew Hayden’s then record of 300 off 362 balls.

He corrected this when he got to his second triple century against South Africa in Chennai, this time around reaching it in just 278 balls, making it the fastest triple century ever scored in Tests.