5 fastest Test innings by Indian batsmen

#2 Harbhajan Singh 54(37) vs England at Trentbridge (2002); [10*4s, 0*6s, SR - 145.93]

Here is the surprise I was talking about at the start, it's not Sehwag but the Turbanator who occupies the second spot in this list. In the 2nd Test of India's 2002 tour to England, India were put into bat by England and although Virender Sehwag scored a majestic 106 (his first century as an opener), India was struggling at 295-8 when Harbhajan Singh came into bat. Up against a fine pace battery consisting Matthew Hoggard, Steve Harmison, and Andy Flintoff, Harbhajan played with an abandon that is typical of a tail-ender. He took the bowling on and scored a brisk half-century that guided India to a competitive score of 357. England took a massive 260 run lead in the first innings, and it was the combined heroics of Dravid (115), Tendulkar (Vintage innings of 92), and Ganguly (99) in India's second innings that saved them the blushes of defeat.

But had it not been for Harbhajan's heroics in the first innings, India could well have ended up on the losing side.