Top 10 most brutal innings in Test cricket

4. Virender Sehwag (309 vs Pakistan, India in Pakistan 2004)

This man has a way of dismissing the opposition that nobody else has. The inning that earned him the title of ‘Multan ka Sultan’ was one such display of hitting that was not seen often before. He scored one of the fastest triple hundreds in an innings that lasted 375 deliveries. India ousted Pakistan of the game with the help of Viru’s innings and won the game by an innings and 52 runs. Sehwag hit a total of 39 fours and 5 sixes. India reached the 350-run mark on the first day itself, helped by the brisk scoring that Sehwag does when he is in his element.

He was part of the 160 run stand for the first wicket along with Aakash Chopra and a 336 run-partnership with Sachin for the 3^rd wicket, who scored an unbeaten 194 to take the 1^st innings total to 675, when Dravid surprised everyone by declaring the innings without waiting for Tendulkar to complete his double ton. Sehwag, on the other hand, crossed the 100 and 300-run mark by hitting sixes, which makes this inning all the more ruthless. Pakistan bowlers were left searching for deliveries to bowl to him, and it looked like they had given up the hope of taking his wicket. The win was India’s first in Pakistan and the decision for man of the match was pretty straightforward.