Cricket and India

Sehwag scored his sixth test double century in the third match between India and Sri Lanka, being played at Mumbai. He went on to score 293 from just 254 deliveries. He narrowly missed the chance to become the first cricketer to score three triple hundreds in test matches.

The following is the list of leading test double hundred scorers from India:

1. Virender Sehwag - 6

2. Rahul Dravid - 5

3. Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar - 4

Sehwag has also moved to the joint fourth spot in the world for maximum number of test double centuries. The list is led by legendary Don Bradman

1. Don Bradman, Australia - 12

2. Brian Lara, West Indies - 9

3. Wally Hammond, England - 7

4. Sehwag (India), Sangakkara (SL), Jayawardene (SL), Atapattu (SL) & Javed Miandad (Pak) - 6