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952 Runs for 6 wickets is Highest Innings Total in History of Test Cricket. In a match against India at Colombo in Aug, 1997, Sri Lankan batsmen faced a total of 272 overs and scored 952 runs with a run rate of 3.51 runs per over
India had chased a big target of 406 runs against the West Indies in the year 1976. Indian opener Sunil Gavaskar scored a century in the fourth innings, while Gundappa Viswanath too played an important role in the chase with his brilliant innings of 112 runs.
Virender Sehwag scored fastest triple hundred in test cricket in 278 balls against South Africa in the Future Cup in Chennai, India, in 2008.
Largest margin of victory after following on in test cricket is 171 runs
Rohit Sharma whacked 13 sixes, in a Test against South Africa in 2019. He hit 6 sixes in the first innings and 7 in the second innings. Maximum by a player in a Test Match. He smashed centuries in both the innings of this test.
Tendulkar played 45 matches and has won the Man of the Match award most times (9). The next best is Glenn McGrath, the Australian pacer. He is 3 awards behind the Master Blaster, with 6 trophies.
Rohit Sharma is the first batsman to score 4 centuries each in all three forms of international cricket, Tests, ODIs and T20 Internationals. No other Batsman has achived this milestone in the International Cricket.
Virat Kohli is also the first Indian to hit 7 double hundreds. Kohli surpassed Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag, who had 6 double hundreds to their names.
There are moments in sporting history that live forever. Indian Cricket Captain Kapil Dev accepting the Prudential World Cup Trophy on 25th June 1983 at the balcony of Lord’s in London below is one of them.
What makes Dhoni’s finishing extra special is the fact that he has made it a habit of finishing it off with a six. If we count ODI matches that Dhoni finished with a ‘Six’, it is record 9 times.