Individual Records

Virender Sehwag – Test Centuries Lists (by Teams, Year, Venue, & Countries)

Virender Sehwag was an aggressive player by nature, and one would wonder how well he would fare in Tests as his style of play was more compatible with the shorter formats of the game.

But on the contrary, Sehwag found success in Tests more than he ever did in ODIs or T20Is. Though he had a decent ODI career, it was in Tests that he proved to be a match-winner.

In fact, Sehwag was the 3rd fastest in Test history to amass 6000 runs and the 6th fastest to cross the 7000-run milestone in Tests.

In his playing career that spanned over 14 years, Sehwag amassed a staggering 17253 runs across formats in international cricket at an average of just over 40 in 443 innings.

The former batsman hammered 38 international centuries in all (23 in Tests and 15 in ODIs) during his stupendous career.

Sehwag had scored 23 Test centuries, and 15 ODI centuries – 38 in total.

This article will list Virender Sehwag’s centuries in Test cricket. Let us dwell deep into each of his 23 Test centuries.

List of Virender Sehwag Test Centuries

No.ScoreVersusBalls Faced4/6InningsVenueYearMatch Result
1105South Africa17319/01Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein2001Lost
2106England18318/01Trent Bridge, Nottingham2002Drawn
3147West Indies20624/31Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai2002Won
4130New Zealand22516/22Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali2003Drawn
5195Australia23325/51Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne2003Lost
6309Pakistan37539/61Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan2004Won
7155Australia22121/02MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai2004Drawn
8164South Africa22824/22Green Park, Kanpur2004Drawn
9173Pakistan24419/22Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali2005Drawn
10201Pakistan26228/22M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru2005Lost
11254Pakistan24747/12Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore2006Drawn
12180West Indies19020/21Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia2006Drawn
13151Australia23611/23Adelaide Oval, Adelaide2008Drawn
14319South Africa30442/52MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai2008Drawn
15201*Sri Lanka23122/41Galle International Stadium, Galle2008Won
16131Sri Lanka12218/21Green Park, Kanpur2009Won
17293Sri Lanka25440/72Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai2009Won
18109South Africa13915/02Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur2010Lost
19165South Africa17423/22Eden Gardens, Kolkata2010Won
20109Sri Lanka11819/12Galle International Stadium, Galle2010Lost
21109Sri Lanka10519/02P Sara Oval, Colombo2010Won
22173New Zealand19924/11Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad2010
23117England11715/11Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad2012Won

Key insights from the above stats

2: The number of triple centuries hit by Virender Sehwag in his Test career. Only three others have hit two triple centuries in their Test careers, and they are Chris Gayle, Don Bradman, and Brian Lara. Lara converted one of the triple hundreds into a 400.

278: Virender Sehwag just took 278 balls to complete his second Test triple century. He did so against a strong South African attack in Chennai, where he smashed a sensational 319, which remains the highest-ever score by an Indian in Test cricket.

207: Virender Sehwag took just 207 balls to reach his 250 in a Test match against Sri Lanka in 2009 at Mumbai, and this remained the fastest ever in Test cricket to reach the milestone until Ben Stokes (197 balls) broke the same in 2016 against South Africa.

1: Innings that Virender Sehwag took to score his maiden Test century, and he became just the 11th Indian to score a Test match century on debut. He did so against South Africa at Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein.

5: The number of centuries the right-hander has hit against Sri Lanka and South Africa, his most against any team in Test cricket.

4: The number of centuries Sehwag has scored against the arch-rivals Pakistan in Test cricket. He made India’s first-ever triple century in Tests against Pakistan at Multan, and one can safely say that Pakistan is arguably his favourite opponent.

6: The number of Test double centuries Sehwag smashed in his glorious career, which comprised 104 matches. He has the second joint most number of 200s by an Indian in Test cricket, along with Sachin Tendulkar, and his tally is only surpassed by Virat Kohli.

Virender Sehwag has hit Test centuries in all countries he has played except New Zealand, Bangladesh, and Zimbabwe.

He truly had a sensational Test career, where he averaged 49.34 while scoring 8586 runs in 180 Test innings.

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