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.	Score	Versus	Balls Faced	4/6	Innings	Venue	Year	Match Result
1	105	South Africa	173	19/0	1	Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein	2001	Lost
2	106	England	183	18/0	1	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	2002	Drawn
3	147	West Indies	206	24/3	1	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	2002	Won
4	130	New Zealand	225	16/2	2	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali	2003	Drawn
5	195	Australia	233	25/5	1	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	2003	Lost
6	309	Pakistan	375	39/6	1	Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan	2004	Won
7	155	Australia	221	21/0	2	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	2004	Drawn
8	164	South Africa	228	24/2	2	Green Park, Kanpur	2004	Drawn
9	173	Pakistan	244	19/2	2	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali	2005	Drawn
10	201	Pakistan	262	28/2	2	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru	2005	Lost
11	254	Pakistan	247	47/1	2	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	2006	Drawn
12	180	West Indies	190	20/2	1	Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia	2006	Drawn
13	151	Australia	236	11/2	3	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	2008	Drawn
14	319	South Africa	304	42/5	2	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	2008	Drawn
15	201*	Sri Lanka	231	22/4	1	Galle International Stadium, Galle	2008	Won
16	131	Sri Lanka	122	18/2	1	Green Park, Kanpur	2009	Won
17	293	Sri Lanka	254	40/7	2	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai	2009	Won
18	109	South Africa	139	15/0	2	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur	2010	Lost
19	165	South Africa	174	23/2	2	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	2010	Won
20	109	Sri Lanka	118	19/1	2	Galle International Stadium, Galle	2010	Lost
21	109	Sri Lanka	105	19/0	2	P Sara Oval, Colombo	2010	Won
22	173	New Zealand	199	24/1	1	Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad	2010
23	117	England	117	15/1	1	Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad	2012	Won

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.