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Sehwag in the Fast Lane
- By Statsman
Virender Sehwag
Virender Sehwag, India's dashing opening batsman, added several landmarks to his already impressive kitty during the course of his magnificent 201 against Pakistan at Bangalore. 1. He became only the second batsman after the Australian Greg Chappell to score two double centuries against Pakistan 2. He became the fastest Indian to notch up ten Test hundreds, both in terms of innings and time, and also the quickest Indian to 3,000 Test runs in the least number of innings. He took 55 innings in comparison to Sunil Gavaskar's 64. Indian batsmen with at least ten Test hundreds to their credit, and the period of time taken to achieve that particular milestone:
| Career details | Tenth ton details | ||||||
| Players | 100s | Tests | Innings | Inns/100 | Tests | Innings | Period |
| Virender Sehwag | 10 | 34 | 55 | 5.50 | 34 | 55 | 3 Years & 141 days |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | 22 | 99 | 147 | 6.68 | 39 | 58 | 5 years & 223 days |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 34 | 123 | 197 | 5.79 | 41 | 59 | 6 years & 232 days |
| Sunil Gavaskar | 34 | 125 | 214 | 6.29 | 32 | 61 | 5 years & 342 days |
| Polly Umrigar | 12 | 59 | 94 | 7.83 | 50 | 78 | 12 years & 62 days |
| Mohinder Amarnath | 11 | 69 | 113 | 10.27 | 54 | 91 | 16 years & 10 days |
| Rahul Dravid | 20 | 89 | 150 | 7.50 | 56 | 96 | 5 years & 298 days |
| Gundappa Viswanath | 14 | 91 | 155 | 11.07 | 58 | 103 | 9 years & 312 days |
| Ravi Shastri | 11 | 80 | 121 | 11.00 | 72 | 109 | 9 years & 183 days |
| Saurav Ganguly | 11 | 82 | 132 | 12.00 | 68 | 113 | 7 years & 111 days |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | 17 | 116 | 185 | 10.88 | 83 | 135 | 10 years & 134 days |