Tendulkar joins the 300-run club

Sachin Tendulkar joined the exclusive club of Indians with 300-plus runs in a match with his unbeaten 60 in the second innings of the Sydney Test which followed his unbeaten 241 in the first innings. Tendulkar thus joined Sunil Gavaskar and his two teammates VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid who are the only other Indians to do so.

A total of 31 batsmen have now performed the feat of aggregating 300 or more runs in a match on 36 occasions.

Don Bradman is the only one to have done so thrice, while Lawrence Rowe, Brian Lara and Matthew Hayden have achieved this distinction twice apiece.

Highest match aggregates by Indian batsmen:

Runs	Inns1	Inns2	Batsman	For	Vs	Test	Venue	Season
344	124	220	SM Gavaskar	Ind	WI	5th	Port-of-Spain	1970-71
340	59	281	VVS Laxman	Ind	Aus	2nd	Calcutta	2000-01
305	233	72*	R Dravid	Ind	Aus	2nd	Adelaide	2003-04
301	241*	60*	SR Tendulkar	Ind	Aus	4th	Sydney	2003-04
295	222	73	R Dravid	Ind	NZ	1st	Ahmedabad	2003-04
293	190	103*	R Dravid	Ind	NZ	3rd	Hamilton	1998-99
289	107	182*	SM Gavaskar	Ind	WI	3rd	Calcutta	1978-79
278	205	73	SM Gavaskar	Ind	WI	1st	Bombay (WS)	1978-79

Highest match aggregates against Australia:

Runs	Inns1	Inns2	Batsman	For	Vs	Test	Season	Venue
364	364	dnb	L Hutton	Eng	Aus	5th	The Oval	1938
340	59	281	VVS Laxman	Ind	Aus	2nd	Calcutta	2000-01
306	287	19	RE Foster	Eng	Aus	1st	Sydney	1903-04
305	233	72*	R Dravid	Ind	Aus	2nd	Adelaide	2003-04
303	176	127	H Sutcliffe	Eng	Aus	2nd	Melbourne	1924-25
301	241*	60*	SR Tendulkar	Ind	Aus	4th	Sydney	2003-04

300 or more runs in a match by a batsman in Test cricket:

Runs	Inns1	Inns2	Batsman	For	Vs	Test	Venue	Season
456	333	123	GA Gooch	Eng	Ind	1st	Lord's	1990
426	334*	92	MA Taylor	Aus	Pak	2nd	Peshawar	1998-99
380	247*	133	GS Chappell	Aus	NZ	1st	Wellington	1973-74
380	380	dnb	ML Hayden	Aus	Zim	1st	Perth	2003-04
375	325	50	A Sandham	Eng	WI	4th	Kingston	1929-30
375	375	dnb	BC Lara	WI	Eng	5th	St. John's	1993-94
365	365*	dnb	GStA Sobers	WI	Pak	3rd	Kingston	1957-58
364	364	dnb	L Hutton	Eng	Aus	5th	The Oval	1938
362	277	85	GC Smith	SA	Eng	1st	Edgbaston	2003
354	17	337	Hanif Mohammad	Pak	WI	1st	Bridgetown	1957-58
351	221	130	BC Lara	WI	SL	3rd	Colombo (SSC)	2001-02
345	242	103	KD Walters	Aus	WI	5th	Sydney	1968-69
344	124	220	SM Gavaskar	Ind	WI	5th	Port-of-Spain	1970-71
343	274*	69*	SP Fleming	NZ	SL	1st	Colombo (PSS)	2002-03
341	142	199*	A Flower	Zim	SA	1st	Harare	2001-02
340	59	281	VVS Laxman	Ind	Aus	2nd	Calcutta	2000-01
340	340	dnb	ST Jayasuriya	SL	Ind	1st	Colombo (RPS)	1997-98
336	336*	dnb	WR Hammond	Eng	NZ	2nd	Auckland	1932-33
334	334	dnb	DG Bradman	Aus	Eng	3rd	Headingley	1930
329	30	299	MD Crowe	NZ	SL	1st	Wellington	1990-91
329	329	dnb	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pak	NZ	1st	Lahore	2001-02
321	244	77	DG Bradman	Aus	Eng	5th	The Oval	1934
315	311	4*	RB Simpson	Aus	Eng	4th	Old Trafford	1964
315	30	285*	PBH May	Eng	WI	1st	Edgbaston	1957
314	214	100*	LG Rowe	WI	NZ	1st	Kingston	1971-72
310	310*	dnb	JH Edrich	Eng	NZ	3rd	Headingley	1965
309	120	189*	B Mitchell	SA	Eng	5th	The Oval	1947
307	307	dnb	RM Cowper	Aus	Eng	5th	Melbourne	1965-66
306	287	19	RE Foster	Eng	Aus	1st	Sydney	1903-04
305	233	72*	R Dravid	Ind	Aus	2nd	Adelaide	2003-04
304	304	dnb	DG Bradman	Aus	Eng	4th	Headingley	1934
303	176	127	H Sutcliffe	Eng	Aus	2nd	Melbourne	1924-25
303	150*	153	AR Border	Aus	Pak	3rd	Lahore	1979-80
302	302	dnb	LG Rowe	WI	Eng	3rd	Bridgetown	1973-74
301	241*	60*	SR Tendulkar	Ind	Aus	4th	Sydney	2003-04
300	197	103	ML Hayden	Aus	Eng	1st	Brisbane	2002-03