Sehwag's 228 most by an Indian in a day

Virender Sehwag's 228 on the opening day of the Multan Test are the maximum runs scored by an Indian in a single day's play in Test cricket.

To put Sehwag's performance in right perspective, this statistician went through the details of all 1693 Test matches played till date and came-up with the startling fact that there have been only six better performances than Sehwag's effort in all Test matches.

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Interestingly it was also Sehwag who held the previous record for India. He had made 195 on the opening day of Melbourne Test in December 2003.

The world record is in the name of Don Bradman, who is the only batsman to score 300 runs in a day.

The accompanying table lists the top-10 batting performances in a single day's play. It will be observed that Sehwag's performance is the best by any batsman (along with South African Herschelle Gibbs) since 1954.

Runs on the day	Batsman (Score)	Countries	Venue	Season
309	DG Bradman (334)	Aus v Eng	Leeds	1930
295	WR Hammond (336*)	Eng v NZ	Auckland	1932-33
273	DCS Compton (278)	Eng v Pak	Nottingham	1954
271	DG Bradman (304)	Aus v Eng	Leeds	1934
244	DG Bradman (244)	Aus v Eng	The Oval	1934
239	FMM Worrell (261)	WI v Eng	Nottingham	1950
228	HH Gibbs (228)	SA v Pak	Cape Town	2002-03
228	V Sehwag (228*)	Ind v Pak	Multan	2003-04
223	WR Hammond (227)	Eng v NZ	Christchurch	1932-33
223	DG Bradman (223)	Aus v WI	Brisbane	1930-31