Younis Khan's rare distinction

Younis Khan, by ending the ongoing India-Pakistan series with 553 runs, achieved a rare distinction of aggregating 500 runs in back to back series against a particular country.

Younis had aggregated 508 runs at an average of 101.60 when Pakistan had visited India last year.

Younis, in the course, became first Pakistani and only the second batsman after West Indian Everton Weekes to aggregate 500 runs in two successive series against India.

Overall this was the 17th instance of a batsman aggregating 500 or more runs in two successive series against a particular opponent. Younis, however, is alone in doing so in three-match series.

Batsman	Runs	For	Vs	Season	Mts	Inns	NO	Ave	Hs	100	50	0
Taylor, HW	508	SA *	Eng	1913-14	5	10	0	50.80	109	1	3	0
	582	SA *	Eng	1922-23	5	9	0	64.67	176	3	2	0
Bradman, DG	758	Aus	Eng*	1934	5	8	0	94.75	304	2	1	0
	810	Aus*	Eng	1936-37	5	9	0	90.00	270	3	1	2
Bradman, DG	680	Aus*	Eng	1946-47	5	8	1	97.14	234	2	3	1
	508	Aus	Eng*	1948	5	9	2	72.57	173*	2	1	2
Morris, AR	503	Aus*	Eng	1946-47	5	8	1	71.86	155	3	1	0
	696	Aus	Eng*	1948	5	9	1	87.00	196	3	3	0
Nourse, AD	621	SA	Eng*	1947	5	9	0	69.00	149	2	5	0
	536	SA *	Eng	1948-49	5	10	3	76.57	129*	2	2	0
Weekes, EdeC	779	WI	Ind*	1948-49	5	7	0	111.29	194	4	2	0
	716	WI *	Ind	1952-53	5	8	1	102.29	207	3	2	0
Harvey, RN	660	Aus	SA *	1949-50	5	8	3	132.00	178	4	1	0
	834	Aus*	SA	1952-53	5	9	0	92.67	205	4	3	0
Barrington, KF	582	Eng	Aus*	1962-63	5	10	2	72.75	132*	2	3	0
	531	Eng*	Aus	1964	5	8	1	75.86	256	1	2	0
Sobers, GStA	722	WI	Eng*	1966	5	8	1	103.14	174	3	2	1
	545	WI *	Eng	1967-68	5	9	3	90.83	152	2	2	1
Pollock, RG	537	SA *	Aus	1966-67	5	9	2	76.71	209	2	2	0
	517	SA *	Aus	1969-70	4	7	0	73.86	274	1	3	0
Chappell, IM	548	Aus*	WI	1968-69	5	8	0	68.50	165	2	3	0
	542	Aus	WI *	1972-73	5	9	2	77.43	109	2	3	0
Edrich, JH	554	Eng*	Aus	1968	5	9	0	61.56	164	1	4	0
	648	Eng	Aus*	1970-71	6	11	2	72.00	130	2	4	0
Gavaskar, SM	542	Ind	Eng*	1979	4	7	0	77.43	221	1	4	0
	500	Ind*	Eng	1981-82	6	9	1	62.50	172	1	3	0
Jones, DM	511	Aus*	Eng	1986-87	5	10	1	56.78	184*	1	3	0
	566	Aus	Eng*	1989	6	9	1	70.75	157	2	3	1
Boon, DC	530	Aus*	Eng	1990-91	5	9	2	75.71	121	1	3	0
	555	Aus	Eng*	1993	6	10	2	69.38	164*	3	1	2
Lara, BC	798	WI *	Eng	1993-94	5	8	0	99.75	375	2	2	0
	765	WI	Eng*	1995	6	10	1	85.00	179	3	3	0
Younis Khan	508	Pak	Ind*	2004-05	3	6	1	101.60	267	2	1	1
	553	Pak*	Ind	2005-06	3	5	0	110.60	199	2	2	1

* -- against Country denotes the venue of the series

Notes:
- Weekes played only two series against India and aggregated 500-plus in both of them.

- Bradman had aggregated 468, 974, 396, 758, 810, 434, 680 & 508 in 8 series against England

- Gavaskar had appeared in BCCI Golden Jubilee Test at Bombay in 1979-80 between the two series.

- Jones had appeared in Bicentenary Test at Sydney in 1987-88 between the two series.