4. Virender Sehwag- 293 vs Sri Lanka, 2009
One of the most destructive openers in world cricket, Virender Sehwag used to play Test cricket just like the way he played in the shorter formats of the game. He had the habit of hitting constant boundaries and taking risk more often than not every time he came out to bat. He had already scored 2 triple centuries in Test cricket when he missed the chance to score his third in a game against Sri Lanka in 2009.
In the 3rd Test of the three-match series, Virender Sehwag was caught and bowled by Muttiah Muralitharan on an individual score of 293, just seven runs short of his third triple century.
