Virender Sehwag – Test Centuries Lists (by Teams, Year, Venue, & Countries)

Virender Sehwag was an aggressive player by nature, and one would wonder how well he would fare in Tests as his style of play was more compatible with the shorter formats of the game.

But on the contrary, Sehwag found success in Tests more than he ever did in ODIs or T20Is. Though he had a decent ODI career, it was in Tests that he proved to be a match-winner.

In fact, Sehwag was the 3rd fastest in Test history to amass 6000 runs and the 6th fastest to cross the 7000-run milestone in Tests.

In his playing career that spanned over 14 years, Sehwag amassed a staggering 17253 runs across formats in international cricket at an average of just over 40 in 443 innings.

The former batsman hammered 38 international centuries in all (23 in Tests and 15 in ODIs) during his stupendous career.

Sehwag had scored 23 Test centuries, and 15 ODI centuries – 38 in total.

This article will list Virender Sehwag’s centuries in Test cricket. Let us dwell deep into each of his 23 Test centuries.

Virender Sehwag Test Centuries List

Century No	Score	Balls	4s/6s	Opponent	Inns	Venue	Year
1	105	173	19/0	v South Africa	1	Bloemfontein	2001
2	106	183	18/0	v England	1	Nottingham	2002
3	147	206	24/3	v West Indies	1	Wankhede	2002
4	130	225	16/2	v New Zealand	2	Mohali	2003
5	195	233	25/5	v Australia	1	Melbourne	2003
6	309	375	39/6	v Pakistan	1	Multan	2004
7	155	221	21/0	v Australia	2	Chennai	2004
8	164	228	24/2	v South Africa	2	Kanpur	2004
9	173	244	19/2	v Pakistan	2	Mohali	2005
10	201	262	28/2	v Pakistan	2	Bengaluru	2005
11	254	247	47/1	v Pakistan	2	Lahore	2006
12	180	190	20/2	v West Indies	1	Gros Islet	2006
13	151	236	11/2	v Australia	3	Adelaide	2008
14	319	304	42/5	v South Africa	2	Chennai	2008
15	201*	231	22/4	v Sri Lanka	1	Galle	2008
16	131	122	18/2	v Sri Lanka	1	Kanpur	2009
17	293	254	40/7	v Sri Lanka	2	Brabourne	2009
18	109	139	15/0	v South Africa	2	Nagpur	2010
19	165	174	23/2	v South Africa	2	Eden Gardens	2010
20	109	118	19/1	v Sri Lanka	2	Galle	2010
21	109	105	19/0	v Sri Lanka	2	Colombo (PSS)	2010
22	173	199	24/1	v New Zealand	1	Ahmedabad	2010
23	117	117	15/1	v England	1	Ahmedabad	2012

Key insights from the above stats

2: The number of triple centuries hit by Virender Sehwag in his Test career. Only three others have hit two triple centuries in their Test careers, and they are Chris Gayle, Don Bradman, and Brian Lara. Lara converted one of the triple hundreds into a 400.

278: Virender Sehwag just took 278 balls to complete his second Test triple century. He did so against a strong South African attack in Chennai, where he smashed a sensational 319, which remains the highest-ever score by an Indian in Test cricket.

207: Virender Sehwag took just 207 balls to reach his 250 in a Test match against Sri Lanka in 2009 at Mumbai, and this remained the fastest ever in Test cricket to reach the milestone until Ben Stokes (197 balls) broke the same in 2016 against South Africa.

1: Innings that Virender Sehwag took to score his maiden Test century, and he became just the 11th Indian to score a Test match century on debut. He did so against South Africa at Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein.

5: The number of centuries the right-hander has hit against Sri Lanka and South Africa, his most against any team in Test cricket.

4: The number of centuries Sehwag has scored against the arch-rivals Pakistan in Test cricket. He made India’s first-ever triple century in Tests against Pakistan at Multan, and one can safely say that Pakistan is arguably his favourite opponent.

6: The number of Test double centuries Sehwag smashed in his glorious career, which comprised 104 matches. He has the second joint most number of 200s by an Indian in Test cricket, along with Sachin Tendulkar, and his tally is only surpassed by Virat Kohli.

Virender Sehwag has hit Test centuries in all countries he has played except New Zealand, Bangladesh, and Zimbabwe.

He truly had a sensational Test career, where he averaged 49.34 while scoring 8586 runs in 180 Test innings.