10 cricketers who missed out on a significant milestone during their careers

#7 Sehwag missing out on his third triple ton in Tests

Sehwag missed out on his 3rd triple ton by a mere 7 runs

The former Indian opener, Virender Sehwag, fondly called as "Sultan of Multan" is largely regarded as one of the most destructive batsmen in the history of cricket. With his fearless batting, Sehwag used to be a nightmare for bowlers for more than a decade. With 8586 and 8273 runs in Tests and ODIs respectively, Viru is the only Indian opener to score in excess of 8000 runs both Tests and ODIs.

Going into the third and the final Test of the Sri Lanka tour of India 2009 at Mumbai with two triple hundreds, replying to Sri Lanka's first innings score of 393, Sehwag reached 284 runs at stumps on Day 2. Just when it looked like Sehwag would get to the landmark with ease to become the only batsman to score three triple tons in Tests, he was dismissed by Muttiah Muralitharan against the run of play on 293, which meant that he fell short of the record by a mere 7 runs.