4 players who scored triple centuries more than once in Test Cricket

Cricket is recognized as one of the most popular sports around the globe with an approximate of 1.089 billion people who follow this sport. There are many records in cricket that most of us have heard of like Sachin's 100th hundred or 800 wickets by Muttiah Muralitharan in Test cricket and many more.

Many players in the past have worked hard to etch their names in the history books by creating some unbreakable records. Only 30 times players have gone on to score more than 300 runs in Test Cricket in a single inning.

Let's have a look at those four batsmen in the history of Test match cricket who have scored two innings of more than 300 runs.

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#1 Sir Donald Bradman (Australia)

Sir Donald Bradman is one of the greats in the history of cricket. He holds the record of 'Highest Individual Test Batting Average' in minimum 15 innings of 99.94.

Sir Bradman went on to score his first triple hundred on 11th July 1930 against England at Leeds. It is the only instance in cricketing history that a batsman scored a triple hundred in one day. He went on to score 334 in that match and helped Australia to a total of 556.

The second time Sir Bradman scored a triple hundred was four years later against the same opponent and at the same venue. He scored 304 and helped Australia recover from a position when they were 39 for three.

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#2 Brian Charles Lara (West Indies)

Brian Lara against Australia in 1999

The former International cricketer from Trinidad is known as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. His world record of 400* in a single inning of a Test match still remains unbeaten.

Brian Lara scored his first triple hundred against England at St.John's on 16th April 1994. He went on to score 375 which was also the highest individual score at that time. He shared a stand of 179 with Jimmy Adams, 193 with Keith Arthurton and 219 with Shivnarine Chanderpaul to help West Indies reach 593 for 5. The match ended in a draw.

Later on, after a decade, he scored 400* against the same opponents, at the same venue, which became the world record for the highest runs by an individual at international level. He had two partnerships with Ramnaresh Sarwan and Ridley Jacobs of 232 runs and 282 runs respectively.

#3 Christopher Henry Gayle (West Indies)

Christopher Henry Gayle

Also known as the 'Universe Boss', Chris Gayle is third in the list of scoring double triple hundreds in Test matches.

Chris scored his first ever Test triple century against South Africa at St.John's on 29th April 2005, where he scored 317 runs. Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan had partnerships with Chris of 341 and 149 runs respectively which helped WI reach a total of 747 runs.

Later in 2010, Gayle again scored 333 against Sri Lanka at Galle International Stadium which also became his highest score in all three formats. Before getting bowled by Mendis, Gayle had three big partnerships with Adrian Barath, Darren Bravo and Brendan Nash of 110, 196 and 167 runs respectively.

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#4 Virender Sehwag (India)

Virender Sehwag

Known as one of the most destructive batsmen in the history of cricket, Virender Sehwag is the last on the list.

On 28th March 2004 against Pakistan, Sehwag scored his first triple hundred in Test cricket where he went on score 309 runs. Sehwag started off with an opening partnership of 160 with Akash Chopra and then with Sachin Tendulkar for 360 runs. India won this match by an inning and 60 runs.

Later in 2008 on 26th March, Sehwag scored another triple hundred against South Africa at Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. Batting second, Sehwag had an opening partnership of 213 runs with Wasim Jaffer and then with Rahul Dravid of 268 runs. He went on to score his highest individual score in Test cricket of 319 runs in just 304 balls.