Virender Sehwag added yet another feather to his cap by becoming the quickest Indian to aggregate 2,500 runs in Test cricket.

The dashing opener needed only 47 innings to reach this landmark, which are 3 less than Rahul Dravid, the previous record holder for India.

Sehwag is also the joint fifth fastest to aggregate 2,500 runs in a career after Don Bradman, Everton Weekes, Herbert Sutcliffe and Neil Harvey along with some very accomplished names like Wally Hammond, Dennis Compton and Vivian Richards.

Sehwag, in fact, is the faster than all contemporary 'great' batsmen – Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Matthew Hayden, Inzamam-ul-Haq to name a few.

Quickest Indians to aggregate 2,500 runs:

Batsman	Inns	Tests	Ave	HS	100s
Sehwag, V	47	29	54.39	309	8
Dravid, RS	50	30	55.56	190	6
Azharuddin, M	55	37	49.02	199	8
Gavaskar, SM	56	29	50.00	220	9
Tendulkar, SR	56	39	52.08	179	8
Ganguly, SC	60	35	46.30	173	7

Quickest to aggregate 2,500 runs in Test cricket:

Batsman	For	Inns	Tests	Ave	HS	100s
Bradman, DG	Aus	26	18	104.17	334	12
Weekes, EdeC	WI	42	26	62.50	207	9
Sutcliffe, H	Eng	43	28	64.10	176	8
Harvey, RN	Aus	46	27	60.98	205	10
Hammond, WR	Eng	47	27	60.98	251	8
Compton, DCS	Eng	47	28	64.10	208	10
Richards, IVA	WI	47	28	55.56	291	8
Sehwag, V	Ind	47	29	54.39	309	8