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Gayle creates history with second triple ton

November 16, 2010 20:00 IST

West Indies [ Images ] opener Chris Gayle [ Images ] on Tuesday became the fourth batsman in Test history to score two triple hundreds, after slamming an entertaining 333 in the first Test against Sri Lanka [ Images ], in Galle.

The left-hander joins a select band comprising of Don Bradman, Brian Lara [ Images ] and Virender Sehwag [ Images ], who have achieved the feat.

The details:

Batsman

Scores

Against

Venue

Season

Don Bradman (Aus)

334

England [ Images ]

Leeds

1930

 

304

England

Leeds

1934

Brian Lara (WI)

375

England

St. John's

1993-94

 

400*

England

St. John's

2003-04

Virender Sehwag (Ind)

309

Pakistan

Multan

2003-04

 

319

South Africa [ Images ]

Chennai

2007-08

Chris Gayle

317

South Africa

St. John's

2004-05

 

333

Sri Lanka

Galle

2010-11

 

Rajneesh Gupta