Top 10 batsmen with most 200s in Test cricket

Top 10 batsmen with most 200s in Test cricket: The most glorious point in any cricketer’s life is when he gets to represent his nation in the ultimate format of the game; Test cricket. It’s the daydream of any budding cricketer who opts to play this sport. As far as batsmen are concerned they have to put up a marathon display of concentration on the crease as this format requires hell lot of skills and patience. There have been many batters who have excelled in Test cricket and have stitched their name in the cricket fraternity in golden letters. Though, there are many batters who score centuries in Tests but converting it into a big century as in double-century requires big appetite for runs, invariable levels of concentration and application on the crease to the best of ones abilities. Today, we list Top 10 Batsmen with most 200s in Test cricket: 10. Sachin Tendulkar (India) – 6: Sachin Tendulkar. (© Getty Images) The Master Blaster of cricket, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is epitomized as the greatest batsman to have played the sport. Why he wouldn’t be? He was a prolific run-scorer in Test cricket and hammered runs almost everywhere. The very sight of his impeccable straight-drive was as heavenly as the glorious blue sky. In 200 Tests, Tendulkar piled up a mind-boggling tally of 15,921 runs at an average of 53.78 with 6 double-hundreds against his name. Also Read – Top 10 Batsmen with most International centuries on winning occasions 9. Ricky Ponting (Australia) – 6: Ricky Ponting. (© Getty Images) One of the shrewdest cricketing brains, Ricky Ponting enjoys a glorious position in the history of Australian cricket with towering achievements to his credit. Ricky possessed a very solid technique and was barbarous hooker and puller of the cricket ball. When in full flow, Ricky was a breath-taking sight on the 22 yards. Punter represented Australia in 168 Test matches and scored 13,378 runs at an average of 51.85 with 41 hundreds and as many as 6 double-centuries. 8. Javed Miandad (Pakistan) – 6: Javed Miandad. (© Patrick Eagar/Getty Images) The Pakistani batting great Javed Miandad was one of the most flamboyant batsmen in the history of Pakistan cricket. Miandad was very severe on the spinners and the way he used his feet trembled even the best spinners of the world. But this guy was equally adept against pacers as well which was the key to his paramount success at international level. Javed featured in 124 Tests and accumulated 8832 runs at an excellent average of 52.57 with 23 centuries and 6 double-tons. Also Read – 9 batsmen who use their feet well against spinners 7. Virender Sehwag (India) – 6 Virender Sehwag. (© Getty Images) Making centuries is one thing and converting it into big hundreds is a different art. But this man was even beyond these things as he not only notched up big scores but also made them at a breath-taking rate to sway away the opponents completely. Viru had a simple philosophy and that was to attack. In his textbook of cricket if there is a delivery under his radar, he wouldn’t think twice smacking the very first ball of the Test match. Sehwag played 104 Test matches and smashed 8,586 runs at a healthy average of 49.34 with 6 double-tons. 6. Marvan Atapattu (Sri Lanka) – 6: Marvan Atapattu. (© AFP/Getty Images) The former Sri Lankan skipper Marvan Atapattu might not be the best sight on the 22 yards as far as style and elegance is concerned. But if there was one thing which made him a class apart was his efficiency with the bat which reaped fruits for the Lankan lions more often than not. Once he got in, he had the ability to bat for long hours and stood like a burly pillar for his side. Marvan played 90 Test matches and aggregated 5,502 runs with 16 centuries. Out of 16 centuries, Marvan converted 6 of them into double-centuries. 5. Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) – 7: Mahela Jayawardene. (Photo Source: AFP) The Sri Lankan legend Mahela Jayawardene was the face of class, elegance and graciousness. In the later part of his career he added improvisation to his game as well which aided in the expansion of his run-scoring ways. His late cuts and cover-drives oozed a different class altogether. Apart from featuring in the highest partnership for any wicket in Tests, Jayawardene also holds the record for the highest individual score of 374 runs by a Sri Lankan player. Mahela represented his country in 149 Test matches and stroked 11,814 runs with 34 centuries and 7 double-tons. 4. Wally Hammond (England) – 7: Walter Hammond. (Photo Source: Getty Images) One of the greatest batters in the history of cricket, Wally Hammond was a gem of a player and amassed 7,249 runs at an average of 58.45 with 22 centuries and 7 double-tons. His highest Test score being 336 and is also the batsman with second highest average in this list. But the stand-out feature about Hammond’s batting was the kind of majestic and jaw-dropping strokes, he pulled off and with relative ease. At a time when aerial shots were not in the trend, his fearlessness allowed him to play beautiful lofted strokes. 3. Brian Lara (West Indies) – 9: Brian Lara. (© Getty Images) West Indies legendary cricketer Brian Charles Lara is regarded as one of the most enthralling batsmen the cricket world has ever seen. Though he had a very unorthodox style of playing but the way he dominated great bowlers like McGrath, Lee, Warne, Muralitharan and Kumble made him a glittering star. Lara had the ability to score big hundreds and that too under any given conditions. He holds the record for highest individual score of 400 runs in an innings of a Test match. Brian played 131 Tests and made 11,953 runs at an average of 52.88 with 34 centuries and 9 double-centuries. 2. Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) – 11: Kumar Sangakkara. (© Getty Images) The second position in the list is occupied by Kumar Sangakkara who scored 11 double-centuries in his 15-year long Test career. Though he was never considered as talented as Mahela Jayawardene and Aravinda de Silva but it was his unmatched efficiency and consistency all the years which not only made him the greatest Sri Lankan batsman but also one of the best in the world of cricket. Sanga featured in 134 Tests and scored 12,400 runs at an impeccable average of 57.40 with 38 centuries to his credit. 1. Don Bradman (Australia) – 12: Sir Don Bradman. (© Allsport Hulton/Archive via Getty Images) Do we need to say something about this legend of the game? By far, the greatest player to have played the sport, Bradman has been the ambassador of the game for years. Don played only 52 Tests but what he achieved is still unmatched in international cricket. In only 80 innings, Bradman compiled an unbelievable tally of 6,996 runs at a jaw-dropping average of 99.94 with 29 hundreds and 12 double-centuries and holds the record for the most double hundreds in Test cricket. Also Read – Top 10 Teams with most individual double centuries in Tests (All Stats Updated Till 1st September, 2015)

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