Top 10 Batsmen with most runs in a single day in a Test match

3. Virender Sehwag, 284 v Sri Lanka:

Sehwag’s squash-buckling knock gave his team a momentous win, one which took India to the top of the ICC Test rankings for the first time. India entered the 3rd and final match of the 2009 series leading 1-0 and needed to secure a win to become the best Test team in the world. In reply to Sri Lanka’s competitive 393 in the first innings, India put on a mammoth 726/9 (dec) winning the match by an innings and 24 runs. Day 2 at the historic Brabourne stadium in Mumbai witnessed a special knock from the ‘Nawab of Najafgarh’ who was in a punishing mood. He smashed 284 runs on an amazing run-filled day and took the Indian total to 443/1 at stumps. The likes of Murli, Herath, Kulasekara and Welegedara tried their best to stop him but to no avail. Reverse-sweeps, square-cuts, huge sixes and classy cover drives thoroughly entertained a huge crowd that had turned out to support their team. Viru was dismissed by Murli on the 3rd morning for a great knock of 293 which included 40 fours and 7 sixes.