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 |
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