5 times an Indian batsman scored more than 50% of the team's total outside the subcontinent
One man shows in Test cricket are a well-known occurrence when it comes to batting but it is rare and hence, those innings are firmly etched in the memory of those who watched them unfold.
Indian batsmen, over the generations, have often risen over the ineptitude of their team-mates and managed to score runs against all odds.
Sometimes, those exceptional innings have accounted for more than half the runs scored by the entire team and that makes those innings so memorable. They do not often result in victories. For instance, Virat Kohli's 153 out of the total of 307 (there were 12 extras) last week against South Africa at Centurion Park is a case in point. So, here is a look at 5 such other instances from the history of Indian cricket.
5 Virender Sehwag 151 v Australia at Adelaide, 2008
The last Test of the infamous yet highly competitive series played between Australia and India Down Under saw the visitors escape with a draw with the help of a superb innings from an unlikely quarter.
Now, Virender Sehwag is not known for batting for draws and he did not do so on that occasion in Adelaide either, but eventually, it was his superb innings got India out of a hole. India made 526 in their first innings but Australia responded in kind by scoring 563 and then on the 4th evening, it felt like India just needed to avoid a shoddy collapse to draw the game.
However, they threatened to do just that, and Australia seemed to be in with a chance if they could get Sehwag out. While wickets kept falling, Sehwag continued to score runs and slowly took the game away from the hosts.
He played in his characteristic fashion and hit 11 boundaries and 2 sixes in his 151, that were scored in 236 deliveries. A strike rate of 63.98 against a bowling attack consisting of Mitchell Johnson and Brett Lee takes some doing.
Although India did draw the game, the other batsmen did not find any glory as they could muster only 92 runs between themselves as India declared for 269 for 7.