Saturday, March 26, 2005

Highest individual score for a visiting batsman on Indian soil

Younis Khan’s epic innings of 267 is now the highest individual innings on Indian soil by a visiting batsman. Younis bettered West Indian Rohan Kanhai’s 46 years old record. Incidentally Younis’ performance is the second best among all individual performances on Indian soil – for or against India after VVS Laxman’s 281 at Calcutta in 2000-01.

The following table lists the highest individual scores on Indian soil by visiting batsmen:

Runs   Batsman    For    Venue       Season
267  Younis Khan  Pak   Bangalore    2004-05
256  RB Kanhai    WI    Calcutta     1958-59
250  SFAF Bacchus WI    Kanpur       1978-79
242* CH Lloyd     WI    Bombay (WS)  1974-75
232* A Flower     Zim   Nagpur       2000-01
230* B Sutcliffe  NZ    Delhi        1955-56
210  DM Jones     Aus   Madras (MAC) 1986-87
207  MW Gatting   Eng   Madras (MAC) 1984-85
203  ML Hayden    Aus   Madras (MAC) 2000-01
201  G Fowler     Eng   Madras (MAC) 1984-85
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