Virender Sehwag set a very important record during his epic innings of 309 in the first Test against Pakistan, at Multan on Monday, which nobody seems to have taken notice of.

He hit 39 fours and six sixes during his stay at the wicket, which totals to 192 runs in boundaries only!

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This is easily the best effort by an Indian and the fifth best in Test history.

 The previous Indian record in this category was in the name of VVS Laxman, who scored 176 runs in boundaries during that marathon innings of 281 against Australia at Kolkata in 2000-01.

The accompanying table lists the instances where a batsman scored 160 or more runs in boundaries only:

Runs	Batsman (Score)	Countries	Venue	Season	6's	4's
238	John Edrich (310*)	Eng v NZ	Leeds	1965	5	52
218	Matthew Hayden (380)	Aus v Zim	Perth	2003-04	11	38
206	Inzamam-ul-Haq (329)	Pak v NZ	Lahore	2001-02	9	38
196	Wally Hammond (336*)	Eng v NZ	Auckland	1932-33	10	34
192	Virender Sehwag (309)	Ind v Pak	Multan	2003-04	6	39
190	Graham Gooch (333)	Eng v India	Lord's	1990	3	43
184	Don Bradman (334)	Aus v Eng	Leeds	1930	-	46
184	Don Bradman (304)	Aus v Eng	Leeds	1934	2	43
180	Brian Lara (375)	WI v Eng	St.John's	1993-94	-	45
178	Nathan Astle (222)	NZ v Eng	Christchurch	2001-02	11	28
176	VVS Laxman (281)	Ind v Aus	Calcutta	2000-01	-	44
172	Graeme Pollock (274)	SA v Aus	Durban	1969-70	-	43
168	Rohan Kanhai (256)	WI v Ind	Calcutta	1958-59	-	42
166	Dennis Amiss (262)	Eng v WI	Kingston	1973-74	1	40
160	Aravinda de Silva (267)	SL v NZ	Wellington	1990-91	-	40
160	Wasim Akram (257*)	Pak v Zim	Sheikhupura	1996-97	12	22

Note: Pollock's innings also included a five from overthrow, but is not shown in his run-aggregate from boundaries.