Indian batsman Kumar Sehwag fell two agonising runs short of a Test record third triple - century . `` I tried to take my time , but maybe the ball was not there to be hit . He made 61 before he chipped the ball back to Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan . India closed the third day of the third Test with their highest - ever total of 726 - 9 declared in reply to Sri Lanka 's innings .
Indian batsman Kumar Sehwag fell two agonising runs short of a Test record third triple - century . He made 61 before he chipped the ball back to Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan . India closed the third day of the third Test with their highest - ever total of 726 - 9 declared in reply to Sri Lanka 's innings .