The ongoing Test series between India and South Africa has now reached its final time. The third and final Test of the series between the two teams will be played from Saturday (October 19). In this Test match, Indian opener Mayank Agarwal has a chance to break the record of Virender Sehwag and former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin. Mayank Agarwal has performed brilliantly in this series so far. He has scored 330 runs in the series so far, including a double century and a century.
Mayank Agarwal is the highest run-scorer in the current series. If he scores 43 runs in the third Test, then, Virender Sehwag will be left behind in terms of scoring the most runs in a series. In this case, he needed 59 runs to leave Mohammad Azharuddin behind. Azhar is the highest run-scorer in a series against south Africa.
The record of scoring the most runs in a Test series is in the name of Jacques Kallis . He scored 498 runs in three matches in the Test series played in 2010-11. Hashim Amla (490 runs) is second in this case. Former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin is third in this case.