Younis Khan [ Images ] got his name into the record books by becoming only the 20th batsman (on the 23rd occasion) to score a triple century in Test cricket.

He is only the sixth Test captain to score a triple century, while his 313 is the third-highest score by a Pakistan batsman behind Hanif Mohammad's 337 and Inzamam-ul-Haq [ Images ] 329.

Younis' innings is also the highest by any batsman against Sri Lanka [ Images ]. The previous highest was Martin Crowe's 299 at Wellington in 1990-91.

Highest scores by captains:

Score	Batsman	For	Vs	Venue	Season
400*	B Lara	WI	Eng	St.John's	2003-04
374	M Jayawardene [ Images ]	SL	SA	Colombo SSC	2006
334*	M Taylor	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	1998-99
333	G Gooch	Eng	Ind	Lord's	1990
311	B Simpson	Aus	Eng	Manchester	1964
306*	Younis Khan	Pak	SL	Karachi	2008-09

Highest scores against each country:

Against	Score	Batsman	For	Venue	Season
Australia [ Images ]	364	L Hutton	Eng	The Oval	1938
England [ Images ]	400*	B Lara	WI	St.John's	2003-04
South Africa [ Images ]	374	M Jayawardene	SA	Colombo SSC	2006
West Indies [ Images ]	337	Hanif Mohammad	Pak	Bridgetown	1957-58
New Zealand [ Images ]	336*	W Hammond	Eng	Auckland	1932-33
India [ Images ]	340	S Jayasuriya	SL	Colombo RPS	1997-98
Pakistan	365*	G Sobers	WI	Kingston [ Images ]	1957-58
Sri Lanka	306*	Younis Khan	Pak	Karachi	2008-09
Zimbabwe	380	M Hayden	Aus	Perth	2003-04
Bangladesh	261*	R Sarwan	WI	Kingston	2004

The match also provided the first instance of both captains scoring a double-century in the same game. The one occasion when this nearly happened was more than 30 years ago, when West Indies skipper Alvin Kallicharran scored 187 at Mumbai [ Images ] Wankhede in 1978 after the opposite number Sunil Gavaskar [ Images ] had scored 205.

It is only the second time in Tests that three batsmen scored more than 200 in the same Test. The only previous occasion was in 1965, in a Test between Australia and West Indies at Bridgetown, when Bill Lawry (210), Bob Simpson (201) and Seymour Nurse (201) all scored double hundreds.