Yuvraj Singh's sizzling run in Pakistan, which saw him amass a whopping tally of 344 runs in the five-match one-day international series against Pakistan, also earned him a place in the record books.

His tally is now the highest for any batsman against Pakistan in a bilateral series obliterating former West Indies captain Richie Richardson's 18-years old record.

Rahul Dravid held the previous Indian record with 308 runs in last year's home series.

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Yuvraj, however, narrowly failed to create a new Indian record for the most runs in a bilateral series against any country.

In fact, Yuvraj would have easily achieved it, but for Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who blasted 28 of the required 29 runs in India's chase in the fifth match. The power hitting ensured that Dhoni still remains on the top in the list of Indian batsmen with maximum runs in a bilateral series. The Indian wicketkeeper had aggregated 346 runs in the seven-match series against Sri Lanka towards the end of 2005.

A look at the detailed statistics:

Most runs in a bilateral series against Pakistan:

Batsman	For	Season	Mts	Runs	Avg	100s	50s	SR
Yuvraj Singh	Ind	2005-06	5	344	172.00	1	2	97.17
R Richardson	WI	1987-88	5	321	80.25	0	4	80.86
R Dravid	Ind	2004-05	6	308	51.33	1	2	80.00
AH Jones	NZ	1988-89	4	274	137.00	0	4	64.32
N Knight	Eng	1996	3	264	132.00	2	0	84.89
MS Dhoni	Ind	2004-05	6	261	43.50	1	0	95.96
V Richards	WI	1985-86	5	260	86.67	0	3	139.04
R Smith	Eng	1992	5	258	64.50	0	3	81.90
B Dippenaar	SAf	2003-04	5	256	64.00	1	2	67.72
M Atapattu	SL	1999-00	3	253	126.50	1	2	82.14

Most runs in a bilateral series for India:

Batsman	Opp	Venue	Season	Mts	Runs	Avg	100s	50s	SR
MS Dhoni	vs SL	Ind	2005-06	7	346	115.33	1	1	119.31
Yuvraj Singh	vs Pak	Pak	2005-06	5	344	172.00	1	2	97.17
VVS Laxman	vs WI	Ind	2002-03	7	312	52.00	0	3	78.99
R Dravid	vs SL	Ind	2005-06	6	312	156.00	1	2	91.23
R Dravid	vs NZ	NZ	1998-99	5	309	77.25	1	2	84.66
R Dravid	vs Pak	Ind	2004-05	6	308	51.33	1	2	80.00
S Ganguly	vs NZ	Ind	1999-00	5	301	75.25	1	1	91.77
R Dravid	vs WI	Ind	2002-03	7	300	75.00	1	2	89.82

Most runs in a bilateral series for India against Pakistan:

Batsman	Venue	Season	Mts	Runs	Avg	100s	50s	SR
Yuvraj Singh	Pak	2005-06	5	344	172.00	1	2	97.17
R Dravid	Ind	2004-05	6	308	51.33	1	2	80.00
MS Dhoni	Ind	2004-05	6	261	43.50	1	0	95.96
R Dravid	Pak	2003-04	5	248	62.00	0	2	73.59
V Sehwag	Ind	2004-05	6	239	39.83	1	1	113.27
S Tendulkar	Pak	2005-06	4	237	59.25	1	1	90.11
R Shastri	Ind	1986-87	6	223	74.33	0	3	84.79
S Ganguly	Canada	1997	6	222	55.50	0	2	62.01
R Dravid	Canada	1996	5	220	44.00	0	1	68.54
MS Dhoni	Pak	2005-06	5	219	219.00	0	3	136.88
S Tendulkar	Ind	2003-04	5	213	42.60	1	0	90.25

Note: In cricket, a player's batting average is the total number of runs he has scored divided by the number of times he has been out.

In Yuvraj's example, he made 344 runs in five innings, but he was out just twice. So his average is 344 divided by 2 = 172.00