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Ton-up Indians in Tests

By Rajneesh Gupta
December 23, 2007 17:48 IST
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Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday will become only the seventh Indian to complete a century of Test matches and he will be the oldest among Indians to accomplish this feat.

Ganguly will be 35 years and 171 days old at the start of the Melbourne Test and he will break Sunil Gavaskar's Indian record. Sachin Tendulkar is the youngest Indian to do so, while Rahul Dravid took least time (from the date of debut) in playing his 100th Test.

Indian players with 100 Test appearances

Player First Test 100th Test Time Span Age
Sunil Gavaskar Mar 6, 1971 Oct 17, 1984 13 yrs 225 days 35 yrs 99 days
  v W.Indies, Port-of-Spain v Pakistan, Lahore
Dilip Vengsarkar Jan 24, 1976 Nov 24, 1988 12 yrs 305 days 32 yrs 232 days
  v New Zealand, Auckland v New Zealand, Mumbai
Kapil Dev Oct 16, 1978 Nov 15, 1989 11 yrs 30 days 30 yrs 313 days
  v Pakistan, Faisalabad v Pakistan, Karachi
Sachin Tendulkar Nov 15, 1989 Sep 5, 2002 12 yrs 294 days 29 yrs 134 days
  v Pakistan, Karachi v England, The Oval
Anil Kumble Aug 9, 1990 Dec 18, 2005 15 yrs 131 days 35 yrs 62 days
  v England, Manchester v Sri Lanka, Ahmedabad
Rahul Dravid Jun 20, 1996 Mar 18, 2006 9 yrs 271 days 33 yrs 66 days
  v England, Lord's v England, Mumbai
Sourav Ganguly Jun 20, 1996 Dec 26, 2007 11 yrs 189 days 35 yrs 171 days
  v England, Lord's v Australia, Melbourne
Note: Dravid's tally included World XI-Australia Super 'Test' played at Sydney in October 2005. His 100th game for India was against West Indies at St. John's in June 2006

The following table shows the career aggregate of Indians before the start of their 100th Test:

Player Inns Runs Hs Avg 100s 50s 0s Wkts Avg
Sunil Gavaskar 174 8394 236* 52.46 30 36 10 1 177.00
Dilip Vengsarkar 159 6331 166 46.21 17 31 12 0 -
Kapil Dev 143 4087 163 31.20 6 21 12 347 29.02
Sachin Tendulkar 159 8351 217 57.99 30 33 10 27 43.74
Anil Kumble 126 1687 88 16.87 0 3 13 478 28.03
Rahul Dravid 167 8492 270 58.16 22 41 6 1 39.00
Sourav Ganguly 161 6346 239 43.17 15 30 9 32 49.47
Note: M Azharuddin ended his career with 99 Tests having scored 6215 runs (avg 45.04) with 22 centuries and 21 fifties

Kumble is the only player to see India win in his 100th Test. Gavaskar, Kapil and Tendulkar's 100th Test were drawn games, whereas Vengsarkar and Dravid ended on the losing sides.

The following table lists Indian players' performances in their 100th Test along with the result of that Test:

Player  Batting Bowling Fielding Result for India
  Inns1 Inns2 Inns1 Inns2 Ct  
Sunil Gavaskar 48 37 - - 3 Drawn
Dilip Vengsarkar 25 0 - - 2 lost by 136 runs
Kapil Dev 55 - 4-69 3-82 0 Drawn
Sachin Tendulkar 54 - 0-4 - 0 Drawn
Anil Kumble 21 29* 2-87 5-89 0 won by 259 runs
Rahul Dravid 52 9 - - 2 lost by 212 runs
Sourav Ganguly To be seen

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