List of international cricket centuries at Arun Jaitley Stadium

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The Feroz Shah Kotla.

The Arun Jaitley Stadium (formerly Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium) is a cricket ground in Delhi, India. [1] The ground has hosted 34 Test matches, the first of these was in 1948 between India and the West Indies. [2] Twenty-four One Day Internationals (ODIs) have also been played at the ground, the first in 1982 between India and Sri Lanka. [3]

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The first Test century (100 or more runs in a single innings) scored at the ground was in 1948 by the West Indian Clyde Walcott in the first innings of the first Test match played at the Arun Jaitley Ground. The first Indian to score a century at the ground was Hemu Adhikari in the second innings of the same match. In total, Test centuries have been scored at the ground on 65 occasions. Virat Kohli's 243, scored against Sri Lanka in 2017, is the highest Test innings achieved at the ground. Dilip Vengsarkar has scored the most Test centuries at the ground with 4. [4]

Seven ODI centuries have been scored at the Arun Jaitley Ground, the Sri Lankan Roy Dias scored the first in 1982 with 102 against India. The Australian Ricky Ponting holds the record for the highest ODI score at the ground with 145 from 158 balls which was made against Zimbabwe in 1998. [5]

Key

Test centuries

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the Arun Jaitley Ground. [4]

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1 Clyde Walcott WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 1Flag of India.svg  India 10 November 1948Drawn
2 Gerry Gomez WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 1Flag of India.svg  India 10 November 1948Drawn
3 Everton Weekes WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 1Flag of India.svg  India 10 November 1948Drawn
4 Robert Christiani WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 1Flag of India.svg  India 10 November 1948Drawn
5 Hemu Adhikari Flag of India.svg  India 2WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 10 November 1948Drawn
6 Vijay Merchant Flag of India.svg  India 2Flag of England.svg  England 2 November 1951Drawn
7 Vijay Hazare Flag of India.svg  India 2Flag of England.svg  England 2 November 1951Drawn
8 Allan Watkins Flag of England.svg  England 3Flag of India.svg  India 2 November 1951Drawn
9 Bert Sutcliffe Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1Flag of India.svg  India 16 December 1955Drawn
10 John Reid Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1Flag of India.svg  India 16 December 1955Drawn
11 Vijay Manjrekar (1/2)Flag of India.svg  India 2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 16 December 1955Drawn
12 Chandu Borde Flag of India.svg  India 1WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 6 February 1959Drawn
13 John Holt WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 2Flag of India.svg  India 6 February 1959Drawn
14 Collie Smith WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 2Flag of India.svg  India 6 February 1959Drawn
15 Joe Solomon WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 2Flag of India.svg  India 6 February 1959Drawn
16 Neil Harvey Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2Flag of India.svg  India 12 December 1959Won
17 Polly Umrigar Flag of India.svg  India 1Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 8 February 1961Drawn
18 Mushtaq Mohammad Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2Flag of India.svg  India 8 February 1961Drawn
19 Motganhalli Jaisimha Flag of India.svg  India 1Flag of England.svg  England 13 December 1961Drawn
20 Vijay Manjrekar (2/2)Flag of India.svg  India 1Flag of England.svg  England 13 December 1961Drawn
21 Ken Barrington Flag of England.svg  England 2Flag of India.svg  India 13 December 1961Drawn
22 Hanumant Singh Flag of India.svg  India 1Flag of England.svg  England 8 February 1964Drawn
23 Colin Cowdrey Flag of England.svg  England 2Flag of India.svg  India 8 February 1964Drawn
24 Budhi Kunderan Flag of India.svg  India 3Flag of England.svg  England 8 February 1964Drawn
25 Nawab of Pataudi (1/2)Flag of India.svg  India 3Flag of England.svg  England 8 February 1964Drawn
26 Dilip Sardesai Flag of India.svg  India 2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 19 March 1965Won
27 Nawab of Pataudi (2/2)Flag of India.svg  India 2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 19 March 1965Won
28 Ian Chappell Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1Flag of India.svg  India 28 November 1969Lost
29 Viv Richards (1/2)WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 2Flag of India.svg  India 11 December 1974Won
30 Dennis Amiss Flag of England.svg  England 1Flag of India.svg  India 17 December 1976Won
31 Sunil Gavaskar (1/3)Flag of India.svg  India 1WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 24 January 1979Drawn
32 Dilip Vengsarkar (1/4)Flag of India.svg  India 1WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 24 January 1979Drawn
33 Kapil Dev Flag of India.svg  India 1WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 24 January 1979Drawn
34 Sunil Gavaskar (2/3)Flag of India.svg  India 1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 13 October 1979Drawn
35 Gundappa Viswanath (1/2)Flag of India.svg  India 1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 13 October 1979Drawn
36 Yashpal Sharma Flag of India.svg  India 1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 13 October 1979Drawn
37 Dilip Vengsarkar (2/4)Flag of India.svg  India 4Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 4 December 1979Drawn
38 Geoff Boycott Flag of England.svg  England 1Flag of India.svg  India 23 December 1981Drawn
39 Chris Tavaré Flag of England.svg  England 1Flag of India.svg  India 23 December 1981Drawn
40 Gundappa Viswanath (2/2)Flag of India.svg  India 2Flag of England.svg  England 23 December 1981Drawn
41 Sunil Gavaskar (3/3)Flag of India.svg  India 1WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 29 October 1983Drawn
42 Dilip Vengsarkar (3/4)Flag of India.svg  India 1WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 29 October 1983Drawn
43 Clive Lloyd WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 2Flag of India.svg  India 29 October 1983Drawn
44 Tim Robinson Flag of England.svg  England 2Flag of India.svg  India 12 December 1984Won
45 Dilip Vengsarkar (4/4)Flag of India.svg  India 3WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 25 November 1987Lost
46 Viv Richards (2/2)WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 4Flag of India.svg  India 25 November 1987Won
47 Vinod Kambli Flag of India.svg  India 1Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 13 March 1993Won
48 Andy Flower (1/2)Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2Flag of India.svg  India 13 March 1993Lost
49 Nayan Mongia Flag of India.svg  India 2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 10 October 1996Won
50 Andy Flower (2/2)Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1Flag of India.svg  India 18 November 2000Lost
51 Rahul Dravid Flag of India.svg  India 2Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 18 November 2000Won
52 Sachin Tendulkar (1/2)Flag of India.svg  India 2Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 18 November 2000Won
53 Sourav Ganguly Flag of India.svg  India 2Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 28 February 2002Won
54 Sachin Tendulkar (2/2)Flag of India.svg  India 1Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 10 December 2005Won
55 Gautam Gambhir Flag of India.svg  India 1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 29 October 2008Drawn
56 VVS Laxman Flag of India.svg  India 1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 29 October 2008Drawn
57 Michael Clarke Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2Flag of India.svg  India 29 October 2008Drawn
58 Shivnarine Chanderpaul WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 1Flag of India.svg  India 6 November 2011Lost
59 Ajinkya Rahane (1/2)Flag of India.svg  India 1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3 December 2015Won
60 Ajinkya Rahane (2/2)Flag of India.svg  India 3Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3 December 2015Won
61 Murali Vijay Flag of India.svg  India 1Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 2 December 2017Drawn
62 Virat Kohli Flag of India.svg  India 1Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 2 December 2017Drawn
63 Angelo Mathews Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 2Flag of India.svg  India 2 December 2017Drawn
64 Dinesh Chandimal Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 2Flag of India.svg  India 2 December 2017Drawn
65 Dhananjaya De Silva Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 4Flag of India.svg  India 2 December 2017Drawn

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ODI Centuries

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Arun Jaitley Ground

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the Arun Jaitley Ground. [5]

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1102 Roy Dias Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1141Flag of India.svg  India 15 September 1982Lost
2137 Sachin Tendulkar Flag of India.svg  India 1371Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 2 March 1996Lost
3145 Ricky Ponting Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1581Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 11 April 1998Won
4105 Nick Knight Flag of England.svg  England 1311Flag of India.svg  India 31 January 2002Won
5107* AB de Villiers Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1052WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 24 February 2011Won
6112* Virat Kohli Flag of India.svg  India 982Flag of England.svg  England 17 October 2011Won
7118 Kane Williamson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1281Flag of India.svg  India 20 October 2016Won
8100 Usman Khawaja Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1061Flag of India.svg  India 13 March 2019Won
9100 Quinton de Kock Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 841Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 7 October 2023Won
10108 Rassie van der Dussen Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1101Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 7 October 2023Won
11106 Aiden Markram Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 541Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 7 October 2023Won

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