List of international cricket centuries by Sunil Gavaskar

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Gavaskar has scored the third-highest number of centuries in Tests for India. Sunny Gavaskar Sahara.jpg
Gavaskar has scored the third-highest number of centuries in Tests for India.

Sunil Gavaskar is a former international cricketer who represented and captained the Indian cricket team. In a career spanning over 16 years he made 35 centuries (100 or more runs) at the international level. [2] Described as one of the greatest opening batsmen in cricket history, [3] [4] Gavaskar played 125 Test matches and scored 10,122 runs. [3] He was the first batsman to score 10,000 Test runs and held the record for most runs until Allan Border surpassed it. [5] Gavaskar's record of 34 Test centuries stood for almost two decades before Tendulkar surpassed it in December 2005. [6] He was named the Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year in 1971 and as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1980. [3] [7] In February 2012, the International Cricket Council (ICC) inducted him into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. [2] [8] [9] As of 2012, he is the third-highest run scorer for India in Test cricket, after Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid. [1]

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Making his Test debut against the West Indies in March 1971, [10] Gavaskar scored his first century in the third Test of the same series. [11] In the final Test at Port of Spain he scored centuries in both innings of the match with scores of 124 and 220, becoming the second Indian player to perform the feat. [12] He became the first player to score two centuries in a Test match for the third time, when he made 107 and 182 not out in a match against the West Indies in December 1978. [12] [13] Gavaskar's highest Test score of 236 not out came against the West Indies at Chennai in 1983, [5] [N 1] an Indian record at that time. [5] He has scored 150 or more runs in a Test match innings on twelve occasions. Gavaskar was most successful against the West Indies and Australia scoring 13 and 8 centuries respectively.

Gavaskar made his One Day International (ODI) debut against England at Headingley in 1974. [13] Unlike his Test career, his ODI career was less illustrious scoring 3,092 runs at an average of 35.13. [13] Gavaskar's solitary century in ODIs came in the penultimate innings of his career—against New Zealand—during the 1987 Cricket World Cup where he scored 103 runs in 88 balls; the performance ensured India's victory, which earned him a man of the match award. [14]

Key

Gavaskar scored five of his Test centuries at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Wankhede ICC WCF.jpg
Gavaskar scored five of his Test centuries at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
Key
SymbolMeaning
*Remained not out.
‡Gavaskar was named "Man of the match".
†Captained the Indian cricket team.
Pos.Position in the batting order
Inn.The innings of the match.
TestThe number of the Test match played in that series.
S/R. Strike rate during the innings
H/A/NVenue was at home (India), away or neutral.
DateDate the match was held, or the starting date of match for Test matches.
LostThe match was lost by India.
WonThe match was won by India.
DrawnThe match was drawn.

Test cricket centuries

List of Test centuries scored by Sunil Gavaskar [15]
No.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.TestVenueH/A/NDateResult
1116WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 223/5 Bourda, Georgetown Away19 March 1971Draw [16]
2117*WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 244/5 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Away1 April 1971Draw [17]
3124 [N 2] WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 215/5 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Away13 April 1971Draw [18]
4220 [N 3] WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 235/5 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Away13 April 1971Draw [18]
5101Flag of England.svg  England 121/3 Old Trafford, Manchester Away6 June 1974Lost [19]
6116 †Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 121/3 Eden Park, Auckland Away24 January 1976Won [20]
7156WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 122/4 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Away24 March 1976Draw [21]
8102WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 143/4 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Away7 April 1976Won [22]
9119Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 111/3 Wankhede Stadium, Bombay [N 4] Home10 November 1976Won [23]
10108Flag of England.svg  England 115/5 Wankhede Stadium, Bombay [N 4] Home11 February 1977Draw [24]
11113Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 141/5 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Away2 December 1977Lost [25]
12127Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 132/5 Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth Away16 December 1977Lost [26]
13118Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 133/5 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Away30 December 1977Won [27]
14111 [N 2] Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 113/3 National Stadium, Karachi Away14 November 1978Lost [28]
15137 [N 3] Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 133/3 National Stadium, Karachi Away14 November 1978Lost [28]
16205 †WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 111/6 Wankhede Stadium, Bombay [N 4] Home1 December 1978Draw [29]
17107 † [N 2] WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 113/6 Eden Gardens, Calcutta [N 5] Home29 December 1978Draw [30]
18182* † [N 3] WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 133/6 Eden Gardens, Calcutta [N 5] Home29 December 1978Draw [30]
19120 †WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 115/6 Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Home24 January 1979Draw [31]
20221 ‡Flag of England.svg  England 144/4 Kennington Oval, London Away30 August 1979Draw [32]
21115 †Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 114/6 Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Home13 October 1979Draw [33]
22123 †Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 116/6 Wankhede Stadium, Bombay [N 4] Home3 November 1979Won [34]
23166 †Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 125/6 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Madras [N 1] Home15 January 1980Won [35]
24172 †‡Flag of England.svg  England 122/6 Karnataka State Cricket Association Stadium, Bangalore Home9 December 1981Draw [36]
25155 †Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 121/1 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Madras [N 1] Home17 September 1982Draw [37]
26127* †Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 133/6 Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Away3 January 1983Lost [38]
27147*WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 123/5 Bourda, Georgetown Away31 March 1983Draw [39]
28103*Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 131/3 Karnataka State Cricket Association Stadium, Bangalore Home14 September 1983Draw [40]
29121WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 112/6 Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Home29 October 1983Draw [41]
30236* ‡WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 426/6 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Madras [N 1] Home28 December 1983Draw [42]
31166*Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 121/3 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Away15 December 1985Draw [43]
32172Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 113/3 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away2 January 1986Draw [44]
33103Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 123/3 Wankhede Stadium, Bombay [N 4] Home15 October 1986Draw [45]
34176 ‡Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 121/3 Green Park Stadium, Kanpur Home17 December 1986Draw [46]

ODI centuries

List of ODI centuries scored by Sunil Gavaskar [47]
No.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.S/RVenueH/A/NDateResult
1103 ‡ [N 6] Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 22117.04 Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Home31 October 1987Won [48]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Madras was renamed as Chennai in 1996.
  2. 1 2 3 Gavaskar made centuries in both innings of the match.
  3. 1 2 3 Gavaskar's second century in the match.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Bombay was renamed as Mumbai in 1995.
  5. 1 2 Calcutta was renamed as Kolkata in 2001.
  6. ↑ The man of the match award was shared between Gavaskar and Chetan Sharma.

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