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Ton-up Indians in Tests
Rajneesh Gupta
December 23, 2007

Sourav Ganguly [Images] 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 [Images] Indian record. Sachin Tendulkar [Images] is the youngest Indian to do so, while Rahul Dravid [Images] took least time (from the date of debut) in playing his 100th Test.

Indian players with 100 Test appearances
PlayerFirst Test100th TestTime SpanAge
Sunil Gavaskar Mar 6, 1971Oct 17, 198413 yrs 225 days35 yrs 99 days
 v W.Indies, Port-of-Spainv Pakistan, Lahore [Images]
Dilip Vengsarkar Jan 24, 1976Nov 24, 198812 yrs 305 days32 yrs 232 days
 v New Zealand [Images], Aucklandv New Zealand, Mumbai
Kapil Dev [Images] Oct 16, 1978Nov 15, 198911 yrs 30 days30 yrs 313 days
 v Pakistan, Faisalabadv Pakistan, Karachi
Sachin TendulkarNov 15, 1989Sep 5, 200212 yrs 294 days29 yrs 134 days
 v Pakistan, Karachiv England [Images], The Oval
Anil Kumble [Images]Aug 9, 1990Dec 18, 200515 yrs 131 days35 yrs 62 days
 v England, Manchesterv Sri Lanka [Images], Ahmedabad
Rahul DravidJun 20, 1996Mar 18, 20069 yrs 271 days33 yrs 66 days
 v England, Lord'sv England, Mumbai
Sourav GangulyJun 20, 1996Dec 26, 200711 yrs 189 days35 yrs 171 days
 v England, Lord'sv 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 [Images] at St. John's in June 2006

The following table shows the career aggregate of Indians before the start of their 100th Test:
PlayerInnsRunsHsAvg100s50s0sWktsAvg
Sunil Gavaskar1748394236*52.463036101177.00
Dilip Vengsarkar159633116646.211731120-
Kapil Dev143408716331.206211234729.02
Sachin Tendulkar159835121757.993033102743.74
Anil Kumble12616878816.87031347828.03
Rahul Dravid167849227058.1622416139.00
Sourav Ganguly161634623943.17153093249.47
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 BattingBowlingFieldingResult for India
 Inns1Inns2Inns1Inns2Ct 
Sunil Gavaskar 4837--3Drawn
Dilip Vengsarkar 250--2lost by 136 runs
Kapil Dev 55-4-693-820Drawn
Sachin Tendulkar54-0-4-0Drawn
Anil Kumble2129*2-875-890won by 259 runs
Rahul Dravid529--2lost by 212 runs
Sourav GangulyTo be seen


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