List of international cricket centuries by Sunil Gavaskar explained

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

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,^{[4] [14]} an Indian record at that time.^[4] 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.^[15]

Key

Key

Symbol	Meaning
	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.
Test	The number of the Test match played in that series.
S/R.	Strike rate during the innings
H/A/N	Venue was at home (India), away or neutral.
Date	Date the match was held, or the starting date of match for Test matches.
Lost	The match was lost by India.
Won	The match was won by India.
Drawn	The match was drawn.

Test cricket centuries

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Score	Against	Pos.	Inn.	Test	Venue	H/A/N	Date	Result
1	116		2	2	3/5		Away		Draw^[16]
2	117*		2	4	4/5		Away		Draw^[17]
3	124^[18]		2	1	5/5		Away	1	Draw^[19]
4	220^[20]		2	3	5/5		Away	2	Draw
5	101		1	2	1/3		Away		Lost^[21]
6	116		1	2	1/3		Away		Won^[22]
7	156		1	2	2/4		Away		Draw^[23]
8	102		1	4	3/4		Away		Won^[24]
9	119		1	1	1/3	Wankhede Stadium, Bombay^[25]	Home		Won^[26]
10	108		1	1	5/5		Home		Draw^[27]
11	113		1	4	1/5		Away		Lost^[28]
12	127		1	3	2/5		Away		Lost^[29]
13	118		1	3	3/5		Away		Won^[30]
14	111		1	1	3/3		Away	1	Lost^[31]
15	137		1	3	3/3		Away	2	Lost
16	205		1	1	1/6		Home		Draw^[32]
17	107		1	1	3/6	Eden Gardens, Calcutta^[33]	Home	1	Draw^[34]
18	182*		1	3	3/6		Home	2	Draw
19	120		1	1	5/6		Home		Draw^[35]
20	221		1	4	4/4		Away		Draw^[36]
21	115		1	1	4/6		Home		Draw^[37]
22	123		1	1	6/6		Home		Won^[38]
23	166		1	2	5/6		Home		Won^[39]
24	172		1	2	2/6		Home		Draw^[40]
25	155		1	2	1/1		Home		Draw^[41]
26	127*		1	3	3/6		Away		Lost^[42]
27	147*		1	2	3/5		Away		Draw^[43]
28	103*		1	3	1/3		Home		Draw^[44]
29	121		1	1	2/6		Home		Draw^[45]
30	236*		4	2	6/6		Home		Draw^[46]
31	166*		1	2	1/3		Away		Draw^[47]
32	172		1	1	3/3		Away		Draw^[48]
33	103		1	2	3/3		Home		Draw^[49]
34	176		1	2	1/3		Home		Draw^[50]

ODI centuries

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Score	Against	Pos.	Inn.	S/R	Venue	H/A/N	Date	Result
1	103 ^[51]		2	2	117.04		Home		Won^[52]

External links

• Player Profile: Gavaskar from CricketArchive

Notes and References

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14. Madras was renamed as Chennai in 1996.
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18. Gavaskar made centuries in both innings of the match.
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20. Gavaskar's second century in the match.
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25. Bombay was renamed as Mumbai in 1995.
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29. Web site: Australia v. India at Perth, Dec 16–21, 1977 . 19 December 2011 . ESPNcricinfo . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20111211030859/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/63196.html . 11 December 2011 .
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31. Web site: Pakistan v. India at Karachi, Nov 14–19, 1978 . 19 December 2011 . ESPNcricinfo . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20120107111812/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/63219.html . 7 January 2012 .
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33. Calcutta was renamed as Kolkata in 2001.
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39. Web site: India v. Pakistan at Madras, Jan 15–20, 1980 . 19 December 2011 . ESPNcricinfo . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20111229215515/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/63251.html . 29 December 2011 .
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51. The man of the match award was shared between Gavaskar and Chetan Sharma.
52. Web site: India v. New Zealand at Nagpur, 31 October 1987. 19 December 2011. ESPNcricinfo. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20111222155930/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65114.html. 22 December 2011. dmy-all.