4 Batsmen With Most Test Centuries Against India
Published - 17 Jun 2021, 06:55 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:47 AM
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India is a major cricket-playing country. India has a long relationship with international cricket. The Indian team played its first-ever Test match in 1932. In Test cricket, India holds the 2nd position in ICC rankings. After reaching the final of the ICC World Test Championship, India has proved that it is a dominant team currently when it comes to Test cricket.
India is a powerful team in Tests but still, there are few batsmen who have a great batting record against India in Tests and smashed most Test centuries while playing against India. The most number of Test centuries by a foreign player against India is 8.
There are 4 batsmen who have achieved this feat. Here we take a look at all these 4 batsmen who have smashed the most 8 Test centuries against India.
4 Batsmen With Most Test Centuries Against India
Steve Smith
Steve Smith comes in the list of players who have smashed the most number of Test centuries against India. Smith has played 14 Test matches against India and smashed 8 Test centuries. In 28 innings, the right-handed batsman accounts for 1742 runs at an average of 72.58.
The former Aussie skipper has also smashed 5 half-centuries against India. His highest score against India is 192 runs. Overall, Smith has scored 7540 runs in 139 innings at an average of 61.80. He has smashed 27 Test centuries and 31 half-centuries in his Test career.
Garry Sobers
Former West Indies cricketer Garry Sobers is another batsman who has smacked 8 Test centuries against India. Sobers played Test cricket for West Indies from 1954 to 1974. Along with 8 centuries, the left-handed batsman also scored 1920 runs against India in 30 Test innings at an average of 83.47. The West Indies all-rounder also hit 7 half-centuries against India.
His highest knock against India was 198. The left-arm pacer also picked 59 wickets in 18 Test matches against India. Overall, Garry Sobers played 93 matches in his Test career. In 159 innings, he scored 7999 runs at an average of 34.03. He also scalped 235 wickets.
Viv Richards
Former West Indies cricketer Viv Richards is the third batsman who has hit 8 Test centuries against India. He represented West Indies in Test cricket from 1974 to 1991. Against India, the right-handed batsman scored 1927 runs in 41 innings with 8 centuries and 7 half-centuries.
He had an average of 50.71 against India and his highest Test knock against the Indian side was unbeaten 192 runs. Overall, the former West Indies skipper played 121 Test matches. In 182 innings, he scored 8540 runs at an average of 50.23. Richards also smashed 24 centuries and 45 half-centuries in Tests.
Ricky Ponting
Ricky Ponting is the 4th batsman who has managed to smack 8 Test centuries against India. The former Australian skipper played Tests for Australia from 1995 to 2012. The right-handed batsman played 29 matches against India. In 51 innings, Ponting scored 2555 runs with 8 centuries and 12 half-centuries.
He has an average of 54.36 while playing against India in Test and his highest knock was 257 runs. Overall, Ricky Ponting played 168 Test matches. In 287 innings, he scored 13,378 runs at an average of 51.85. He also smashed 41 centuries and 62 half-centuries in Tests.
