Indian players with 100 Test appearances
Player First Test 100th Test Time Span Age
Sunil Gavaskar Mar 6,1971 Oct 17,1984 13Y 225D 35Y 99D
v W.Indies,Port-of-Spain v Pakistan,Lahore
D.Vengsarkar Jan 24,1976 Nov 24,1988 12Y 305D 32Y 232D
v New Zealand,Auckland v New Zealand,Mumbai
Kapil Dev Oct 16,1978 Nov 15,1989 11Y 30D 30Y 313D
v Pakistan,Faisalabad v Pakistan,Karachi
S.Tendulkar Nov 15,1989 Sep 5,2002 12Y 294D 29Y 134D
v Pakistan,Karachi v England,The Oval
Anil Kumble Aug 9,1990 Dec 18,2005 15Y 131D 35Y 62D
v England, Manchester v Sri Lanka,Ahmedabad
Rahul Dravid Jun 20,1996 Mar 18,2006 9Y 271D 33Y 66D
v England, Lord's v England,Mumbai
Sourav Ganguly Jun 20,1996 Dec 26,2007 11Y 189D 35Y 171D
v England, Lord's v 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 at St.John's in June 2006
The following table shows the career aggregate of Indians before the start of their 100th Tests:
Inns Runs Hs Avg 100s 50s 0s Wkts Avg
Sunil Gavaskar 174 8394 236* 52.46 30 36 10 1 177.00
Dilip Vengsarkar 159 6331 166 46.21 17 31 12 0 -
Kapil Dev 143 4087 163 31.20 6 21 12 347 29.02
Sachin Tendulkar 159 8351 217 57.99 30 33 10 27 43.74
Anil Kumble 126 1687 88 16.87 0 3 13 478 28.03
Rahul Dravid 167 8492 270 58.16 22 41 6 1 39.00
Sourav Ganguly 161 6346 239 43.17 15 30 9 32 49.47
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 WINNING in his 100th Test. Gavaskar, Kapil and Tendulkar’s 100th Tests were drawn games, whereas Vengsarkar and Dravid ended on the losing sides.
The following table lists Indian players performances in their 100th Tests along with the result of that Test:
Batting Bowling Fielding Result for India
Inns1 Inns2 Inns1 Inns2 Ct
Sunil Gavaskar 48 37 - - 3 Drawn
Dilip Vengsarkar 25 0 - - 2 lost by 136 runs
Kapil Dev 55 - 4-69 3-82 0 Drawn
Sachin Tendulkar 54 - 0-4 - 0 Drawn
Anil Kumble 21 29* 2-87 5-89 0 won by 259 runs
Rahul Dravid 52 9 - - 2 lost by 212 runs
Sourav Ganguly To be seen