Fastest to 30 Test Centuries

Fastest to 30 Test Centuries

Key Insights

Sachin Tendulkar is the fastest batter to score 30 centuries in Test cricket. He took 159 innings to bring up the milestone hundred.

Sunil Gavaskar was the first batter to smash 30 hundreds in the longest format. He accomplished the feat in December 1983.

Overall, 17 batters have scored 30 or more centuries in Tests, with 16 of them surpassing the mark since 2000.

Gavaskar is the only batter to convert his 30th Test ton into a double century. He scored an unbeaten 236 against the West Indies in Chennai.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul is the slowest batter to score 30 Test hundreds. He required 269 innings to reach the mark.

Chanderpaul is also the oldest batter to bring up the 30th century in Tests. The former Caribbean batter was 40 years and 29 days old when he touched the mark in September 2014. (Take a look at Chanderpaul’s incredible achievements here.)

Tendulkar, on the other hand, is the youngest batter to the milestone. He was 29 years and 121 days old when he raised his 30th Test ton in August 2002.

Chanderpaul, Matthew Hayden, and Virat Kohli retired with 30 hundreds in red-ball cricket. (Check out Kohli’s Test hundreds here.)

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