What’s more remarkable for a batter than a century? The 100-run landmark is a statement in itself, which shows a batter’s grit and talent to score big.
The century becomes even sweeter if it comes against a tough opponent. At the moment, India are one of the strongest Test teams. And to score a ton against a lethal Indian bowling attack is no mean feat.
A few batters have negotiated the attack well to get those triple-digit figures on several occasions.
On that note, here are the top 10 batters with the most centuries against India in Test cricket.
Most Centuries vs India in Tests
| Player | Matches | Innings | 100s | High Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Smith (AUS) | 24 | 46 | 11 | 192 |
| Joe Root (ENG) | 30 | 55 | 10 | 218 |
| Ricky Ponting (AUS) | 29 | 51 | 8 | 257 |
| Viv Richards (WI) | 28 | 41 | 8 | 192* |
| Garry Sobers (WI) | 18 | 30 | 8 | 198 |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI) | 25 | 44 | 7 | 140 |
| Michael Clarke (AUS) | 22 | 40 | 7 | 329* |
| Alastair Cook (ENG) | 30 | 54 | 7 | 294 |
| Jacques Kallis (SA) | 18 | 31 | 7 | 201* |
| Clive Lloyd (WI) | 28 | 44 | 7 | 242* |
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Key Insights
11: Steve Smith has scored the most Test centuries against India. The Australian batter has brought up 11 hundreds in 46 innings. Joe Root is the other batter with 10 or more Test hundreds against India.
5: Over 26 batters have scored five or more hundreds against India in the longest format.
20: Root has also smashed the most fifty-plus scores against India in Tests. The former England skipper has 21 fifty-plus scores, while Ricky Ponting follows him with 20.
1: Root is also the top run-scorer against the Indian side in red-ball cricket. He has aggregated over 2800 runs in more than 50 innings.
7: The number of batters who have scored 2000-plus Test runs against India. Ponting, Smith, Alastair Cook, Clive Lloyd, Javed Miandad, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, and Michael Clarke are the other batters apart from Root.
340: Sanath Jayasuriya’s 340 is the highest individual score against India in Tests. His knock helped Sri Lanka put up 952 runs on the board, the highest team total in the format. Check who follows Jayasuriya in that list.
3: Ponting and Brendon McCullum have slammed the most Test double centuries against the Indian team. Both went past the 200-run mark three times each. Overall, 45 batters have scored a double ton versus India.
4: When it comes to triple centuries, only four batters have done so. England’s Graham Gooch was the first with a 333-run knock in 1990, followed by Jayasuriya (340 in 1997), Michael Clarke (329* in 2012), and McCullum (302 in 2014).
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