| Player | Score (Balls) | 4s/6s | Venue | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunil Gavaskar | 221 (443) | 21/0 | The Oval | 1979 |
| Rahul Dravid | 217 (468) | 28/0 | The Oval | 2002 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 193 (330) | 19/3 | Leeds | 2002 |
| Ravi Shastri | 187 (436) | 23/0 | The Oval | 1990 |
| Vinoo Mankad | 184 (NA) | 19/1 | Lord’s | 1952 |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | 179 (243) | 21/1 | Manchester | 1990 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 177 (360) | 26/0 | Nottingham | 1996 |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | 157 (264) | 21/0 | Lord’s | 1982 |
| Virat Kohli | 149 (225) | 22/1 | Birmingham | 2018 |
| KL Rahul | 149 (224) | 20/1 | The Oval | 2018 |
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Sunil Gavaskar has recorded the highest individual score for India in England in Tests. The Little Master scored 221 runs to almost take India home in the 1979 Oval Test.
Rahul Dravid is the other batter to go past 200 in England. In the 2002 Oval Test, he scored a match-saving 217-run knock.
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Dravid has also surpassed the 100-run mark the most times. He brought up six tons in England’s backyard.
There have been close to 50 instances of Indian batters scoring Test hundreds in England. Only three of them have come by No. 8 or lower Indian batters, the most for a visiting team in England. Anil Kumble (110*), Kapil Dev (110), and Ajit Agarkar (109*) scored their centuries at No. 8.
Agarkar is one of the 12 Indian batters to score a Test hundred at the Lord’s. Vinoo Mankad has the highest score among them – 184 in the 1952 Test. Here is a list of cricketing legends who never scored a century in Cricket’s Mecca – The Lord’s.
In Winning & Losing Causes
On the other hand, Sachin Tendulkar’s 193 is the highest Test score in a winning cause for India in England. The Indian men won the 2002 Headingley Test by an innings and 46 runs. Find out the Indian cricketers who has the most number of Test centuries on winning causes here.
The same match saw Dravid (148) and Sourav Ganguly (128) aggregate hundreds along with the Master Blaster. This is the only instance of three Indian batters scoring centuries in the same Test in England.
Mankad’s score in Lord’s is also the highest in a lost Test in England. The Englishmen handed an eight-wicket loss to India.
Bonus Stats: Highest ever individual Test score on losing cause
