Indian players with 100 Test matches: Indian players who played 100 Test matches full list

Dixit Bhargav | 16/02/2023
Indian players with 100 Test matches: Indian players who played 100 Test matches full list

India batter Cheteshwar Pujara is a sleep away from becoming the 74th cricketer to play 100 Test matches in the history of the sport. Pujara, who will follow David Warner in this eminent club, will become the 13th Indian cricketer to be able to play this landmark match in Test career.

It was less than a year ago when former India captain Virat Kohli had played his 100th Test match against Sri Lanka in Mohali. Pujara, meanwhile, will be playing his 100th Test in national capital Delhi during the second India-Australia Test beginning tomorrow.

Eighth Indian cricketer to be playing his 100th Test at home, Pujara will be the third one to do so against Australia and first to do it at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Needless to say, the 35-year old player will be honoured along with his family for achieving this milestone in the 13th year of his international career.

Currently the eighth-highest run-scorer in Test cricket among Indian cricketers, the right-handed batter won’t get a better occasion to score a 20th Test century. It was during the tour of Bangladesh when Pujara had brought an end to a century-drought after scoring a 19th Test century a couple of months ago.

Indian players with 100 Test matches full list

S. No. Player Year Tests
1 Sunil Gavaskar 1984 125
2 Dilip Vengsarkar 1988 116
3 Kapil Dev 1989 131
4 Sachin Tendulkar 2002 200
5 Anil Kumble 2005 132
6 Rahul Dravid 2006 164
7 Sourav Ganguly 2007 113
8 VVS Laxman 2008 134
9 Virender Sehwag 2012 104
10 Harbhajan Singh 2013 103
11 Ishant Sharma 2021 105
12 Virat Kohli 2022 105
13 Cheteshwar Pujara 2023 100

The other Indian cricketers to have played their 100th Test at home are Dilip Vengsarkar (against New Zealand in Bombay), Anil Kumble (against Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad), Rahul Dravid (against England in Mumbai), VVS Laxman (against Australia in Nagpur), Virender Sehwag (against England in Mumbai), Harbhajan Singh (against Australia in Chennai) and Ishant Sharma (against England in Ahmedabad).

Dravid, who is the current head coach of the Indian cricket team, was wax lyrical about Pujara qualifying to play his 100th Test match. “To play 100 Tests is a great achievement for any cricketer,” Dravid had told the reporters on Wednesday.

“Yes, you need talent but you need lot of other things. It’s about longevity. Your fitness, your resilience, ability to handle success and failure. Everyone sees ups and downs in this long journey. You need to face and overcome these.”

Post Edited By: Dixit Bhargav
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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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