-Vinay Kumar
The first match of the 2-Test series (SL vs IND Test Series, 2022) between India and Sri Lanka will be played from March 4 at the ground of Mohali. Team India’s former Indian captain Virat Kohli will have his 100th Test match. As soon as he enters this match, Virag will become the 12th player to play 100 Test matches for India. Earlier 11 players have played more than 100 test matches. Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar has played 200 Test matches.
Indian cricketers who played more than 100 test matches and their records
Sachin Tendulkar – 200
Rahul Dravid – 163
VVS Laxman- 134
Anil Kumble – 132
Kapil Dev- 131
Sunil Gavaskar- 125
Dilip Vengsarkar – 116
Sourav Ganguly – 113
Ishant Sharma – 105
Virender Sehwag – 104
Harbhajan Singh- 103
Virat Kohli – 99 matches, 7962 runs, 27 centuries
Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar, the only batsman in the world to play 200 Test matches, has scored 15921 runs in 329 innings at an average of 53.78. His highest score is 248 not out. Tendulkar has scored 51 centuries and 68 half-centuries in his Test career. Apart from this, he has also taken 46 wickets in Test cricket. Sachin is the player to score the most runs and most centuries in Test cricket.
Rahul Dravid
Rahul Dravid, the current head coach of the Indian team and former captain of Team India, has scored 13288 runs in 286 innings of 164 Test matches played for India at an average of 52.31. Indian players who have played the most Test matches are at the second position in the list. Rahul Dravid has scored 36 centuries and 63 half-centuries in his Test career. His best score in Test cricket has been 270 runs.
VVS Laxman
VVS Laxman is at the third position in the list of Indian cricketers who have played the most Test matches for India. He has scored 8781 runs in 225 innings of 134 test matches at an average of 45.97. He has 17 centuries and 56 half-centuries to his name. VVS has been not out 34 times in his career. His best score is 281 runs.
Anil Kumble
Former India great leg spinner Anil Kumble has played 132 matches for India. During this, he has taken 619 wickets while bowling in 236 innings. Anil Kumble is the only Indian bowler in the history of international cricket to have taken 10 wickets for 10 in an innings. Kumble is also the highest wicket-taker Indian bowler. He has taken 5 wickets (Anil Kumble 5 wickets Hall) 35 times and 10 wickets 8 times in Test cricket.
Kapil Dev
Haryana Hurricane Kapil Dev is at number 5 in the list of Indian players who have played the most Test matches. He scored 5248 runs in 184 matches at an average of 31.05. This includes 8 centuries and 27 half-centuries. His best score is 163 runs. Kapil Dev bowled in 227 innings of 184 matches and took 434 wickets. He has also taken 5 wickets (5 Wickets Hall) 23 times and 10 wickets (10 Wickets Hall) 2 times. Kapil Dev also holds the record of taking 9 wickets in an innings of a Test match.
Sunil Gavaskar
Little Master Sunil Gavaskar scored 10122 runs in 214 innings of 125 Test matches at an average of 51.12. During this, 34 centuries and 45 half-centuries came out of his bat. He also holds the record of playing 106 consecutive Test matches without any break. Sunil Gavaskar is at 4th position in terms of scoring the most runs as a captain in a Test series. While captaining Team India, he scored 732 runs against West Indies (WI vs IND Test Match Sunil Gavaskar).
Dilip Vengsarkar
Dilip Vengsarkar scored 6868 runs in 185 innings of 116 matches played in his Test career at an average of 42.13, including 17 centuries and 35 half-centuries. His best test score is 166 runs. Significantly, the name of Dilip Vengsarkar is one of those players, who got out for zero in the 100th Test match of his Test career. Remind you that Dilip Vengsarkar has also opened the innings for Team India with both batting and bowling in the same match.
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Sourav Ganguly
In his Test career, Sourav Ganguly scored 7212 runs in 188 innings of 113 Test matches at an average of 42.17. He scored 16 centuries and 35 half-centuries in Test cricket and also took 32 wickets in 99 innings in bowling.
Ishant Sharma
Ishant Sharma is the only Indian fast bowler who has played more than 100 Test matches. Ishant has taken 311 wickets in 188 innings of 105 Test matches. He is the only Indian bowler to have played more than 100 Test matches, and still remains in international cricket. Although he has not yet retired from Test cricket, he is not playing in the Test series against Sri Lanka (SL vs IND Test Series, 2022). He has taken 5 wickets (5 Wickets Hall) 11 times in his Test career.
Virender Sehwag
India’s great opener Virender Sehwag scored 8586 runs in 180 innings of a total of 104 Test matches played in his Test career at an average of 50. His best score in Test cricket is 319 runs. He has 23 Test centuries and 50 half-centuries with the bat. History is witness that Virender Sehwag is the first Indian batsman to score a triple century in Test cricket. He has also bowled and has taken 40 wickets. He is jointly on top in terms of scoring most triple centuries in Test cricket.
Harbhajan Singh
Harbhajan Singh is at 11th position in the list of players who have played most Test matches for India. He has taken 417 wickets in 190 innings of 103 Test matches played in his Test cricket career. Harbhajan Singh has taken 5 wickets for 25 times (5 Wickets Hall) and 5 times in 10 wickets (10 Wickets Hall). He has shown flair several times in batting as well. Played many useful innings. Harbhajan has scored 2224 runs in 145 Test innings at an average of 18.22. His best score is 115 runs. He has also scored 2 centuries and 9 half-centuries in Test cricket.