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Little Masters On Top

Gavaskar's world record is fittingly broken by another Indian and the parallels are amazing - both scored their 28th 100s in their 88th Test, their 30th in their 99th, and their 34th in the 119th

Little Masters On Top
Gavaskar's world record is fittingly broken by another Indian and the parallelsare amazing - both scored their 28th 100s in their 88th Test, their 30th in their 99th,and their 34th in the 119th

Top Test Century Makers

Player
Country
100s
Tests
SR Tendulkar
IND
35 
125
SM Gavaskar
IND
34
125
SR Waugh
AUS
32
168
BC Lara
WI
31
121
DG Bradman
AUS
29
052
AR Border
AUS
27
156
GS Sobers
WI
26
093
RT Ponting
AUS
25
097
ML Hayden
AUS
24

076

GS Chappell
AUS
24
087
Inzamam-ul-Haq
PAK
24
105
IVA Richards
WI
24
121
Javed Miandad
PAK
23
124
WR Hammond
ENG
22
085
JH Kallis
RSA
22
094
JL Langer
AUS
22
095
M Azharuddin
IND
22
099
G Boycott
ENG
22
108
MC Cowdrey
ENG
22
114
RN Harvey
AUS
21
079
G Kirsten
RSA
21
101
DC Boon
AUS
21
107
KF Barrington
ENG
20
082
PA de Silva
SRL
20
093
R Dravid
IND
20
093
GA Gooch
ENG
20
118
ME Waugh
AUS
20
128

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GavaskarVs Tendulkar
They both scored their 28th 100s in their 88th Test, their 30th in their 99th,and their 34th in the 119th. Tendulkar, fittingly, got his 35th in his 125th Test at thesame ground where Gavaskar had equalled Don Bradman's then world record of 29 centuries.

Hundreds In Tests
Tests.
20
40
60
80
100
119
125
Gavaskar
6
15
22
25
30
34
34
Tendulkar
4
9
15
24
30
34
35
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Versus

Gavaskar

Tendulkar

Country
100s
Tests
100s
Tests
Australia
  08
20
07
21
England
04
38
06
16
New Zealand
02
09
03
16
Pakistan
05
24
02
13
Sri Lanka
02
07
07
15
West Indies
13
27
03
16
Bangladesh
-
01
03
South Africa
-
03
16
Zimbabwe

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03
09
Total
34
125
35
125

Based on all matches up to and including Test #1776: India v Sri Lanka at Delhi, SriLanka in India 2nd Test, 10 Dec 2005. All figures, based on and courtesy, cricinfo

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