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
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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
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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 |
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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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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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