Cheteshwar Pujara ended his eventful a centesimal Test match by hitting the successful runs towards Australia in Delhi on Sunday. Pujara, who remained unbeaten on 31 within the second innings, turned solely the second participant after Ricky Ponting to hit the successful runs of their a centesimal Test match. But the Saurashtra batter additionally scored a duck within the first innings, turning into the seventh worldwide participant and second Indian after Dilip Vengsarkar to register this undesirable rating within the a centesimal Test.

Batting legends Allan Border, Mark Taylor, Stephen Fleming, Alastair Cook, and Brendon McCullum too recorded geese of their a centesimal Test.

How Does Pujara Stack Up Against Other Indian ‘Centurions’?

Before the beginning of Day 1, Sunil Gavaskar felicitated Pujara and hoped that he would turn into the primary Indian to hit a century within the a centesimal Test. Alas, Pujara fell brief by 100 runs within the first innings!

Gavaskar, in actual fact, was the primary Indian to succeed in the milestone in October 1984 towards Pakistan at Lahore. He scored 48 and 37 within the match which resulted in a boring draw.

Vengsarkar scored a duck – the primary participant to register this doubtful report – and 25 runs in his a centesimal Test, performed towards New Zealand in Mumbai.

All-rounder Kapil Dev performed his a centesimal Test in November 1989 towards Pakistan. He took seven wickets, scored a half century (55) and have become the one Indian to win the Player of The Match award in his a centesimal Test.

Tendulkar, who made his debut in Dev’s a centesimal Test, was the fourth Indian to succeed in the milestone. Playing at The Oval towards England in September 2002, Tendulkar scored 54 and added some useful runs with Rahul Dravid who scored 217.

Anil Kumble adopted subsequent, reaching the landmark towards Sri Lanka in December 2005. He took a 5 wicket haul within the second innings to assist India win the match by 259 runs.

Three months later, Dravid performed his a centesimal Test towards England in Mumbai. Dravid scored 52 and 9 as India misplaced the Test by 212 runs.

Sourav Ganguly, who debuted alongside Dravid in 1996, hit 43 and 40 runs in his a centesimal Test, which he performed towards Australia at Melbourne in December 2007. India misplaced that Test by 337 runs — among the many worst defeats.

Less than 11 months later, VVS Laxman turned the eighth participant to realize the feat, enjoying his a centesimal Test towards Australia in Nagpur. He scored 64 and 4 runs as India gained the match by 172 runs. Incidently, this was Ganguly’s final Test too.

Four years later, Virender Sehwag performed his a centesimal Test versus England in Mumbai. The swashbuckling opener scored 30 and 9 in two innings as England gained the match by 10 wickets.

Harbhajan Singh and Ishant Sharma – each specialist bowlers – had been the subsequent to succeed in the milestone — in 2013 and 2021 respectively. However, each their performances went unnoticed.

Virat Kohli, his teammate, performed his a centesimal Test final yr towards Sri Lanka in Mohali. He scored 45 runs within the first innings as India beat the guests by an innings and 222 runs.

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