List of international cricket centuries by V. V. S. Laxman

V. V. S. Laxman is an Indian cricketer who has scored a total of seventeen centuries (100 or more runs) in Test matches and six centuries in One Day International (ODI) matches, organized by the International Cricket Council. Laxman made his Test debut against South Africa in November 1996, and it took almost four years to score his first century when he scored 167 against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 2000. Laxman's next century came against the same team in 2001, when he made 281 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The score is the highest individual score in a Test match between India and Australia. It was also the highest individual score by an Indian at that time.[1][2] In Test matches, Laxman has scored centuries against all the Test cricket playing nations except England and Bangladesh. He is seventh on the list of leading Test century makers for India.[3] Laxman has scored two double centuries and has been dismissed four times between the score of 90 and 99 in test matches. [4]

In ODIs, Laxman has scored six centuries against three different countries including four against Australia. His first ODI century was against Australia in the last match of a five match series, held at Fatorda Stadium in Margao, India, in 2001. His highest score of 131 came against Zimbabwe at the Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, in 2004. Of his ODI centuries, two were scored at home grounds and four were at away (opposition's home) or neutral venues.[5] He has been dismissed once between the score of 90 and 99 and twice between the score of 80 and 89.[6]

Contents

Test centuries

Key

Symbol Meaning
* He remained not out
He was the captain of the Indian team in that match.
Test The number of the Test matches played in that series.
Pos. His position in the batting order
Inn. The innings in the Test match.
H/A Whether the venue was at home (India) or away.
Lost The match was lost by India.
Won The match was won by India.
Draw The match was drawn.
List of Test centuries
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A Date Result
1 167  Australia 1 3 3rd Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away 02000-01-04 4 January 2000

Lost[2]
2 281  Australia 3 3 2nd Eden Gardens, Kolkata Home 02001-03-13 13 March 2001

Won[7]
3 130  West Indies 6 1 4th Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's Away 02002-05-11 11 May 2002

Drawn[8]
4 154*  West Indies 6 3 3rd Eden Gardens, Kolkata Home 02002-11-03 3 November 2002 Drawn[9]
5 104*  New Zealand 6 2 2nd Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Home 02003-10-20 20 October 2003 Drawn[10]
6 148  Australia 6 2 2nd Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Away 02003-12-14 14 December 2003

Won[11]
7 178  Australia 5 1 4th Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away 02004-01-03 3 January 2004

Drawn[12]
8 140  Zimbabwe 4 2 1st Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away 02005-09-14 14 September 2005 Won[13]
9 104  Sri Lanka 3 1 3rd Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Home 02005-12-19 19 December 2005 Won[14]
10 100  West Indies 3 2 3rd Warner Park, St Kitts Away 02006-06-25 25 June 2006 Drawn[15]
11 112*  Pakistan 6 1 2nd Eden Gardens, Kolkata Home 02007-12-01 1 December 2007 Drawn[16]
12 109  Australia 3 2 2nd Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away 02008-01-03 3 January 2008

Lost[17]
13 200*  Australia 5 1 3rd Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Home 02008-10-30 30 October 2008

Drawn[18]
14 124*  New Zealand 5 3 2nd McLean Park, Napier Away 02009-03-30 30 March 2009 Drawn[19]
15 143*  South Africa 5 2 2nd Eden Gardens, Kolkata Home 02010-02-16 16 February 2010

Won[20]
16 103*  Sri Lanka 5 4 3rd Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Away 02010-08-07 7 August 2010 Won[21]
17 176*  West Indies 5 1 2nd Eden Gardens, Kolkata Home 02011-11-15 15 November 2011 Won[22]

One Day International centuries

Key

Symbol Meaning
* He remained not out
He was the captain of the Indian team in that match.
Pos. His position in the batting order
Inn. The innings in the Test match.
H/A/N Whether the venue was at home (India), away (opposition's home) or neutral.
S/R His strike rate
Lost The match was lost by India.
Won The match was won by India.
List of ODI centuries
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. S.R. Venue H/A/N Date Result
1 101  Australia 3 1 94.39 Fatorda Stadium, Margao Home 02001-04-06 6 April 2001 Lost[23]
2 102  Australia 3 1 76.11 Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior Home 02003-10-26 26 October 2003 Won[24]
3 103*  Australia 3 1 91.15 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Away 02004-01-18 18 January 2004 Won[25]
4 106*  Australia 3 1 81.53 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away 02004-01-22 22 January 2004 Lost[26]
5 131  Zimbabwe 3 1 94.92 Adelaide Cricket Ground, Adelaide Neutral 02004-01-24 24 January 2004 Won[27]
6 107  Pakistan 3 1 102.88 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Away 02004-03-24 24 March 2004 Won[28]

References

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