List of international cricket centuries by Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid is a retired Indian international cricketer. in both Test and One Day International (ODI) cricket in matches organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Nicknamed "The Wall" for his ability of "... fending off the fiercest, the fastest and the wiliest of bowlers around the world",[1][2] he scored 36 centuries (scores of 100 runs or more) in Test cricket and 12 in One Day Internationals (ODI) between his debut in 1996 and retirement in 2011.[3] He was named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2000,[4] as well as the ICC Test Player of the Year and ICC Player of the Year in 2004.[3]

A male, dark-skinned cricketer in a white short-sleeved shirt and dark blue baseball cap with sunglasses on the peak of the cap. He is standing high up in a cricket stand with a large number of spectators in the background.
Rahul Dravid during the Australian tour of India in 2004
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Dravid at the crease in 2007

Dravid scored his first Test century in January 1997 against South Africa. In a man-of-the-match performance, he made 148 runs spanning nine hours and took India to their only draw of the series.[5] He made centuries in both innings of a match when he scored 190 and 103 not out in the final Test of the 1998–99 series against New Zealand. He repeated the feat in March 2005 when he scored 110 and 135 against Pakistan in another man-of-the-match performance, leading India to victory in the second of the three-match series. Scoring 180 in a fifth-wicket partnership of 376 with VVS Laxman, in the Second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2001, Dravid helped lead India to victory by 171 runs despite being asked to follow-on by the Australians.[6] His partnership with Laxman was the third-highest for the fifth wicket in Test cricket history.[7] Dravid's highest Test score of 270, achieved in April 2004 in Rawalpindi, helped India to an innings victory against Pakistan.[8] The performance was the fourth-highest score by an Indian batsman in Test cricket.[9] He scored centuries against all Test playing nations and was the first cricketer to score centuries in all 10 Test playing nations.

Dravid's first ODI century was made against Pakistan in May 1997. He followed that with six centuries in 1999, including two in the 1999 World Cup (against Kenya and Sri Lanka); in the latter he was involved in a then-record 318-run partnership with Sourav Ganguly.[10] His highest score of 153 was made the same year against New Zealand. His total came as part of a record second-wicket partnership of 331 with Sachin Tendulkar and led India to the second-highest ODI total at that time.[10][11][12]

Key

* * – Remained not out
* † – Man of the match
* ‡ – Captain of India in that match
* (D/L) – The result of the match was based upon the Duckworth–Lewis method

Test centuries

Test centuries scored by Dravid[13]
No.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.TestVenueH/ADateResultRef
1148  South Africa313/3Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgAway16 January 1997Drawn[5]
2118  Zimbabwe421/1Harare Sports Club, HarareAway7 October 1998Lost[14]
3190  New Zealand323/3WestpacTrust Park, HamiltonAway2 January 1999Drawn[15]
4103*  New Zealand343/3WestpacTrust Park, HamiltonAway2 January 1999Drawn[15]
5107  Sri Lanka312/3Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, ColomboAway24 February 1999Drawn[16]
6144  New Zealand331/2Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, MohaliHome10 October 1999Drawn[17]
7200*  Zimbabwe321/2Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, DelhiHome18 November 2000Won[18]
8162  Zimbabwe312/2Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, NagpurHome25 November 2000Drawn[19]
9180  Australia632/3Eden Gardens, KolkataHome13 March 2001Won[20]
10144*  West Indies521/5Bourda, GeorgetownAway11 April 2002Drawn[21]
11115  England332/4Trent Bridge, NottinghamAway8 August 2002Drawn[22]
12148  England313/4Headingley, LeedsAway22 August 2002Won[23]
13217  England324/4The Oval, LondonAway5 September 2002Drawn[24]
14100*  West Indies311/3Wankhede Stadium, MumbaiHome9 October 2002Won[25]
15222  New Zealand311/2Sardar Patel Stadium, AhmedabadHome8 October 2003Drawn[26]
16233  Australia322/4Adelaide Oval, AdelaideAway8 December 2003Won[27]
17270  Pakistan323/3Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, RawalpindiAway13 April 2004Won[8]
18160  Bangladesh312/2M. A. Aziz Stadium, ChittagongAway17 December 2004Won[28]
19110  Pakistan312/3Eden Gardens, KolkataHome16 March 2005Won[29]
20135  Pakistan332/3Eden Gardens, KolkataHome16 March 2005Won[29]
21128* ‡  Pakistan221/3Gaddafi Stadium, LahoreAway13 January 2006Drawn[30]
22103  Pakistan222/3Iqbal Stadium, FaisalabadAway21 January 2006Drawn[31]
23146  West Indies412/4Beausejour Stadium, Gros IsletAway10 June 2006Drawn[32]
24129  Bangladesh312/2Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, MirpurAway25 May 2007Won[33]
25111  South Africa321/3M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, ChennaiHome26 March 2008Drawn[34]
26136  England312/2Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, MohaliHome19 December 2008Drawn[35]
27177  Sri Lanka311/3Sardar Patel Stadium, AhmedabadHome16 November 2009Drawn[36]
28144  Sri Lanka312/3Green Park Stadium, KanpurHome24 November 2009Won[37]
29111*  Bangladesh322/2Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, MirpurAway24 January 2010Won[38]
30104  New Zealand311/3Sardar Patel Stadium, AhmedabadHome4 November 2010Drawn[39]
31191  New Zealand323/3Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, NagpurHome22 November 2010Won[40]
32112  West Indies331/3Sabina Park, KingstonAway22 June 2011Won[41]
33103*  England321/4Lord's, LondonAway23 July 2011Lost[42]
34117  England222/4Trent Bridge, NottinghamAway30 July 2011Lost[43]
35146*  England224/4The Oval, LondonAway21 August 2011Lost[44]
36119  West Indies312/3Eden Gardens, KolkataHome14 November 2011Won[45]

One Day International centuries

ODI centuries scored by Dravid[46]
No.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.S/RVenueH/A/NDateResultRef
1107  Pakistan3292.24M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, ChennaiHome21 May 1997Lost[47]
2123* ‡  New Zealand31100.00Owen Delany Park, TaupōAway9 January 1999Lost (D/L)[48]
3116  Sri Lanka3198.30Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, NagpurHome22 March 1999Won[49]
4104*  Kenya3195.41Bristol County Ground, BristolNeutral23 May 1999Won[50]
5145  Sri Lanka31112.40County Ground, TauntonNeutral26 May 1999Won[51]
6103*  West Indies3183.06Kallang Ground, SingaporeNeutral8 September 1999Lost[52]
7153  New Zealand31100.00Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, HyderabadHome8 November 1999Won[53]
8109*  West Indies4287.90Sardar Patel Stadium, AhmedabadHome15 November 2002Won[54]
9104  United Arab Emirates51111.82Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, DambullaNeutral16 July 2004Won[55]
10104  Pakistan4174.82Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, KochiHome2 April 2005Won[56]
11103* †  Sri Lanka5185.83Sardar Patel Stadium, AhmedabadHome6 November 2005Lost[57]
12105 † ‡  West Indies22102.94Sabina Park, KingstonAway18 May 2006Won[58]

References

Sources

  • Prabhudesai, Devendra (2005): The Nice Guy Who Finished First: A Biography of Rahul Dravid, Rupa Publications India. ISBN 8-12911-650-2.
  • Bal, Sambit & Banjar, Sanjay (2012): Rahul Dravid: Timeless Steel, The Walt Disney Company India Pvt. Ltd. ISBN 9-38181-078-8.

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