CA Pujara of India earned the distinction of scoring a century in his 50^th test when he scored 133 against Sri Lanka in the ongoing test at Col-PSS. His feat provides the 32nd occasion of a batsman registering a century in his 50^th test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Batsman	Team	Score	Inns	Opp	Venue	Start date
1	JB Hobbs	Eng	159	FI	Win	The Oval	14.08.28
2	PR Umrigar	Ind	112	FI	Pak	Delhi	08.02.61
3	TW Graveney	Eng	153	FI	Pak	Lord’s	23.06.62
4	KF Barrington	Eng	256	FI	Aus	Manchester	23.07.64
5	RB Simpson	Aus	103	SI	Ind	Adelaide	28.12.67
6	WM Lawry	Aus	205	FI	Win	Melbourne	26.12.68
7	CH Lloyd	WI	102	FI	Ind	Bridgetown	10.03.76
8	GR Viswanath	Ind	124	SI	Win	Chennai	12.01.79
9	SM Gavaskar	Ind	221	SI	Eng	The Oval	30.08.79
10	IT Botham	Eng	128	FI	Ind	Manchester	24.06.82
11	Javed Miandad	Pak	280*	FI	Ind	Hyderabad-Sind	14.01.83
12	N Kapil Dev	Ind	100*	SI	Win	Trinidad	11.03.83
13	IVARichards	WI	109	FI	Ind	Georgetown	31.03.83
14	JG Wright	NZl	138	SI	Win	Wellington	20.02.87
15	MA Taylor	Aus	170	FI	SAF	Melbourne	26.12.93
16	RA Smith	Eng	175	FI	Win	St John’s	16.04.94
17	MA Atherton	Eng	113	FI	Win	Nottingham	10.08.95
18	WJ Cronje	SAF	126	FI	Eng	Nottingham	22.07.98
19	G Kirsten	SAF	134	SI	Win	Centurion	15.01.99
20	ST Jayasuriya	Srl	188	FI	Pak	Kandy	28.06.00
21	MA Butcher	Eng	124	FI	Aus	Sydney	02.01.03
22	HH Gibbs	SAF	183	FI	Eng	The Oval	04.09.03
23	VVS Laxman	Ind	178	FI	Aus	Sydney	02.01.04
24	CH Gayle	WI	317	FI	SAF	St John’s	29.04.05
25	TM Dilshan	Srl	162 & 143	FI & SI	Ban	Chittagong	03.01.09
26	AB de Villiers	SAF	104*	FI	Aus	Johannesburg	02.03.09
27	KP Pietersen	Eng	102	SI	Win	Trinidad	10.03.09
28	MJ Clarke	Aus	103*	SI	Eng	Birmingham	30.07.09
29	AN Cook	Eng	118	FI	SAF	Durban	26.12.09
30	KS Willamson	NZl	113	FI	Zim	Bulawayo	04.08.16
31	V Kohli	Ind	167	FI	Eng	Vishakapatnam	17.11.16
32	CA Pujara	Ind	133	FI	Srl	Col-SSC	03.08.17

 

CA Pujara became the seventh Indian batsman to accomplish the feat of scoring a century in his 50^th test. The following table furnishes the feat of these seven batsmen

 

No	Batsman	Team	Score	Inns	Opp	Venue	Start date
1	PR Umrigar	Ind	112	FI	Pak	Delhi	08.02.61
2	GR Viswanath	Ind	124	SI	Win	Chennai	12.01.79
3	SM Gavaskar	Ind	221	SI	Eng	The Oval	30.08.79
4	N Kapil Dev	Ind	100*	SI	Win	Trinidad	11.03.83
5	VVS Laxman	Ind	178	FI	Aus	Sydney	02.01.04
6	V Kohli	Ind	167	FI	Eng	Vishakapatnam	17.11.16
7	CA Pujara	Ind	133	FI	Srl	Col-SSC	03.08.17

The following are the other statistical observations on the feat of batsmen scoring centuries in their 50^th test.  

Javed Miandad scored centuries in his debut test, 50^th test and 100^th test. He is the only batsman in the annals of test cricket to earn the distinction.  Javed Miandad of Pakistan, GR Viswanath of India and AN Cook of England registered centuries in his debut test and in their 50th test. TM Dilshan is the only batsman to register centuries in both innings of his 50^th test. He is the 25th batsman to earn the distinction of scoring century in 50^th test. G Kirsten scored zero and 134 in his 50th test. CH Gayle {317} remains the only batsman to register 300 plus runs in his 50^th test. KF Barrington {256} is credited with the distinction of becoming the first batsman to score a double century in his 50th test. GR Viswanath-SM Gavaskar {brother-in-laws} are the only related cricketers in this elite list. CA Pujara became the first batsman to score a century in his  50^th test against Sri Lanka.