R Ashwin joins the elite list of batsmen to score two or more centuries while batting at number six in an away series

R Ashwin joins the elite list of batsmen to score two or more centuries while batting at number six in an away series

R Ashwin feat of scoring two centuries against West Indies in the ongoing test series while batting at number six in West Indies makes him the eleventh batsman to score two or more centuries in an away series while batting at number six. GS Sobers of West Indies holds the record in this category of statistics having score three centuries against England in England in 1966. The feats of all the eleven batsmen are listed below. R Ashwin became the first Indian batsman to accomplish such a feat

No Player Team 100 Away Series
1 GS Sobers Win 3 The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1966
2 OG Smith Win 2 West Indies in England Test Series, 1957
3 CH Lloyd Win 2 The Frank Worrell Trophy (West Indies in Australia), 1975/76
4 Asif Iqbal Pak 2 Pakistan in Australia Test Series, 1976/77
5 AR Border Aus 2 Australia in Pakistan Test Series, 1979/80
6 CH Lloyd Win 2 West Indies in India Test Series, 1983/84
7 SR Waugh Aus 2 The Ashes (Australia in England), 1989
8 TM Dilshan Srl 2 Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series, 2008/09
9 MJ North Aus 2 The Ashes (Australia in England), 2009
10 AD Mathews Srl 2 Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2014
11 R Ashwin Ind 2 India in West Indies Test Series, 2016

 

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