Four or more batsmen scoring centuries in a test innings in the annals of test cricket

Four or more batsmen scoring centuries in a test innings in the annals of test cricket

M Vijay {128}, CA Pujara {143 }, V Kohli {213} and RG Sharma {102* } scored centuries in India’s innings against Sri Lanka at Nagpur  in the ongoing test to provide the 22nd occasion of four  or more batsmen  scoring centuries in an innings in the  annals of test cricket. The list includes two occasions of five batsmen scoring centuries  in an innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Inns Oppn Ground Start Date 100s
1 Aus 2 Win Kingston 11 Jun 1955 5
2 Pak 2 Ban Multan 29 Aug 2001 5
3 Eng 1 Aus Nottingham 10 Jun 1938 4
4 Win 1 Ind Delhi 10 Nov 1948 4
5 Pak 2 Ind Faisalabad 03 Jan 1983 4
6 Win 2 Ind St John’s 28 Apr 1983 4
7 Pak 2 Srl Galle 21 Jun 2000 4
`8 Srl 2 Ind Col-SSC 29 Aug 2001 4
9 NZl 1 Aus Perth 30 Nov 2001 4
10 NZl 1 Ind Mohali 16 Oct 2003 4
11 SAF 1 Win St John’s 29 Apr 2005 4
12 Win 2 SAF St John’s 29 Apr 2005 4
13 Pak 1 Ind Lahore 13 Jan 2006 4
14 Eng 1 Win Lord’s 17 May 2007 4
15 Ind 1 Ban Dhaka 25 May 2007 4
16 Srl 2 Ban Col-SSC 25 Jun 2007 4
17 Srl 1 Ind Col –SSC 23 Jul 2008 4
18 Aus 2 Eng Cardiff 08 Jul 2009 4
19 Ind 2 SAF Kolkata 14 Feb 2010 4
20 Aus 1 Win Melbourne 26 Dec 2015 4
21 SAF 1 Ban Bloemfontein 06 Oct 2017 4
22 Ind 2 Srl Nagpur 24 Nov 2017 4

Indian batsman’s feat at Nagpur provides the third occasion of Indian batsmen accomplishing such a feat. All such occasions are listed below

No Team Inns Oppn Ground Start Date 100s
1 Ind 1 Ban Dhaka 25 May 2007 4
2 Ind 2 SAF Kolkata 14 Feb 2010 4
3 Ind 2 Srl Nagpur 24 Nov 2017 4

Indian batsman’s feat at Nagpur provides the second occasion of batsmen accomplishing such a feat against Sri Lanka. Both the occasions are listed below

No Team Inns Oppn Ground Start Date 100s
1 Pak 2 Srl Galle 21 Jun 2000 4
2 Ind 2 Srl Nagpur 24 Nov 2017 4

Indian batsman’s feat at Nagpur provides the fourth occasion of batsmen accomplishing such a feat on Indian soil. All such ccasions are listed below

No Team Inns Oppn Ground Start Date 100s
1 Win 1 Ind Delhi 10 Nov 1948 4
2 Ind 2 SAF Kolkata 14 Feb 2010 4
3 NZl 1 Ind Mohali 16 Oct 2003 4
4 Ind 2 Srl Nagpur 24 Nov 2017 4

Colombo-SSC in Sri Lanka and St John’s in West Indies are the two grounds to witness three occasion of four batsmen scoring centuries in an innings in the annals of test cricket. The following table list such occasions on each of these grounds

No Team Inns Oppn Ground Start Date 100s
1 Srl 1 Ind Col–SSC 23 Jul 2008 4
2 Srl 2 Ind Col-SSC 29 Aug 2001 4
3 Srl 2 Ban Col-SSC 25 Jun 2007 4
             
1 Win 2 Ind St John’s 28 Apr 1983 4
2 SAF 1 Win St John’s 29 Apr 2005 4
3 Win 2 SAF St John’s 29 Apr 2005 4

 

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