Indian batsmen scoring centuries in fourth innings of a test in a winning cause

Indian batsmen scoring centuries in fourth innings of a test in a winning cause

The following are the four occasions when  Indian batsmen have scored centuries in the fourth innings of  a test in a winning cause

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 SM Gavaskar 102 4 Ind Win Port of Spain 07 Apr 1976
2 GR Viswanath 112 4 Ind Win Port of Spain 07 Apr 1976
3 SR Tendulkar 103* 4 Ind Eng Chennai 11 Dec 2008
4 VVS Laxman 103* 4 Ind Srl Col-PSS 03 Aug 2010

A Close scrutiny of the long list of batsmen, who have scored fourth innings centuries winning cause, provides the eleven occasions of two batsmen scoring centuries in the fourth innings of a test helping their teams to win the test. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 1 AR Morris 182 4 Aus Eng Leeds 22 Jul 1948
  2 DG Bradman 173* 4 Aus Eng Leeds 22 Jul 1948
                 
2 1 CC Hunte 114 4 Win Pak Georgetown 13 Mar 1958
  2 GS Sobers 109* 4 Win Pak Georgetown 13 Mar 1958
                 
3 1 SM Gavaskar 102 4 Ind Win Port of Spain 07 Apr 1976
  2 GR Viswanath 112 4 Ind Win Port of Spain 07 Apr 1976
                 
4 1 GM Wood 126 4 Aus Win Georgetown 31 Mar 1978
  2 CS Serjeant 124 4 Aus Win Georgetown 31 Mar 1978
                 
5 1 Mudassar Nazar 106 4 Pak NZl Hyd-Pak 25 Nov 1984
  2 Javed Miandad 103* 4 Pak NZl Hyd-Pak 25 Nov 1984
                 
6 1 BA Young 120 4 NZl Pak Christchurch 24 Feb 1994
  2 SA Thomson 120* 4 NZl Pak Christchurch 24 Feb 1994
                 
7 1 JL Langer 127 4 Aus Pak Hobart 18 Nov 1999
  2 AC Gilchrist 149* 4 Aus Pak Hobart 18 Nov 1999
                 
8 1 RR Sarwan 105 4 Win Aus St John’s 09 May 2003
  2 S Chanderpaul 104 4 Win Aus St John’s 09 May 2003
                 
9 1 GC Smith 108 4 SAF Aus Perth 17 Dec 2008
  2 AB de Villiers 106* 4 SAF Aus Perth 17 Dec 2008
                 
10 1 GC Smith 101* 4 SAF Aus Cape Town 09 Nov 2011
  2 HM Amla 112 4 SAF Aus Cape Town 09 Nov 2011
                 
11 1 Shan Masood 125 4 Pak Srl Pallekele 03 Jul 2015
  2 Younis Khan 171* 4 Pak Srl Pallekele 03 Jul 2015

SM Gavaskar and GR Viswanath scored 102 and 112 in the fourth innings of the Port of Spain Test against West Indies in April 1976 to provide the lone occasion of two Indian batsmen involving in this category of statistics

No No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 1 SM Gavaskar 102 4 Ind Win Port of Spain 07 Apr 1976
  2 GR Viswanath 112 4 Ind Win Port of Spain 07 Apr 1976
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