Indian batsmen scoring centuries in both innings of a test. RG Sharma is the latest addition to the elite list

Indian batsmen scoring centuries in both innings of a test. RG Sharma is the latest addition to the elite list

RG Sharma of India scored 176 and 127 in the ongoing Test at Vizag against South Africa to provide the 86th  occasion of a batsman scoring centuries in both innings of in the annals of Test cricket. It also provides the ninth occasion of Indian batsman performing such a feat. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 VS Hazare 116 145 v Australia Adelaide 23 Jan 1948
2 SM Gavaskar 124 220 v West Indies Port of Spain 13 Apr 1971
3 SM Gavaskar 111 137 v Pakistan Karachi 14 Nov 1978
4 SM Gavaskar 107 182* v West Indies Kolkata 29 Dec 1978
5 R Dravid 190 103* v New Zealand Hamilton 2 Jan 1999
6 R Dravid 110 135 v Pakistan Kolkata 16 Mar 2005
7 V Kohli 115 141 v Australia Adelaide 9 Dec 2014
8 AM Rahane 127 100* v South Africa Delhi 3 Dec 2015
9 RG Sharma 176 127 v South Africa Visakhapatnam 2 Oct 2019

RG Sharma became the second Indian batsman to score centuries in both innings of a test against South Africa after AM Rahane. AM Rahane had scored 127 and 100 not out at Delhi in Dec 2018

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 AM Rahane 127 100* v South Africa Delhi 3 Dec 2015
2 RG Sharma 176 127 v South Africa Visakhapatnam 2 Oct 2019
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