Published on: Jul 2, 2022 8:13 pm IST|Updated on: Jul 28, 2022 7:07 pm IST
The swinging conditions in the England tests the patience and skills of the batsmen. Indian cricket has been blessed with many stalwarts who have proven their worth in the testing conditions and have helped the side to be on the top. Not everyone can smash runs for fun in England but there have been few Indian batsmen who have ruled the opposition even in their own home.
Player
Hundreds
Highest Score
Runs in England
1.
Rahul Dravid
6
217
1376
2.
Sachin Tendulkar
4
193
1575
3.
Dilip Vengsarkar
157
960
4.
Sourav Ganguly
3
136
915
5.
Sunil Gavaskar
2
221
1152
6.
Virat Kohli
149
956
7.
Mohammmad Azharuddin
179
625
8.
KL Rahul
614
9.
Vijay Merchant
128
527
10.
Ravi Shastri
187
503
11.
Rishabh Pant
146
454
12.
G Vishwanath
1
113
858
13.
Cheteshwar Pujara
132*
740
14.
Ajinkya Rahane
103
665
15.
Kapil Dev
110
638
16.
Ravindra Jadeja
104
536
17.
Murli Vijay
428
18.
Rohit Sharma
127
402
19.
MH Mankad
184
395
20.
S Mushtaq Ali
112
305
21.
VL Manjrekar
133
296
22.
Virender Sehwag
106
278
23.
Polly Umrigar
118
273
24.
MAK Pataudi
148
269
25.
Anil Kumble
110*
222
26.
Ajit Agarkar
109*
210
27.
SM Patil
129*
191
Current Team India head coach and former Indian cricketer Rahul Dravid has hit most Test hundreds by Indian batsmen. He has 6 centuries in the country with the high score of 217 runs and has 1376 runs in England. Sachin Tendulkar has 4 centuries in UK with best of 193. He also has scored more than 1500 runs.
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Dilip Vengsarkar also has four centuries in England in his tally of 960 runs. Whereas Sourav Ganguly has notched up 3 tons in England with the best of 136 and total tally of 915 runs.
The likes of Sunil Gavaskar, Virat Kohli, Mohammad Azharuddin, KL Rahul, Vijay Merchant, Ravi Shastri have two centuries each to their name in England. Among these stalwarts Gavaskar has scored double hundred while rest has registered the best score of over 125 runs.
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16 Indian batsmen have one Test hundreds each in England. These include G Vishwanath, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Kapil Dev, Ravindra Jadeja, Murli Vijay, Rohit Sharma, MH Mankad, Syed Mushtaq Ali, VL Manjrekar, Virender Sehwag, Polly Umrigar, MAK Pataudi, SM Patil.
While the two names might be surprising. Indian bowlers Anil Kumble and Ajit Agarkar are also in the list of Test hundreds by Indian batsmen in England.
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