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India's first Test series as an independent country was against Australia. [3] They secured their first Test win against England in 1952 at Madras Cricket Club Ground . [ 4 ] [ A ] As of January 31, 2025 [update] , India have played 589 Test matches; they have won 181 matches, lost 184 matches, and 223 matches were drawn with one being tied . [ 5 ]
Sachin Tendulkar played for India, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen of all time, [1] [2] he is the most prolific run-scorer in international cricket. [3] Tendulkar has scored the highest number of centuries (100 or more runs ) in Test matches and One Day International (ODI) matches organised by the International Cricket Council .
India's Test series victory in 1986 against England remained the last Test series win by India outside the subcontinent for the next 19 years. The 1980s saw Gavaskar and Kapil Dev (India's best all-rounder to date) at the pinnacle of their careers. Gavaskar made a Test record 34 centuries as he became the first man to reach the 10,000 run mark.
Sourav Ganguly is a former Indian cricketer and captain of the India national cricket team. From his international debut in 1992 to his retirement in 2008, he scored centuries (100 or more runs) on 16 occasions in Test cricket and in 22 One Day International (ODI) matches. [1] Ganguly scored a century on Test debut, against England in Lord's in
Dravid's highest Test score of 270, achieved in April 2004 in Rawalpindi, helped India to an innings victory against Pakistan. [8] The performance was the fourth-highest score by an Indian batsman in Test cricket. [9] He scored centuries against all Test playing nations and was the first cricketer to score centuries in all 10 Test playing nations.
There have been three occasions in Test cricket where a bowler has taken all ten wickets in a single innings – Jim Laker of England took 10/53 against Australia in 1956, India's Anil Kumble in 1999 returned figures of 10/74 against Pakistan, New Zealand's Ajaz Patel in 2021 obtained figures of 10/119 against India.
Sehwag is the first Indian to score a triple century (300 or more runs), and has done so twice—309 against Pakistan in Multan in 2004 and 319 against South Africa in Chennai in 2008. [10] The latter is the fastest triple century in Test cricket, the 300 coming up off just 278 balls, and is also the highest score with a strike rate over 100. [11]
A qualification of 15 overall centuries is used for entry onto the men's list. To date, 127 cricketers have scored 15 or more international centuries, 83 of whom went on to score 20 or more centuries, 44 have scored 30 or more centuries, and 21 have a total of 40 or more centuries.