10 Indian Batsmen To Score Their First Test Century In Australia
By Tarkesh Jha
No. 1 | Vinoo Mankad | The Mumbai batter scored 116 runs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground during India’s Test tour to Australia in 1948
No. 2 | Vijay Hazare | In the same tour, Vijay Hazare scored 116 runs from 303 balls and then followed it up with 145 runs from 372 deliveries in the Adelaide Test
No. 3 | Dattu Phadkar | In the same Adelaide game, Dattu Phadkar notched 123 runs off 284 deliveries, interestingly while batting at No. 7
No. 4 | Mohinder Amarnath | Battling hostile conditions at WACA in Perth, Mohinder Amarnath scored 100 off 175 deliveries in 1977
No. 5 | Sandeep Patil | Again at Adelaide, in 1981, Sandeep Patil brought up an impactful 174-run knock from 240 balls against Greg Chappell’s Australia
No. 6 | Kris Srikkanth | In the 1986 New Year Test at Sydney, Srikkanth scored 116 runs while opening the batting against Australia
No. 7 | VVS Laxman | The Hyderabad batter had played a fantastic 167-run innings at Sydney, which was important since his place in the squad was under radar at that point
No. 8 | Virat Kohli | In the 2011-12 tour, Virat Kohli joined the list of Indian batsmen to score their first century in Adelaide to score 116 runs off 213 deliveries
No. 9 | KL Rahul | The Indian batter had endured a difficult debut in Melbourne in 2014, but he bounced back strong to notch 110 in Sydney as an opener
No. 10 | Nitish Kumar Reddy | The Andhra Pradesh all-rounder became the 10th Indian batsman to scale this feat on Saturday, doing so while playing at No. 8