List of international cricket centuries at the Sardar Patel Stadium
The Sardar Patel Stadium is a cricket ground on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, it was established in 1982 and has a capacity of 54,000. The ground hosted its first international match in 1983 when India played the West Indies in a Test match, One Day Internationals (ODIs) have been played at the ground since 1984.[1] The ground has been the scene of 29 Test and 13 ODI centuries.[2][3]
The first Test century scored at the ground was in 1987 by the Pakistani Ijaz Faqih who made 105. It was during the same match that Dilip Vengsarkar scored the first Test century by an Indian at the ground. The Sri Lankan Mahela Jayawardene holds the record for the highest score made at the ground, 275 in 2009. Rahul Dravid is the highest Indian scorer at the ground. Dravid is also one of two players to have scored three Test centuries at the ground the other is Sachin Tendulkar.[2]
The New Zealander Nathan Astle became the first player to score an ODI century at the ground when he made 101 against England in 1996. Sourav Ganguly, who was the first Indian to score an ODI century at the ground, has made the highest ODI score with 144. Dravid and Chris Gayle are the only players to have made two ODI centuries at the ground.[3]
Key[edit]
- * denotes that the batsman was not out.
- Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
- Balls denotes the number of balls faced in an innings.
- NR denotes that the number of balls was not recorded.
- Parentheses next to the player's score denotes his century number at the Sardar Patel Stadium.
- The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
- The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won,[4][5] lost[6][7] or if the match was drawn.[8]
Test centuries[edit]
The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the Sardar Patel Stadium.[2]
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 105 | Ijaz Faqih |  Pakistan |
272 | 1 |  India |
4 March 1987 | Drawn |
| 2 | 109 | Dilip Vengsarkar | India |
295 | 2 | Pakistan |
4 March 1987 | Drawn |
| 3 | 152 | Mohammad Azharuddin | India |
260 | 2 |  Sri Lanka |
8 February 1994 | Won |
| 4 | 110 | Sadagoppan Ramesh | India |
169 | 1 |  New Zealand |
29 October 1999 | Drawn |
| 5 | 217 | Sachin Tendulkar (1/3) | India |
344 | 1 | New Zealand |
29 October 1999 | Drawn |
| 6 | 125 | Sourav Ganguly (1/2) | India |
251 | 1 | New Zealand |
29 October 1999 | Drawn |
| 7 | 121 | Craig White |  England |
265 | 1 | India |
11 December 2001 | Drawn |
| 8 | 103 | Sachin Tendulkar (2/3) | India |
197 | 2 | England |
11 December 2001 | Drawn |
| 9 | 222 | Rahul Dravid (1/3) | India |
387 | 1 | New Zealand |
8 October 2003 | Drawn |
| 10 | 100* | Sourav Ganguly (2/2) | India |
211 | 1 | New Zealand |
8 October 2003 | Drawn |
| 11 | 103 | Nathan Astle | New Zealand |
207 | 2 | India |
8 October 2003 | Drawn |
| 12 | 104 | VVS Laxman | India |
237 | 1 | Sri Lanka |
18 December 2005 | Won |
| 13 | 132 | Jacques Kallis |  South Africa |
275 | 2 | India |
3 April 2008 | Won |
| 14 | 217* | AB de Villiers | South Africa |
333 | 2 | India |
3 April 2008 | Won |
| 15 | 177 | Rahul Dravid (2/3) | India |
261 | 1 | Sri Lanka |
16 November 2009 | Drawn |
| 16 | 110 | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | India |
159 | 1 | Sri Lanka |
16 November 2009 | Drawn |
| 17 | 112 | Tillakaratne Dilshan | Sri Lanka |
133 | 2 | India |
16 November 2009 | Drawn |
| 18 | 275 | Mahela Jayawardene | Sri Lanka |
435 | 2 | India |
16 November 2009 | Drawn |
| 19 | 154* | Prasanna Jayawardene | Sri Lanka |
314 | 2 | India |
16 November 2009 | Drawn |
| 20 | 114 | Gautam Gambhir | India |
230 | 3 | Sri Lanka |
16 November 2009 | Drawn |
| 21 | 100* | Sachin Tendulkar (3/3) | India |
211 | 3 | Sri Lanka |
16 November 2009 | Drawn |
| 22 | 173 | Virender Sehwag (1/2) | India |
199 | 1 | New Zealand |
4 November 2010 | Drawn |
| 23 | 104 | Rahul Dravid (3/3) | India |
227 | 1 | New Zealand |
4 November 2010 | Drawn |
| 24 | 103 | Jesse Ryder | New Zealand |
205 | 2 | India |
4 November 2010 | Drawn |
| 25 | 131 | Kane Williamson | New Zealand |
299 | 2 | India |
4 November 2010 | Drawn |
| 26 | 115 | Harbhajan Singh | India |
193 | 3 | New Zealand |
4 November 2010 | Drawn |
| 27 | 117 | Virender Sehwag (2/2) | India |
117 | 1 | England |
15 November 2012 | Won |
| 28 | 206* | Cheteshwar Pujara | India |
389 | 1 | England |
15 November 2012 | Won |
| 29 | 176 | Alastair Cook | England |
374 | 3 | India |
15 November 2012 | Lost |
One Day International centuries[edit]
The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the Sardar Patel Stadium.[3]
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 101 | Nathan Astle | New Zealand |
132 | 1 | England |
14 February 1996 | Won |
| 2 | 102 | Alistair Campbell |  Zimbabwe |
145 | 2 |  Australia |
3 April 1998 | Lost |
| 3 | 144 | Sourav Ganguly | India |
152 | 1 | Zimbabwe |
5 December 2000 | Won |
| 4 | 140 | Chris Gayle (1/2) |  West Indies |
127 | 1 | India |
15 November 2002 | Lost |
| 5 | 109* | Rahul Dravid (1/2) | India |
124 | 2 | West Indies |
15 November 2002 | Won |
| 6 | 123 | Sachin Tendulkar | India |
130 | 1 | Pakistan |
12 April 2005 | Lost |
| 7 | 103 | Gautam Gambhir | India |
97 | 1 | Sri Lanka |
6 November 2005 | Lost |
| 8 | 103* | Rahul Dravid (2/2) | India |
120 | 1 | Sri Lanka |
6 November 2005 | Lost |
| 9 | 110 | Upul Tharanga | Sri Lanka |
130 | 1 | Zimbabwe |
10 October 2006 | Won |
| 10 | 101 | Chris Gayle (2/2) | West Indies |
128 | 1 | England |
28 October 2006 | Lost |
| 11 | 112* | Dwayne Bravo | West Indies |
124 | 1 | England |
28 October 2006 | Lost |
| 12 | 104* | Jacques Kallis | South Africa |
94 | 1 | India |
27 February 2010 | Won |
| 13 | 102* | AB de Villiers | South Africa |
59 | 1 | India |
27 February 2010 | Won |
| 14 | 104 | Ricky Ponting | Australia |
118 | 1 | India |
24 March 2011 | Lost |
| 15 | 121* | Ambati Rayudu | India |
118 | 2 | Sri Lanka |
6 November 2014 | Won |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Sardar Patel Stadium — Cricinfo profile". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Statsguru: One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Innings by innings list". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
- ↑ "Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Won". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ↑ "Statsguru: One Day International matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Won". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ↑ "Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Lost". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ↑ "Statsguru: One Day International matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Lost". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ↑ "Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Drawn". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
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