The 100th Test: Hope it will be sweet for Ishant Sharma
Updated On: 23 February, 2021 12:03 PM IST | Mumbai | Rohan Koli
Not many from a select band of Indian cricketers have enjoyed great success in their 100th Test. Ishant Sharma could well join the ‘minority’ though
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As India pacer Ishant Sharma is all set to become the 11th Indian to play 100 Tests when the hosts take on England in the third match at the refurbished Sardar Patel Stadium on Wednesday, mid-day.com looks at how Indians have fared in their landmark Test.
Sunil Gavaskar: October 17-21, 1984, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore (48 & 37)
Considered one of the greatest opening batsmen, Sunil Gavaskar is the first Indian to play 100 Test matches. He also holds the record for being the first cricketer to play 100 consecutive Tests. Having scored a career-best 236 not out in the previous match against the West Indies at Chennai, a lot was expected from the Little Master. He, however, couldn’t convert the start he received in the first innings, falling for 48 as India were bundled out for just 156, in reply to Pakistan’s 428-9 declared, thus encouraging Pakistan skipper Zaheer Abbas to enforce the follow-on. Gavaskar and Anshuman Gaekwad (60) gave India a good start, but the former failed to score big again after being trapped lbw by right-arm pacer Jalal-ud-Din. The match ended in a draw after Pakistan failed to dismiss the visitors in the second innings.
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