For the knowledge of fantasy cricket fans, the Indian cricket team achieved Test status in the year 1932 and have played 529 Test matches since that time. Indian team played its first Test match against England in 1932 at Lord’s London.
Till date, an overall of 294 fantasy cricket league players has depicted the Indian side in the Test matches with Shardul Thakur being the most recent addition to the list. CK Nayudu was the first Indian Test team captain, whilst Lala Amarnath was the first Indian batsman to score 100 in Test cricket.
82 players have joined the list of cricketers who have scored a 100 in Test for India. Sachin Tendulkar has got the record of maximum centuries in Test online fantasy cricket. Virender Sehwag was the 1st Indian to score triple 100 in Test cricket and also scored more than one triple 100.
Take a look at 5 Indian cricketers who played Test cricket and have scored just one century and start making your daily fantasy cricket team at India’s most trusted fantasy sports platform, 11wickets.com.
Mohammad Kaif
Mohammad Kaif was India’s national U-19 cricket team captain which won U-19 World Cup in 2000. He was considered to be one of the best fielders in the Indian cricket team at the time of his period with the national team.
Kaif made his Test debut in 2000. At an average of 32.84, he scored 624 runs in his Test career. Kaif have scored his first Test century in the last series he played in the Indian team, an unbeaten 148* in June 2006 against West Indies.
Ajit Agarkar
Ajit Agarkar was a popular Indian bowler and played over 200 matches for India in all formats. He made his international debut when he was 20, he played his first Test against Zimbabwe. His test career had not been that amazing in comparison with his ODI career.
Agarkar’s Test century came at the iconic Lord’s stadium, in which he scored 109 in 190 balls. Actually, this was his sole 50+ score in his Test career.
Irfan Pathan
Irfan Pathan was considered to be the ideal heir to Zaheer Khan in the Indian cricket team. He made his test debut against Australia in 2003-04 when he was 19 and played for India in all the three formats.
His 100 came against Pakistan in 2007, where he scored 102 of 133.
Dinesh Karthik
Karthik debuted for India, when he was 19 years old against Australia at Wankhede Stadium Mumbai.
Since that time he has played 26 Tests for India in 14 years. He has scored his first Test hundred against Bangladesh post World Cup 2007. Furthermore, in that match, the best four of the Indian team scored a hundred as India posted an enormous score of 610 for 3 wickets.
Anil Kumble
Anil Kumble was the most outstanding Indian bowler in Test with 619 wickets. He debuted in 1990 when he was 19 years against England.
His only Test hundred came against England at Oval, London when he scored an unbeaten 110.
*Records have been compiled as on June 10, 2019
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