SPORTS

In a day's work

By Rajneesh Gupta
December 15, 2003

In the last 10 years (from January 1,1993), there have been 7 Indians (on 13 instances) who batted through one complete day. Rahul Dravid has done so on most occasions – four, followed by Navjot Sidhu, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman (twice each) and Vinod Kambli, Nayan Mongia and Sourav Ganguly (once each).

The complete list:

Runs

Batsman

From

To

Vs

Inns

Tst

Venue

 Season

Team Runs

From

To

 

104

NS Sidhu

0

104

Eng

 1st

 2nd

Madras

1992-93

275

 0 -

0

 2 -

275

144

VG Kambli

20

164

Eng

 1st

 3rd

Bombay WS

 1992-93

253

 1 -

144

 3 -

397

111

NR Mongia

26

137

Aus

 1st

 1st

Delhi

 1996-97

262

 1 -

57

 6 -

319

94

NS Sidhu

102

196

WI

 1st

 2nd

Port-of-Spain

 1996-97

196

 1 -

171

 3 -

367

166

VVS Laxman

109

275

Aus

 2nd

 2nd

Calcutta

 2000-01

335

 4 -

254

 4 -

589

148

R Dravid

7

155

Aus

 2nd

 2nd

Calcutta

 2000-01

335

 4 -

254

 4 -

589

137

SR Tendulkar

0

137

Zim

 1st

 1st

Nagpur

 2001-02

228

 2 -

209

 5 -

437

57

SC Ganguly

78

135

Zim

 1st

 2nd

Delhi

 2001-02

148

 4 -

171

 6 -

319

87

R Dravid

57

144

WI

 1st

 1st

Georgetown

 2001-02

158

 4 -

237

 7 -

395

167

SR Tendulkar

18

185

Eng

 1st

 3rd

Headingley

2002

348

 2 -

236

 4 -

584

100

R Dravid

31

131

Eng

 1st

 4th

The Oval

2002

249

 1 -

66

 4 -

315

124

VVS Laxman

30

154

WI

 2nd

 3rd

Calcutta

2002-03

276

 4 -

195

 8 -

471

156

R Dravid

43

199

Aus 

 1st

 2nd

Adelaide

2003-04

297

 4 -

180

 7 -

477

Note:

The team innings badly affected by rain, weather etc. has not been taken into consideration.

 

 

Rajneesh Gupta

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