There have been 33 players who represented India in International Cricket have played in the County Championship in England. A total of 51 centuries have been scored by them. Bharath Seervi lists those centuries and some related stats.
Of the 33 Indian international players who played County cricket, 16 of them scored centuries in the County for various teams. The total number of centuries by them till the last season is 51.
Mohammad Azharuddin has scored eight centuries, which is the highest among Indian batsmen. Nawab of Pataudi Sr, Ravi Shastri, and VVS Laxman have scored six centuries each. The highest score is 231 by Nawab of Pataudi Sr for Worcestershire vs Essex at Worcester in 1933.
Double centuries:
Among the 51 centuries, six are double centuries — four by Nawab of Pataudi Sr and two by Azharuddin.
Runs
Batsman
Position
Inn
For
Against
Venue
Match Date
Result
231*
Nawab of Pataudi Sr
3
3
Worcestershire
Essex
Worcester
August 5, 1933
Drawn
224*
Nawab of Pataudi Sr
3
1
Worcestershire
Kent
Worcester
July 12, 1933
Drawn
222
Nawab of Pataudi Sr
3
1
Worcestershire
Somerset
Weston-super-Mare
August 12, 1933
Drawn
214*
Nawab of Pataudi Sr
3
2
Worcestershire
Glamorgan
Worcester
May 23, 1934
Drawn
212
Mohammad Azharuddin
4
3
Derbyshire
Leicestershire
Leicester
August 28, 1991
Won
205
Mohammad Azharuddin
5
3
Derbyshire
Durham
Chesterfield
April 28, 1994
Won
All the four double centuries by Nawab of Pataudi Sr resulted in draw for his team, Worcestershire, while Azharuddin’s double hundreds for Derby were in wins.
Centuries:
The table below lists the remaining 45 centuries (excluding the double centuries above). It involves seven scores in excess of 150 — three by Dinesh Mongia, two by Azharuddin and one each by Sunil Gavaskar and Shastri.
Runs
Balls
Name
Position
Inn
For
Against
Venue
Date
Result
165
–
Dinesh Mongia
4
1
Leicestershire
Essex
Chelmsford
May 3, 2006
Won
164
191
Dinesh Mongia
4
2
Leicestershire
Durham
Chester-le-Street
August 12, 2005
Drawn
161
298
Dinesh Mongia
4
1
Leicestershire
Glamorgan
Leicester
May 9, 2006
Drawn
160*
–
Mohammad Azharuddin
5
2
Derbyshire
Lancashire
Derby
August 16, 1991
Won
157
–
Ravi Shastri
5
1
Glamorgan
Somerset
Cardiff
April 28, 1988
Drawn
155*
–
Sunil Gavaskar
2
1
Somerset
Yorkshire
Weston-super-Mare
August 6, 1980
Drawn
154
–
Mohammad Azharuddin
4
1
Derbyshire
Gloucestershire
Gloucester
June 18, 1991
Won
142
125
Sourav Ganguly
5
3
Glamorgan
Kent
Cardiff
June 8, 2005
Lost
141
–
Farokh Engineer
6
2
Lancashire
Derbyshire
Buxton
July 17, 1971
Drawn
138
–
Sunil Gavaskar
2
3
Somerset
Surrey
Kennington
May 28, 1980
Lost
137
151
Virender Sehwag
2
2
Leicestershire
Nottinghamshire
Leicester
June 27, 2003
Drawn
137
295
Rahul Dravid
4
2
Kent
Hampshire
Portsmouth
July 19, 2000
Won
135
177
VVS Laxman
4
2
Lancashire
Hampshire
Southampton
August 6, 2009
Drawn
133*
–
Ravi Shastri
3
1
Glamorgan
Lancashire
Liverpool
June 28, 1991
Drawn
130 +
111
Virender Sehwag
2
2
Leicestershire
Middlesex
Southgate
July 9, 2003
Lost
129*
–
Mohammad Azharuddin
4
2
Derbyshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottingham
August 22, 1991
Won
128*
–
Farokh Engineer
5
1
Lancashire
Surrey
Kennington
August 11, 1973
Lost
127
–
Ravi Shastri
5
1
Glamorgan
Middlesex
Albergavenny
June 10, 1989
Drawn
123*
–
Nawab of Pataudi Sr
3
3
Worcestershire
Glamorgan
Lianelli
June 24, 1933
Lost
121*
–
Nawab of Pataudi Sr
4
2
Worcestershire
Hampshire
Worcester
August 3, 1938
Drawn
120
–
Kapil Dev
6
1
Northamptonshire
Somerset
Weston-super-Mare
August 6, 1983
Drawn
113*
312
VVS Laxman
4
3
Lancashire
Somerset
Taunton
September 9, 2009
Drawn
113 +
254
VVS Laxman
4
2
Lancashire
Warwickshire
Manchester
September 23, 2009
Won
112
170
Piyush Chawla
9
2
Somerset
Middlesex
Lord’s
August 28, 2013
Won
112
–
Abdul Kardar
8
1
Warwickshire
Middlesex
Lord’s
May 10, 1950
Won
111
188
Dinesh Mongia
4
1
Lancashire
Gloucestershire
Cheltenham
July 21, 2004
Drawn
110
–
Mohammad Azharuddin
4
2
Derbyshire
Middlesex
Lord’s
August 9, 1991
Lost
109
207
VVS Laxman
4
2
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Manchester
July 31, 2009
Drawn
109
–
Mohammad Azharuddin
4
2
Derbyshire
Glamorgan
Cardiff
June 16, 1994
Won
108*
147
Dinesh Mongia
4
3
Lancashire
Warwickshire
Manchester
July 28, 2004
Drawn
107
–
Ravi Shastri
3
1
Glamorgan
Leicestershire
Neath
June 21, 1991
Drawn
106
–
Gautam Gambhir
2
3
Essex
Gloucestershire
Bristol
August 28, 2013
Drawn
104*
–
Farokh Engineer
6
1
Lancashire
Warwickshire
Manchester
August 2, 1975
Won
103
165
VVS Laxman
5
2
Lancashire
Warwickshire
Manchester
September 11, 2007
Won
103
–
Ravi Shastri
5
1
Glamorgan
Northamptonshire
Swansea
July 1, 1987
Lost
103
–
Kapil Dev
6
1
Northamptonshire
Sussex
Eastbourne
August 11, 1982
Won
103
–
Farokh Engineer
4
3
Lancashire
Glamorgan
Swansea
June 11, 1969
Drawn
102* #
86
Piyush Chawla
9
2
Sussex
Worcestershire
Worcester
June 11, 2009
Won
101*
–
Ravi Shastri
7
3
Glamorgan
Middlesex
Albergavenny
June 10, 1989
Drawn
101
–
Nawab of Pataudi Jr
3
1
Sussex
Hampshire
Portsmouth
June 26, 1965
Lost
100
100
VVS Laxman
3
4
Lancashire
Surrey
Kennington
September 19, 2007
Lost
100
98
Sachin Tendulkar
5
4
Yorkshire
Durham
Durham
August 4, 1992
Won
100
229
Mohammad Azharuddin
4
1
Derbyshire
Warwickshire
Birmingham
June 28, 1991
Won
100*
–
Kapil Dev
6
3
Northamptonshire
Derbyshire
Northampton
August 14, 1982
Won
100
–
Kapil Dev
7
1
Worcestershire
Middlesex
Lord’s
April 27, 1985
Lost
# represents Century on debut
+ represents Century on last appearance
– The fastest century recorded is off 82 balls by Piyush Chawla in 2009 on his County Championship debut.
– Piyush Chawla is the only Indian cricketer to score a century on his County Championship debut.
– Virender Sehwag scored a century in 92 balls (130 off 111), which was his last appearance in County Championship in 2003.
– Nawab of Pataudi Sr scored double centuries in consecutive innings (231* and 222) in August 1933.
Note:
Abdul Kardar was a Pakistan citizen when he played in the County Championship. He played for India in 1946 before moving permanently to Pakistan in 1947.
(Bharath Seervi is a cricket statistician who is obsessed with digging numbers, facts and records related to the game. An active member of Society of Cricket Statisticians of India, he blogs at www.cricketseervistats.blogspot.com. He can be followed on Twitter at www.twitter.com/SeerviBharath and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SeerviCricket)
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