Indians on Lord’s Honours board

Ajinkya Rahane is the 20th Indian to enter the Lord's Honours board.

Jul 18, 2014

Ajinkya Rahane became the 20th Indian to find his name on the Lord’s Honours board with a century against England on July 17, 2014. On a lush green top, Rahane fought his way against the England pace attack to score his second Test ton. The last time and Indian scored a century in his first appearance at Lord’s was Sourav Ganguly with 131 on his Test debut. The last Indian on the Lord’s Honours board was Praveen Kumar who had bagged a five-for in the 2011 series when India lost 0-4. After Rahane, came Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s moment to enter the Lord’s Honours board  with a six-wicket haul. On July 21, 2014, Ishant stormed in to the Honours board running through the England batting with figures of seven for 74.

 

• The first Indian to get to the Lord’s Honours board was Mohammad Nissar when he bagged five for 93 in June 1932.

 

• Dilip Vengsarkar is the only Indian to have etched his name on the Honours board thrice.

 

• Vinoo Mankad has got to the Honours board twice, one for a century and one for a five-wicket haul. Interestingly, Mankad has achieved both on the same day, June 19, 1952.

 

• Three Indian batsmen have got to the Lord’s Honours board with identical scores. Dilip Vengsarkar, Rahul Dravid and Ajinkya Rahane with 103.

 

• The best bowling figures by an Indian at Lord’s is Ishant Sharma with seven for 74. Next is Amar Singh with six for 35. Apart from him, only Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Bishan Singh Bedi have a six-for.

 

Centuries by Indian batsmen to get to the Lord’s Honours board

Batsman	Runs	Date
Ajinkya Rahane	103	17-Jul-14
Rahul Dravid	103*	21-Jul-11
Ajit Agarakar	109*	25-Jul-02
Sourav Ganguly	131	20-Jun-96
Mohammad Azharuddin	121	26-Jul-90
Ravi Shastri	100	26-Jul-90
Dilip Vengsarkar	126*	5-Jun-86
Dilip Vengsarkar	157	10-Jun-82
Gundappa Viswanath	113	2-Aug-79
Dilip Vengsarkar	103	2-Aug-79
Vinoo Mankad	184	19-Jun-52

 

Five-for by Indians to get to the Lord’s Honours board

Bowler	Bowling Figures	Date
Ishant Sharma	7/74	21-Jul-14
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	6/82	19-Jul-14
Praveen Kumar	5/106	21-Jul-11
RP Singh	5/59	19-Jul-07
Venkatesh Prasad	5/76	20-Jun-96
Chetan Sharma	5/64	5-Jun-86
Kapil Dev	5/125	10-Jun-82
Bishan Singh Bedi	6/226	20-Jun-74
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar	5/127	22-Jun-67
Ramakant Desai	6/89	19-Jun-59
Vinoo Mankad	5/196	19-Jun-52
Lala Amarnath	5/118	22-Jun-46
Amar Singh	6/35	27-Jun-36
Mohammad Nissar	5/93	25-Jun-32

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