Washington Sundar became the latest Indian to notch up a century in Test cricket away from home, achieving the feat in the drawn fourth Test against England at Old Trafford.
With this, he joined an exclusive list of Indian cricketers who have managed to score a Test hundred outside India, a milestone that has always been regarded as a mark of true batting excellence.
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India now heads to The Oval for the fifth and final Test from July 31 to August 4, trailing 1-2 in the series. But Sundar’s knock has already made headlines for the grit that he shown when the team needed it most.
How did Washington Sundar score his maiden overseas Test century?
Walking out to bat under pressure at Old Trafford, Sundar came in after the fall of KL Rahul and Shubman Gill, who had revived India from a collapse.
He batted at No. 5 for the first time in his Test career and showed maturity beyond his age. Partnering with Ravindra Jadeja, the pair ensured that England’s hopes of a win slipped away session by session.
Sundar finished unbeaten on 101 off 206 balls, and Jadeja too scored 107 not out. Their 203-run stand for the fifth wicket helped India draw the match.
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Indian batters with Test centuries outside India: Full list
Scoring a hundred outside India, especially in SENA conditions, has always carried extra weight.
Over the years, many great Indian batters have scored hundreds away from home. From old players like Vijay Merchant to today’s stars like Gill and Rishabh Pant, this list shows how good India’s batting has been for a long time.
Here’s the full list of Indian cricketers who have scored Test centuries overseas:
| Name |
|---|
| Vijay Merchant |
| S Mushtaq Ali |
| Vinoo Mankad |
| Vijay Hazare |
| Dattu Phadkar |
| Vijay Manjrekar |
| Polly Umrigar |
| Madhav Apte |
| Pankaj Roy |
| Abbas Ali Baig |
| Salim Durani |
| Mak Pataudi |
| M Jaisimha |
| Ajit Wadekar |
| Dilip Sardesai |
| Sunil Gavaskar |
| Surinder Amarnath |
| Brijesh Patel |
| G Vishwanath |
| Mohinder Amarnath |
| Dilip Vengsarkar |
| Sandeep Patil |
| Kapil Dev |
| Ravi Shastri |
| K Srikkanth |
| Sanjay Manjrekar |
| Navjot Sidhu |
| M Azharuddin |
| Sachin Tendulkar |
| Pravin Amre |
| Woorkeri Raman |
| Sourav Ganguly |
| Rahul Dravid |
| Ajay Jadeja |
| VVS Laxman |
| Virender Sehwag |
| Ajay Ratra |
| Ajit Agarkar |
| Yuvraj Singh |
| Mohd Kaif |
| Wasim Jaffer |
| Anil Kumble |
| Gautam Gambhir |
| Suresh Raina |
| Rohit Sharma |
| Yusuf Pathan |
| Virat Kohli |
| Shikhar Dhawan |
| C Pujara |
| Ajinkya Rahane |
| Murali Vijay |
| KL Rahul |
| Ambati Rayudu |
| Kedar Jadhav |
| Manish Pandey |
| Ravi Ashwin |
| W Saha |
| Rishabh Pant |
| Hanuma Vihari |
| Shreyas Iyer |
| Deepak Hooda |
| Ravindra Jadeja |
| Suryakumar |
| Shubman Gill |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal |
| Sanju Samson |
| Abhishek Sharma |
| Tilak Varma |
| Nitish Reddy |
| Washington Sundar |