Most Centuries by Indians in First Class Cricket

In the Ranji Season of 2013/14, Wasim Jaffer scored 2 centuries, 111 vs Punjab & 139 vs Vidarbha, and reached 50 centuries in his First Class Career. He became only the 8th Indian player to score 50 centuries in First Class Cricket. The leaders are Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar with 81 centuries each. Rahul Dravid (68), Vijay Hazare (60), Dilip Vengsarkar (55), VVS Laxman (55) and Mohammad Azharuddin (54) are the other Indians to score 50 centuries in their respective First Class Career.

Jaffer becomes the 8th Indian to score 50 centuries in First Class Cricket

Wasim Jaffer began his First Class Career in the 1996/97 Ranji Trophy season and soon made a mark by scoring a Triple Century in only his second First Class match making him the youngest Indian and second youngest after Javed Miandad to score a triple century in First Class Cricket. He smashed another 300 in 2008/09 season and 5 more double centuries in his First Class Cricket Career (2 of those in Tests for India).

Wasim Jaffer is the leading run getter in all the major First Class Tournaments in India – Ranji Trophy (9504), Duleep Trophy (2545) & Irani Trophy (1008).

Jaffer reached the 50 centuries mark in the 356th inning of his First Class Career. Quickest (in terms of Innings) Indian to this mark is Vijay Hazare who scored his 50th first class century in his 253rd inning (155 vs England in December 1951). Slowest being VVS Laxman who got to his 50th First Class Century in a County match for Lancashire vs Somerset in June 2009 in his 377th inning (Rahul Dravid scored his 50th century in his 376th inning).

On the other end of the country Subramaniam Badrinath smashed his 30th century in First Class Career with his 5th double century, a 248 vs Madhya Pradesh in Indore. He became the 36th Indian to score 30 or more centuries in First Class Career.

Below is the list of all the Indians who scored 30 or more centuries in their First Class Cricket Career sorted in the descending order of 100s.

100s	Batsman	Span	Mat	Innings	Runs	Avg	Best
81	Sunil Gavaskar	1966-1987	348	563	25834	51.46	340
81	Sachin Tendulkar	1988-2013	310	490	25396	57.84	248*
68	Rahul Dravid	1990-2012	298	497	23794	55.33	270
60	Vijay Hazare	1934-1967	238	367	18740	58.38	316*
55	Dilip Vengsarkar	1975-1992	260	390	17868	52.86	284
55	VVS Laxman	1992-2012	267	436	19730	51.64	353
54	Mohammad Azharuddin	1981-2000	229	343	15855	51.98	226
50	Wasim Jaffer	1996-Present	216	356	16590	51.68	314*
49	Polly Umrigar	1944-1963	243	350	16155	52.28	252*
45	Vijay Merchant	1929-1951	150	234	13470	71.64	359*
44	Gundappa Viswanath	1967-1988	308	486	17970	40.93	247
38	Ajay Sharma	1984-2001	129	166	10120	67.46	259*
38	Virender Sehwag	1997-Present	175	291	13337	47.63	319
38	Vijay Mankrekar	1949-1973	198	295	12832	49.92	283
37	Brijesh Patel	1969-1988	203	311	11911	45.63	216
36	Gautam Gambhir	1999-Present	151	255	12019	51.58	233*
36	Ajit Wadekar	1958-1975	237	360	15380	47.03	323
35	Vinod Kambli	1989-2004	129	181	9965	59.67	262
34	Anshuman Gaekwad	1969-1992	206	326	12136	41.56	225
34	Ravi Shastri	1979-1994	245	356	13202	44.00	217
33	Hrishikesh Kanitkar	1994-Present	144	220	10327	52.42	290
33	Vikram Rathour	1988-2003	146	239	11473	49.66	254
33	Pankaj Roy	1946-1968	185	295	11868	42.38	202*
33	ML Jaisimha	1954-1977	245	388	13516	37.44	259
33	Sourav Ganguly	1989-2011	254	399	15687	44.18	239
32	Sridharan Sriram	1993-2011	133	194	9539	52.99	288
31	Raman Lamba	1978-1998	121	175	8776	53.84	320
31	Lala Amarnath	1929-1964	186	286	10426	41.37	262
31	Sanjay Manjrekar	1984-1998	147	217	10252	55.11	377
31	Ashok Mankad	1963-1983	218	326	12980	50.90	265
30	Subramaniam Badrinath	2000-Present	115	164	8672	60.64	250
30	Arun Lal	1974-1996	156	240	10421	46.94	287
30	Amol Muzumdar	1993-Present	171	260	11167	48.13	260
30	Mushtaq Ali	1930-1964	226	384	13213	35.90	233
30	Mohinder Amarnath	1966-1989	248	379	13747	43.22	207
30	Chandu Borde	1959-1973	251	370	12805	40.91	207*

 

 

Number of Innings to score 50 First Class Centuries

253 – Vijay Hazare

273 – Sachin Tendulkar

311 – Mohammad Azharuddin

312 – Sunil Gavaskar

342 – Dilip Vengsarkar

356 – Wasim Jaffer

376 – Rahul Dravid

377 – VVS Laxman

 

Least Innings per century (30 or more centuries)

4.36 – Ajay Sharma

5.17 – Vinod Kambli

5.20 – Vijay Merchant

5.46 – Subramaniam Badrinath

5.64 - Raman Lamba

Least Innings per century (40 or more centuries)

5.20 – Vijay Merchant

6.05 – Sachin Tendulkar

6.11 - Vijay Hazare

6.35 – Mohammad Azharuddin

6.95 – Sunil Gavaskar

All Stats in the table updated till 1st December 2013 (End of 5th Round of Ranji Trophy 2013/14)