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Of the 11 players who played 100 Tests for India, five could not even play 20 matches after the 100th match and their Test career ended. In such a situation, Virat will also have a challenge to perform well after the 100th Test.
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The Test series between India and Sri Lanka will begin in Mohali from March 4. As soon as he enters this match, Virat will become the 12th player to play 100 Tests for India. However, it has not been easy for everyone to play after the 100th Test. Of the 11 players who played 100 Tests for India, five could not even play 20 matches after the 100th match and their Test career ended. In such a situation, Virat will also have a challenge to perform well after the 100th Test.
Sachin Tendulkar had performed brilliantly even after the 100th match and scored a lot of runs, but apart from him, Dravid is the only player who has been able to play more than 150 matches. Here we are telling how every player’s career has been after playing 100 Tests for India.
Sachin Tendulkar, who played 200 Tests for India, has scored 15921 runs in 329 Test innings at an average of 53.78. His highest score is 248 not out. During this, his bat has scored 51 centuries and 68 half-centuries. Apart from this, Sachin has also taken 46 wickets in his name in Tests. He is the batsman with the most runs and the most centuries in Tests.
After the 100th match, Sachin scored 7516 runs in the last 100 matches at an average of 49.77. During this, he also scored the highest score of his career, 248 not out. 21 out of 51 centuries of his career came after the 100th match. The current coach of India, Rahul Dravid, has scored 13288 runs in 286 innings of 164 Tests at an average of 52.31. During this, his bat has scored 36 centuries and 63 half-centuries. His highest score is 270 runs. However, after the 100th match, Dravid’s performance also declined. He scored 4735 runs in 64 matches at an average of 44.66 and scored 14 centuries. At the same time, in the first 100 matches, he scored 8553 runs at an average of 57.79 and 22 centuries were scored with his bat. VVS Laxman has scored 8781 runs in 225 Test innings at an average of 45.97 in his career. He has 17 centuries and 56 half-centuries to his name. Laxman has been not out 34 times in his career. He used to bat at number five, so he has fewer centuries to his name. His highest score is 281 runs. After playing his 100th match, Laxman played only 34 matches, but batted amazingly. He scored 2400 runs at an average of 48. It also included four centuries. At the same time, his career average is 45.97. India’s legendary leg-spinner Anil Kumble has taken 619 wickets in 236 innings. He is the only Indian bowler to have taken all the wickets in an innings. At the same time, he is the second bowler in the world to do this feat. Kumble has taken 35 five-wicket hauls and eight ten-wicket hauls in Test cricket. After the 100th match, Kumble bowled in 58 innings of 32 matches and took 134 wickets. His career average is 29.65, but after the 100th match, he has taken wickets at an average of 35.67. Captain Kapil Dev, who made India world champions for the first time in his career, scored 5248 runs in 184 innings with the bat at an average of 31.05. This includes eight centuries and 27 half-centuries. His highest score is 163 runs. Kapil has bowled in 227 innings and has taken 434 wickets. He has also done 23 five-wicket hauls and two 10-wicket hauls. He has also taken nine wickets in an innings.
At the same time, after the 100th match, he scored 1106 runs in 31 matches and also scored two centuries. His career average is 31.05, while after the 100th match he scored at an average of 29.89. And took 80 wickets with the ball. In his career, Kapil took a wicket after giving about 30 runs, while after the 100th match he took a wicket for about 33 runs. Sunil Gavaskar scored 10122 runs in 214 innings of 125 matches. During this his average was 51.12. Gavaskar scored 34 centuries and 45 half-centuries. At the same time, after the 100th match, he played 25 matches and scored 1643 runs at an average of 45.63. His career average is 51.12, which is 45.63 in the last 25 matches. Gavaskar, who scored 30 centuries in the first 100 matches, scored only four centuries in the last 25 matches. Dilip Vengsarkar scored 6868 runs in 185 innings at an average of 42.13. He has 17 centuries and 35 half-centuries to his name. His highest score is 166 runs. At the same time, after being dismissed for zero in the 100th Test, Vengsarkar played only 16 matches and scored 512 runs at an average of 21.33. In the last 16 matches, no century came off his bat and his highest score was only 62 runs. His career average is 42.13, while it fell to 21.33 after the 100th match. Sourav Ganguly scored 7212 runs in 188 innings of 113 matches at an average of 42.17. He has scored 16 centuries and 35 half-centuries in Test cricket. With the ball, he took 32 wickets in 99 innings. However, his performance continued to deteriorate after the 100th Test. In his last 13 Tests, Sourav scored 783 runs at an average of 35.59 and his highest score was just 102 runs. This was his only century after the 100th match. At the same time, he could not take any wicket with the ball. Ishant Sharma is the only player from India who has played more than 100 matches and has not announced his retirement yet. He played his last Test in 2021 against New Zealand. Ishant has taken 311 wickets in 105 Tests for India. He has achieved the feat of taking 10 wickets once in 11 five-wicket hauls. Ishant may not have announced his retirement yet, but he is not a part of the Indian team in the Test series against Sri Lanka. It is difficult for him to get a chance in the Indian team in the coming series as well.
After the 100th match, Ishant has taken eight wickets in five matches. His career average is 40.12, but after the 100th match, his bowling average has increased to 40.12. Now after the arrival of Bumrah, Shami and Siraj, it is difficult for them to get a chance in the Indian team. Ishank’s career is believed to be almost over after his name did not figure in the series against Sri Lanka. Virender Sehwag played 104 Test matches and scored 8586 runs in 180 innings at an average of 49.34. His highest score is 319 runs. He has 23 centuries 50 half-centuries to his name. Sehwag is the first Indian player to score a triple century in Tests. He has also taken 40 wickets for India. Sehwag is joint first in the list of most triple centuries in Tests. However, his performance in the last four matches was very poor. Sehwag, who had a career average of 49.34, scored 49 runs at an average of just 16.50 after the 100th match. He could not even score any fifty during this period. Harbhajan Singh, who played 103 Tests for India, took 417 wickets in 190 innings. He has done 25 five-wicket hauls and five five-wicket hauls. Harbhajan has played many useful innings with the bat as well. He has scored 2224 runs in 145 innings at an average of 18.22. His highest score is 115 and he has two centuries and nine half-centuries to his name.
After the 100th match, Bhajji was also seen craving for wickets. He took just six wickets in his last three matches and could score 22 runs. Bhajji may have retired from international cricket at the end of 2021, but his last match was in August 2015. This means that in the last six years of his career, he did not get a chance to play any Test match. Virat may also have to face such challenges. Virat is also struggling with poor form even before playing his hundredth Test. He hasn’t scored a century in the last two years. In such a situation, Virat will also have to improve his performance after the 100th match. In his 11-year Test career, Kohli has scored 27 centuries in 99 matches. It has 7 double centuries. He has an average of 50.39 in Tests. So far he has scored a total of 7962 runs. If Virat does not return to form like Sachin, then his career can also be like that of Harbhajan and Sehwag.
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The Test series between India and Sri Lanka will begin in Mohali from March 4. As soon as he enters this match, Virat will become the 12th player to play 100 Tests for India. However, it has not been easy for everyone to play after the 100th Test. Of the 11 players who played 100 Tests for India, five could not even play 20 matches after the 100th match and their Test career ended. In such a situation, Virat will also have a challenge to perform well after the 100th Test.
Sachin Tendulkar had performed brilliantly even after the 100th match and scored a lot of runs, but apart from him, Dravid is the only player who has been able to play more than 150 matches. Here we are telling how every player’s career has been after playing 100 Tests for India.