India and the History of 200+ Individual Test Scores

Till July 2016, India has 44 individual scores of 200 or more, including the two triple centuries by Sehwag. The top three scores have been achieved by Sehwag, who is the only player in the World alongwith Bradman, Lara and Gayle to score two triple hundreds or more. Indians scored at least one 200+ individual score every year. Overall 23 of the 44 Indian 200+ scores came during 1999-2010, years when Fab 5 ruled the Indian batting. Sehwag and Tendulkar scored 6 each, Dravid 5, Laxman 2 and Ganguly 1. Outside Fab 5, Wasim Jaffer also contributed 2 double centuries in that phase. While Umrigar was the first double centurion from India, Vinoo Mankad remains the only Indian to score more than one double century in the same series. Check the complete story of India’s 200 and more individual scores related to opponents, venues Away and Home, calendar year, list by year and list by run.

India’s 200+ runs Facts

1st 200+ score was made by Pauli Umrigar vs New Zealand at Hyderabad (Deccan), 1955.

1 Player has scored two double centuries in same series. Vinoo Mankad achieved the feat vs New Zealand (1955-56).

3 200+ scores were made in one series vs New Zealand during 1955-56 series at home.

4 200+ scores by Indians achieved twice in one calendar year: 2004 and 2008.

224 by Dhoni is the highest score by any Indian captain.

200 by Kohli is the highest score by any Indian captain in overseas test.

5 occasions when Indians scored two double centuries in the same series.

1971 at West Indies: Dilip Sardesai, Gavaskar
2000 vs Zimbabwe: Tendulkar, Dravid
2004 at Pakistan: Dravid, Sehwag
2007 vs Pakistan: Wasim Jaffer, Ganguly
2013: vs Australia: Dhoni, Pujara

4 occasions when the same player scored two 200+ scores in the same year.

1993 Kambli
2003 Dravid
2004 Tendulkar
2008 Sehwag
2010 Tendulkar

17 200+ Scores in AWAY tests at 6 countries

5 West Indies
4 Pakistan
3 Australia
2 England, Sri Lanka
1 Bangladesh

27 200+ Scores against 9 countries at HOME

6 Australia, New Zealand
4 Pakistan, England
3 Zimbabwe
2 West Indies
1 South Africa, Sri Lanka

12 Away Venues for 16 200+ scores

2 Port of Spain, Sydney, The Oval, Lahore
1: Adelaide, Colombo (SSC), Dhaka, Galle, Kingston, Multan, North Sound, Rawalpindi, St John’s

10 Home venues for 27 200+ scores

5 Chennai, Delhi
3 Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Mumbai
2 Hyderabad (Deccan), Mumbai (BS), Kolkata
1 Jalandhar, Nagpur

200 or More scores by Indians

6 Sehwag, Tendulkar
5 Dravid
4 Gavaskar
2 Laxman, Mankad, Kambli, Dilip Sardesai, Wasim Jaffer, Pujara
1 Ganguly, Dhoni, Umrigar, Viswanath, Sanjay Manjrekar, Shastri, Sidhu, Nawab of Pataudi, Anshuman Gaekwad, Kohli

Interesting Facts about Indians Missing 200 score

Azhar is the only one to be left just one short of 200 in 199 vs Sri Lanka, Kanpur, 1986
Azhar and Tendulkar have two test scores in 190s.
Tendulkar is the only Indian to have remained unbeaten in 190s once in 194* vs Pakistan, Multan, 2004 as Captain Dravid had to declare the innings.
Sehwag has missed once just by 5 runs, in 195 vs Australia, Melbourne, 2003

Highest 200 or more Scores by Indians

319 Sehwag vs South Africa, Chennai 2008
309 Sehwag vs Pakistan, Multan 2004
293 Sehwag vs Sri Lanka, Mumbai (BS), 2009
281 Laxman vs Australia, Kolkata, 2001
270 Dravid vs Pakistan, Rawalpindi, 2004
254 Sehwag vs Pakistan, Lahore, 2006
248* Tendulkar vs Bangladesh, Dhaka, 2004
241* Tendulkar vs Australia, Sydney, 2004
239 Ganguly vs Pakistan, Bangalore, 2007
236* Gavaskar vs West Indies, Chennai, 1983
233 Dravid vs Australia, Adelaide, 2003
231 Vinoo Mankad vs New Zealand, Chennai, 1956
227 Kambli vs Zimbabwe, Delhi 1993
224 Kambli vs England, Mumbai, 1993
224 Dhoni vs Australia, Chennai, 2013
223 Pauli Umrigar vs New Zealand, Hyderabad (Deccan), 1955
223 Vinoo Mankad vs New Zealand, Mumbai (BS), 1955
222 Viswanath vs England, Chennai, 1982
222 Dravid vs Newzealand, AHmedabad, 2003
221 Gavaskar vs England, The Oval, 1979
220 Gavaskar vs West Indies, Port of Spain, 1971
218 Sanjay Manjrekar vs Pakistan, Lahore, 1989
217 Tendulkar, vs New Zealand, Ahmedaba 1999
217 Dravid vs England, The OVal, 2002
214 Tendulkar vs Australia, Bangalore, 2010
212 Dilip Sardesai vs West Indies, Kingston, 1971
212 Wasim Jaffer vs West Indies, St John’s, 2006
206* Pujara vs England, Ahmedabad, 2012
206 Shastri vs Australia, Sydney, 1992
206 Gambhir vs Australia, Delhi, 2008
205 Gavaskar vs West Indies, Mumba, 1978
204 Pujara vs Australia, Hyderabad (Deccan), 2013
203* Nawab of Pataudi vs England, Delhi, 1964
203 Tendulkar vs Sri Lanka, Colombo (SSC), 2010
202 Wasim Jaffer vs Pakistan, Kolkata 2007
201* Tendulkar vs Zimbabwe, Nagpur, 2000
201 Sehwag vs Sri Lanka, Galle, 2008
201 Anshuman Gaekwad vs Pakistan, Jalandhar, 1983
201 Sidhu vs West Indies, Port of Spain, 1997
201 Sehwag vs Pakistan, Bangalore, 2005
200* Dilip Sardesai vs New Zealand, Mumbai (BS), 1965
200* Dravid vs Zimbabwe, Delhi, 2000
200* Laxman vs Australia, Delhi, 2008
200 Kohli vs West Indies, North Sound, 2016

200 or more scores in sequence of years

223 Pauli Umrigar vs New Zealand, Hyderabad (Deccan), 1955
223 Vinoo Mankad vs New Zealand, Mumbai (BS), 1955
231 Vinoo Mankad vs New Zealand, Chennai 1956
203* Nawab of Pataudi vs England, Delhi, 1964
200* Dilip Sardesai vs New Zealand, Mumbai (BS), 1965
212 Dilip Sardesai vs West Indies, Kingston, 1971
220 Gavaskar vs West Indies, Port of Spain, 1971
205 Gavaskar vs West Indies, Mumba, 1978
221 Gavaskar vs England, The Oval, 1979
222 Viswanath vs England, Chennai, 1982
236* Gavaskar vs West Indies, Chennai, 1983
201 Anshuman Gaekwad vs Pakistan, Jalandhar, 1983
218 Sanjay Manjrekar vs Pakistan, Lahore, 1989
206 Shastri vs Australia, Sydney, 1992
227 Kambli vs Zimbabwe, Delhi 1993
224 Kambli vs England, Mumbai, 1993
201 Sidhu vs West Indies, Port of Spain, 1997
217 Tendulkar, vs New Zealand, Ahmedabad 1999
201* Tendulkar vs Zimbabwe, Nagpur, 2000
200* Dravid vs Zimbabwe, Delhi, 2000
281 Laxman vs Australia, Kolkata, 2001
217 Dravid vs England, The OVal, 2002
222 Dravid vs New zealand, AHmedabad, 2003
233 Dravid vs Australia, Adelaide, 2003
248* Tendulkar vs Bangladesh, Dhaka, 2004
241* Tendulkar vs Australia, Sydney, 2004
270 Dravid vs Pakistan, Rawalpindi, 2004
309 Sehwag vs Pakistan, Multan 2004
201 Sehwag vs Pakistan, Bangalore, 2005
254 Sehwag vs Pakistan, Lahore, 2006
212 Wasim Jaffer vs West Indies, St John’s, 2006
202 Wasim Jaffer vs Pakistan, Kolkata 2007
239 Ganguly vs Pakistan, Bangalore, 2007
206 Gambhir vs Australia, Delhi, 2008
201 Sehwag vs Sri Lanka, Galle, 2008
319 Sehwag vs South Africa, Chennai 2008
200* Laxman vs Australia, Delhi, 2008
293 Sehwag vs Sri Lanka, Mumbai (BS), 2009
203 Tendulkar vs Sri Lanka, Colombo (SSC), 2010
214 Tendulkar vs Australia, Bangalore, 2010
206* Pujara vs England, Ahmedabad, 2012
204 Pujara vs Australia, Hyderabad (Deccan), 2013
224 Dhoni vs Australia, Chennai, 2013
200 Kohli vs West Indies, North Sound, 2016

Which Indian Scored 200 or more in which year!

2016 Kohli
2013 Dhoni (224), Pujara
2012 Pujara
2010 Tendulkar (2)
2009 Sehwag
2008 Sehwag (319), Gambhir, Sehwag, Laxman
2007 Ganguly, Wasim Jaffer
2006 Sehwag, Wasim Jaffer
2005 Sehwag
2004 Sehwag (309), Dravid, 2 by Tendulkar
2003 Dravid (2)
2002 Dravid
2001 Laxman
2000 Tendulkar, Dravid
1999 Tendulkar
1997 Sidhu
1993 Kambli (2)
1992 Shastri
1989 Sanjay Manjrekar
1983 Gavaskar, Anshuman Gaekwad
1982 Viswanath
1979 Gavaskar
1978 Gavaskar
1971 Gavaskar, Dilip Sardesai (Same series at West Indies)
1965 Dilip Sardesai
1964 Nawab of Pataudi
1956 Vinoo Mankad
1955 Pauli Umrigar, Vinoo Mankad