List of international cricket centuries at Brabourne Stadium

Since Brabourne hosted its first Test match in 1948, 35 Test centuries have been made at the ground.^[1][2]

Brabourne Stadium is a cricket ground in Mumbai, India. It is the home of the Cricket Club of India and has played host to Ranji Trophy matches (including seventeen finals)^[3] and Indian Premier League matches,^[4] as well as being a Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International (T20) venue. It has a capacity of 20,000 spectators. The ground has hosted eighteen Test matches, the first in 1948 when India played the West Indies. It has also staged eight One Day International matches, the first of which was in 1989 when Australia lost to Pakistan by 66 runs. One T20 International has been played at the ground when India beat Australia by 7 wickets in 2007 (first T20 International to be played in India).^[5][6][7] Of the eight One Day Internationals played at the stadium, five matches (including the final) were staged during the ICC Champions Trophy in 2006.^[8]

The first Test century (100 or more runs in a single innings) scored at the ground was in 1948 by the West Indian Allan Rae in the first innings of the first Test match played at Brabourne Stadium. The first Indian to score a century at the Brabourne was Rusi Modi in the third innings of the same match.^[9] In total, 35 Test centuries have been scored at the ground in 18 Test matches.^[1][2] Virender Sehwag's 293, scored against Sri Lanka in 2009, is the highest Test innings achieved at the ground. The highest Test score by an overseas player is 194 by the West Indian Everton Weekes in 1948.^[1] Vijay Hazare has scored the most Test centuries at the ground with four.^[10]

No centuries have been scored in the eight One Day International matches and only T20 International played at Brabourne Stadium.^[11][12] Australian Adam Gilchrist holds the record for the highest One Day International innings score at the ground, 92 against the West Indies in 2006. The highest score by an Indian in a One Day International played here is 48 by Vinod Kambli against New Zealand in 1995.^[13] Gilchrist's compatriot Ricky Ponting holds the record for the highest T20 International innings score at the ground, 76 against India in 2007. The highest score by an Indian in a T20 International at the Brabourne is 63 by Gautam Gambhir in the same match.^[14]

Key

• * denotes that the batsman was not out.
• Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
• Balls denotes the number of balls faced in an innings.
• NR denotes that the number of balls was not recorded.
• Parentheses next to the player's score denotes his century number at Brabourne Stadium.
• The column title Date refers to the date the match started.

Test centuries

Australia's Neil Harvey is the only opposition batsman to hit two Test centuries at the Brabourne

The highest score in a Test match played at Brabourne is by Virender Sehwag (293)

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at Brabourne Stadium.^[1]

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Winning team
1	7003104000000000000♠ 104	Rae, AllanAllan Rae	West Indies	5000000000000000000♠ NR	1	India	000000001948-12-09-00009 December 1948	Match drawn[15]
2	7003194000000000000♠ 194	Weekes, EvertonEverton Weekes	West Indies	5000000000000000000♠ NR	1	India	000000001948-12-09-00009 December 1948	Match drawn[15]
3	7003112000000000000♠ 112	Modi, RusiRusi Modi	India	5000000000000000000♠ NR	3	West Indies	000000001948-12-09-00009 December 1948	Match drawn[15]
4	7003134000000000000♠ 134*	Hazare, VijayVijay Hazare (1/4)	India	5000000000000000000♠ NR	3	West Indies	000000001948-12-09-00009 December 1948	Match drawn[15]
5	7003122000000000000♠ 122	Hazare, VijayVijay Hazare (2/4)	India	5000000000000000000♠ NR	4	West Indies	000000001949-02-04-00004 February 1949	Match drawn[16]
6	7003140000000000000♠ 140	Roy, PankajPankaj Roy	India	5000000000000000000♠ NR	1	England	000000001951-12-14-000014 December 1951	Match drawn[17]
7	7003155000000000000♠ 155	Hazare, VijayVijay Hazare (3/4)	India	5000000000000000000♠ NR	1	England	000000001951-12-14-000014 December 1951	Match drawn[17]
8	7003175000000000000♠ 175	Graveney, TomTom Graveney	England	5000000000000000000♠ NR	2	India	000000001951-12-14-000014 December 1951	Match drawn[17]
9	7003146000000000000♠ 146*	Hazare, VijayVijay Hazare (4/4)	India	5000000000000000000♠ NR	2	Pakistan	000000001952-11-13-000013 November 1952	India[18]
10	7003102000000000000♠ 102	Umrigar, PollyPolly Umrigar	India	5000000000000000000♠ NR	2	Pakistan	000000001952-11-13-000013 November 1952	India[18]
11	7003223000000000000♠ 223	Mankad, VinooVinoo Mankad	India	5000000000000000000♠ NR	1	New Zealand	000000001955-12-02-00002 December 1955	India[19]
12	7003109000000000000♠ 109	Ramchand, GulabraiGulabrai Ramchand	India	5000000000000000000♠ NR	1	Australia	000000001956-10-26-000026 October 1956	Match drawn[20]
13	7003161000000000000♠ 161	Burke, JimJim Burke	Australia	5000000000000000000♠ NR	2	India	000000001956-10-26-000026 October 1956	Match drawn[20]
14	7003140000000000000♠ 140	Harvey, NeilNeil Harvey (1/2)	Australia	5000000000000000000♠ NR	2	India	000000001956-10-26-000026 October 1956	Match drawn[20]
15	7003142100000000000♠ 142*	Sobers, GaryGary Sobers	West Indies	5000000000000000000♠ NR	3	India	000000001958-11-28-000028 November 1958	Match drawn[21]
16	7003108000000000000♠ 108	Contractor, NariNari Contractor	India	5000000000000000000♠ NR	1	Australia	000000001960-01-01-00001 January 1960	Match drawn[22]
17	7003102000000000000♠ 102	Harvey, NeilNeil Harvey (2/2)	Australia	5000000000000000000♠ NR	2	India	000000001960-01-01-00001 January 1960	Match drawn[22]
18	7003163000000000000♠ 163	O'Neill, NormNorm O'Neill	Australia	5000000000000000000♠ NR	2	India	000000001960-01-01-00001 January 1960	Match drawn[22]
19	7003160000000000000♠ 160	Mohammad, HanifHanif Mohammad	Pakistan	5000000000000000000♠ NR	1	India	000000001960-12-02-00002 December 1960	Match drawn[23]
20	7003121000000000000♠ 121	Ahmed, SaeedSaeed Ahmed	Pakistan	5000000000000000000♠ NR	1	India	000000001960-12-02-00002 December 1960	Match drawn[23]
21	7003151000000000000♠ 151	Barrington, KenKen Barrington	England	5000000000000000000♠ NR	1	India	000000001961-11-11-000011 November 1961	Match drawn[24]
22	7003129000000000000♠ 129	Dowling, GrahamGraham Dowling	New Zealand	5000000000000000000♠ NR	1	India	000000001965-03-12-000012 March 1965	Match drawn[25]
23	7003200000000000000♠ 200*	Sardesai, DilipDilip Sardesai	India	5000000000000000000♠ NR	3	New Zealand	000000001965-03-12-000012 March 1965	Match drawn[25]
24	7003109000000000000♠ 109	Borde, ChanduChandu Borde (1/2)	India	5000000000000000000♠ NR	3	New Zealand	000000001965-03-12-000012 March 1965	Match drawn[25]
25	7003121000000000000♠ 121	Borde, ChanduChandu Borde (2/2)	India	5000000000000000000♠ NR	1	West Indies	000000001966-12-13-000013 December 1966	West Indies[26]
26	7003101000000000000♠ 101	Hunte, ConradConrad Hunte	West Indies	5000000000000000000♠ NR	2	India	000000001966-12-13-000013 December 1966	West Indies[26]
27	7003103000000000000♠ 103	Stackpole, KeithKeith Stackpole	Australia	5000000000000000000♠ NR	2	India	000000001969-11-04-00004 November 1969	Australia[27]
28	7003121000000000000♠ 121	Engineer, FarokhFarokh Engineer	India	7002182000000000000♠ 182	1	England	000000001973-02-06-00006 February 1973	Match drawn[28]
29	7003113000000000000♠ 113	Viswanath, GundappaGundappa Viswanath	India	7002267000000000000♠ 267	1	England	000000001973-02-06-00006 February 1973	Match drawn[28]
30	7003113000000000000♠ 113	Fletcher, KeithKeith Fletcher	England	7002298000000000000♠ 298	2	India	000000001973-02-06-00006 February 1973	Match drawn[28]
31	7003148000000000000♠ 148	Greig, TonyTony Greig	England	7002360000000000000♠ 360	2	India	000000001973-02-06-00006 February 1973	Match drawn[28]
32	7003109000000000000♠ 109	Dilshan, TillakaratneTillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	7002160000000000000♠ 160	1	India	000000002009-12-02-00002 December 2009	India[29]
33	7003293000000000000♠ 293	Sehwag, VirenderVirender Sehwag	India	7002254000000000000♠ 254	2	Sri Lanka	000000002009-12-02-00002 December 2009	India[29]
34	7003100100000000000♠ 100*	Dhoni, MSMS Dhoni	India	7002154000000000000♠ 154	2	Sri Lanka	000000002009-12-02-00002 December 2009	India[29]
35	7003137000000000000♠ 137	Sangakkara, KumarKumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	7002261000000000000♠ 261	3	India	000000002009-12-02-00002 December 2009	India[29]

References

External links

• ESPNcricinfo ground profile