Before Ashwin, this number of Indian players have played 100 tests, Australia and England are at the forefront.
Ravi Ashwin India vs England Test : The last match of the India vs England series to be held in Dharamshala is going to be very important for Ravichandran Ashwin. Why not? After all, there are very many players who are able to play 100 tests in their career. Ravichandran Ashwin is now standing at the same position. Before Ashwin, only 13 Indian players have played more than 100 Tests, they are also included in the list of great players. Meanwhile, if we talk about countries, the maximum number of players who have played 100 Tests come from Australia and England, followed by India.
Before Ashwin, these Indian players played 100 test matches
The first player who played 100 Tests for India was none other than Sunil Gavaskar. He had announced his retirement after playing a total of 125 test matches. If we talk about the players after them, Dilip Vengsarkar has played 116, Sachin Tendulkar has played 200, Anil Kumble has played 132, Rahul Dravid has played 164 and Sourav Ganguly has played 113 test matches during his career. After this, VVS Laxman has played 134, Harbhajan Singh 103, Virender Sehwag 104, Ishant Sharma 105, Virat Kohli 113 and Cheteshwar Pujara 103. There are many players among these who have not yet taken retirement from this format, but they are not getting a chance to play for India. Sachin Tendulkar is the only player who has achieved success in playing 200 Tests. No batsman from the rest of the world has been able to reach here.
Most players of England have played 100 tests
Ashwin will become the 14th Indian player to have played 100 Tests. England has more players who have played 100 Tests than India. So far 16 players from England have played 100 tests. Interestingly, England’s Jonny Bairstow will also be seen playing his 100th Test in Dharamshala. That means their total number of players will become 17. If we talk about Australia, till now 15 of their players have played 100 tests. In this way England comes at number one, Australia at second and India at third.
Ashwin will become the oldest Indian player to play 100 tests
The special thing is that Ravichandran Ashwin will be the oldest player to play 100 tests for India. But if we talk about players from all over the world, he will be the sixth oldest player. Geoffrey Boycott played his 100th Test when he was 40 years old. Whereas Clive Lloyd played his 100th match at the age of 39. The oldest player to play 100 Tests for India so far is Sourav Ganguly. He achieved this milestone at the age of 35 years and 171 days. If we talk about Ashwin, he will be 37 years and 172 days old on March 7, 2024. Most of the Indian players have played their 100th Test at the age of around 35, now Ashwin will go ahead of them. Meanwhile, attention will also be on how Ashwin performs for the team in this special match.
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