List of international cricket centuries at Brabourne Stadium
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Brabourne Stadium
The Brabourne Stadium is a cricket ground in the Indian city of Mumbai. It is located on 90,000 square yards of reclaimed land along Marine Drive near Churchgate railway station in South Mumbai. The stadium is owned by the Cricket Club of India . Brabourne Stadium is India's first permanent...
is a cricket ground in Mumbai
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, India
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. It is the home of the Cricket Club of India
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and has played host to Ranji Trophy
Ranji Trophy
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matches (including seventeen finals) and Indian Premier League
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matches, as well as being a Test
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
, One Day International and Twenty20 International
Twenty20 International
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(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). Of the eight One Day Internationals played at the stadium, five matches (including the final
2006 ICC Champions Trophy Final
The final of the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy was played on 5 November 2006 at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai. -Road to the Final:Australia reached the final by defeating New Zealand in the semis while West Indies reached the finals by defeating South Africa....
) were staged during the ICC Champions Trophy
2006 ICC Champions Trophy
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in 2006.
The first Test century
Century (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, a batsman reaches his century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. The term is also included in "century partnership" which occurs when two batsmen add 100 runs to the team total when they are batting together. A century is regarded as a landmark score for...
(100 or more runs
Run (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, a run is the basic unit of scoring. Runs are scored by a batsman, and the aggregate of the scores of a team's batsmen constitutes the team's score. A batsman scoring 50 or 100 runs , or any higher multiple of 50 runs, is considered a particular achievement...
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
Rusi Modi
Rustomji Sheriyar 'Rusi' Modi was an Indian batsman who played for the Indian National Cricket Team from 1946 to 1952....
in the third innings of the same match. In total, 35 Test centuries have been scored at the ground in 18 Test matches. Virender Sehwag
Virender Sehwag
Virender Sehwag , affectionately known as Viru, the Nawab of Najafgarh, or the Zen master of modern cricket, is one of the leading batsmen in the Indian cricket team. Sehwag is an aggressive right-handed opening batsman and a part-time right-arm off-spin bowler...
's 293, scored against Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
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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
Everton Weekes
Sir Everton DeCourcy Weekes, KCMG, GCM, OBE is a leading former West Indian cricketer. Along with Frank Worrell and Clyde Walcott, he formed what was known as "The Three Ws" of West Indian cricket.-Youth and early career:...
in 1948. Vijay Hazare
Vijay Hazare
Vijay Samuel Hazare was an Indian cricket player from the state of Maharashtra. He captained the Indian cricket team in 14 matches between 1951 and 1953...
has scored the most Test centuries at the ground with four.
No centuries have been scored in the eight One Day International matches and only T20 International played at Brabourne Stadium. Australian Adam Gilchrist
Adam Gilchrist
Adam Craig Gilchrist AM , nicknamed "Gilly" or "Churchy", is an Australian international cricketer who currently captains Kings XI Punjab and recently captained Middlesex. He is an attacking left-handed batsman and record-breaking wicket-keeper, who redefined the role for the Australian national...
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
Vinod Kambli
Vinod Ganpat Kambli is a former Indian cricketer, who played for India as a middle order batsman, as well as for Mumbai and Boland, South Africa.He is childhood friend of ace cricketer Sachin Tendulkar...
against New Zealand
New Zealand cricket team
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in 1995. Gilchrist's compatriot Ricky Ponting
Ricky Ponting
Ricky Thomas Ponting , nicknamed Punter, is an Australian cricketer, a former captain of the Australian cricket team between 2004 and 2011 in Test cricket and 2002 and 2011 in One Day International cricket. He is a specialist right-handed batsman, slips and close catching fielder, as well as a very...
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
Gautam Gambhir
Gautam Gambhir is an Indian cricketer, a batsman. He has been a member of the Indian national cricket team since 2003 and 2004...
in the same match.
Key
- * denotes that the batsman was not outNot outIn cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
. - Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
- Balls denotes the number of ballsDelivery (cricket)A delivery or ball in cricket is a single action of bowling a cricket ball towards the batsman.During play of the game, a member of the fielding team is designated as the bowler, and bowls deliveries towards the batsman...
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
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Winning team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,040 104 | 0 NR | 1 | Match drawn | ||||
| 2 | 1,940 194 | 0 NR | 1 | Match drawn | ||||
| 3 | 1,120 112 | 0 NR | 3 | Match drawn | ||||
| 4 | 1,340 134* | (1/4) | 0 NR | 3 | Match drawn | |||
| 5 | 1,220 122 | (2/4) | 0 NR | 4 | Match drawn | |||
| 6 | 1,400 140 | 0 NR | 1 | Match drawn | ||||
| 7 | 1,550 155 | (3/4) | 0 NR | 1 | Match drawn | |||
| 8 | 1,750 175 | 0 NR | 2 | Match drawn | ||||
| 9 | 1,460 146* | (4/4) | 0 NR | 2 | India | |||
| 10 | 1,020 102 | 0 NR | 2 | India | ||||
| 11 | 2,230 223 | 0 NR | 1 | India | ||||
| 12 | 1,090 109 | 0 NR | 1 | Match drawn | ||||
| 13 | 1,610 161 | 0 NR | 2 | Match drawn | ||||
| 14 | 1,400 140 | (1/2) | 0 NR | 2 | Match drawn | |||
| 15 | 1,421 142* | 0 NR | 3 | Match drawn | ||||
| 16 | 1,080 108 | 0 NR | 1 | Match drawn | ||||
| 17 | 1,020 102 | (2/2) | 0 NR | 2 | Match drawn | |||
| 18 | 1,630 163 | 0 NR | 2 | Match drawn | ||||
| 19 | 1,600 160 | 0 NR | 1 | Match drawn | ||||
| 20 | 1,210 121 | 0 NR | 1 | Match drawn | ||||
| 21 | 1,510 151 | 0 NR | 1 | Match drawn | ||||
| 22 | 1,290 129 | 0 NR | 1 | Match drawn | ||||
| 23 | 2,000 200* | 0 NR | 3 | Match drawn | ||||
| 24 | 1,090 109 | (1/2) | 0 NR | 3 | Match drawn | |||
| 25 | 1,210 121 | (2/2) | 0 NR | 1 | West Indies | |||
| 26 | 1,010 101 | 0 NR | 2 | West Indies | ||||
| 27 | 1,030 103 | 0 NR | 2 | Australia | ||||
| 28 | 1,210 121 | 182 182 | 1 | Match drawn | ||||
| 29 | 1,130 113 | 267 267 | 1 | Match drawn | ||||
| 30 | 1,130 113 | 298 298 | 2 | Match drawn | ||||
| 31 | 1,480 148 | 360 360 | 2 | Match drawn | ||||
| 32 | 1,090 109 | 160 160 | 1 | India | ||||
| 33 | 2,930 293 | 254 254 | 2 | India | ||||
| 34 | 1,001 100* | 154 154 | 2 | India | ||||
| 35 | 1,370 137 | 261 261 | 3 | India | ||||