Two Hundreds in the same match (27 May 1999)

27 May 1999

Two Hundreds in the same match

Atul Kahate

When Saurav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid scored hundreds against Sri Lanka, that was the eighth instance when two Indian batsmen made hundreds in the same LOI match. This was the second time when Ganguly and Dravid figured in this list. On both occassions, the suffering team has been Sri Lanka: the previous instance happened merely two months ago at Nagpur.

The remarkable feat being the fact that Sachin tendulkar and Rahul Dravid had made hundreds in the same match in the previous game itself: against Kenya just three days ago. Dravid's brilliant form in joining Ganguly this time makes it his second hundred in three days.

The following table lists all the eight occassions when two Indian batsmen scored hundreds in the same match.

SA New Delhi 14 Nov 91 1991-92 SV Manjrekar 105 RJ Shastri 109

Pak Sharjah 15 Apr 96 1995-96 NS Sidhu 101 SR Tendulkar 118

SL Colombo (3) 17 Aug 97 1997-98 AD Jadeja 119 M Azharuddin 111*

Zim Cuttack 09 Apr 98 1997-98 AD Jadeja 116* M Azharuddin 153*

SL Colombo (3) 07 Jul 98 1997-98 SR Tendulkar 128 SC Ganguly 109

SL Nagpur 22 Mar 99 1998-99 RS Dravid 116 SC Ganguly 130*

Ken Bristol 23 May 99 1999 SR Tendulkar 140* RS Dravid 104*

SL Taunton 26 May 99 1999 SC Ganguly 183 RS Dravid 145

Contributed by: Atul Kahate (akahate@yahoo.com)

Source :: Atul Kahate