Mohammad Azharuddin
109off 77 balls
M Azharuddin scored 109 in the second innings against South Africa in front of Kolkata's seething 80,000 in 1996. Against Donald and de Villiers, a Test century always means something — you've been better than the bowlers for long enough to matter.
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Was it a ton of consequence?
Not enough match data yet to say. We can only judge hundreds where we have the match record, which is mostly from 2006 on. How it works
How the score is builtscore · points
Match Impact30% weight+15.050
Clutchness22% weight+11.753
Narrative18% weight+9.955
Conditions & Opposition14% weight+9.266
Historical Weight10% weight+5.555
Perceived Greatness6% weight+3.457
ToC score on your weighting54.7
Your weighting
- Match Impact30%Did it decide the course of the game?
- Clutchness22%The weight of pressure in the moment
- Narrative18%The story surrounding the innings
- Conditions & Opposition14%What and who they were up against
- Historical Weight10%How time and experts have judged it
- Perceived Greatness6%The consensus of those who watched
How divisive is it?
Universally great, 2. Almost everyone agrees. This innings transcends the debate. Across five points of view it scores between 55.1 and 56.3.
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Adelaide · 1992 · 362nd overall68.7108* v Sri Lanka
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Kanpur · 1996 · 669th overall65.8192 v New Zealand
Auckland · 1990 · 1126th overall63.0182 v England
Eden Gardens · 1993 · 1351st overall62.0179 v England
Manchester · 1990 · 1401st overall61.7