Gambhir become first Indian to score five consecutive tons

By Rahul Bajaj
for Cricketain.com

Published: January 21, 2010

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Chittagong: India’s new Mr. Dependable, Gautam Gambhir, on Wednesday, became the first Indian batsman, fourth in the world, to score five consecutive test tons when he scored a brilliant 116 off 129 balls in the second innings of the first test against Bangladesh.

Gambhir is now just one ton away from equaling Australian legend Sir Don Bradman’s record of six consecutive Test tons when India play Bangladesh in the second Test starting on January 24 in Dhaka. South African Jacques Kallis and Pakistan’s Mohammad Yousuf have also scored five hundreds in five consecutive matches.

Interestingly, four of the Indian opener’s five tons have come in the second innings.

Gambhir’s four earlier Test tons were in Napier (137 against New Zealand in March 2009), in Wellington (167 against New Zealand in April 2009), in Ahmedabad (114 against Sri Lanka on November 16, 2009) and in Kanpur (167 against Sri Lanka on November 24, 2009).

Bradman’s feat of hitting six hundreds in six Tests came between January 1937 and July 1938, all against England, spread over two series with three tons coming in Australia while the other three in England.

Gambhir said that he is playing well and doesn’t want to jinx it by thinking of Sir Don Bradman’s record. “If you play for the country, there is already a lot of pressure, why put more by thinking of runs and records. I don’t play for records. If they come my way, everybody is happy,” he said.

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