India is one of the best Test teams in the cricket world right now. The Indian cricket team topped the standings in the inaugural edition of the ICC World Test Championship. Unfortunately, they lost to the New Zealand cricket team in the summit clash. Over the last 10-12 years, India have been very dominant in this format, especially at home.
However, there have been some batsmen who have enjoyed batting against the Indian bowlers. Interestingly, these batsmen play well against other teams also, but when they get a chance to bat against the Indian cricket team, they always bring their ‘A’ game to the table. It is a considerable achievement for any batter in the world to score a Test a hundred against India.
And in this article today here, we will glance at the top five batsmen from across the world who have registered the most centuries against Team India in whites.
Joe Root is one century away to become the most successful Test batsman against India
Four batsmen had completed eight Test hundreds against India in Test cricket before Joe Root had done it against India at Headingley on Thursday (August 26). The four great batsmen who have accomplished this feat before Root are Australia’s Ricky Ponting and Steve Smith, along with West Indies’ Vivian Richards and Garfield Sobers.
Among the five batsmen who have scored 8 Test hundreds versus Team India, three of them have retired. Only Joe Root and Steve Smith are actively playing. They have a chance to become number one. Speaking of the batsman who has taken the least innings among these five, he is Steve Smith, who has scored eight Test hundreds in 28 innings against the Indian cricket team.
Root and Smith are now in a race to become number one on this list. The Englishman should be the winner because he is playing two more home Tests against the Indian cricket team in 2021.
