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3 min readJul 13, 2020

Top 4 Indian players who have scored the most runs in Test cricket without scoring a century

Test cricket is called real cricket. In this format, the batsmen stay at the crease for hours. The name of players like Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Jack Kallis, Justin Langer, Wasim Jaffer, and Sunil Gavaskar comes in our mind when it comes to Test cricket. These players have achieved considerable success in Test cricket.

Players like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid have also scored several centuries in Test cricket. Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for most centuries in Test cricket. But some batsmen have also been in Test cricket, who have scored many runs without scoring a century. Today we will talk about the top 4 Indian players in Test cricket who have scored the most runs in this format without scoring a century.

4. Zaheer Khan

In this list, former Indian bowler Zaheer Khan is named fourth. Zaheer Khan spearheaded the Indian fast bowling attack for a long time. He was a brilliant fast bowler in India. But apart from this, Zaheer Khan also used to bat brilliantly in the lower order.

He often played low-scoring innings in ODIs and he has scored useful runs in Test cricket as well. Zaheer Khan played a total of 92 matches in his Test career from 2000 to 2014 and scored 1231 runs in 127 innings. Zaheer Khan scored 3 fifties in his Test career and his highest score was 75 runs.

3.Rusi Surti

Rusi Surti played a total of 26 matches in his Test career from 1960 to 1969 and during this period scored 1263 runs in 48 innings unbeaten 4 times. His highest score is 99 and by just one run he missed the first Test century of his career. He scored 9 half-centuries in his Test career.

2. Kiran More

Kiran More was India’s leading wicketkeeper-batsman. He is named among the legendary wicketkeepers of India. Kiran More played 49 matches in his Test career from 1986 to 1993 and during this period he scored 1285 runs in 64 innings unbeaten 14 times. It is a matter of surprise that Kiran More could not score a century even once in his Test career. 73 runs were the highest score in his Test career.

1.Chetan Chauhan

The first number in this list is former Indian player Chetan Chauhan. Chetan Chauhan used to bowl off-break as well. He played a total of 40 Tests in his career from 1969 to 1981 and scored 2084 runs unbeaten 2 times. In his Test career, Chetan Chauhan hit 16 half-centuries but never scored a century. Once he came very close to scoring a century but was dismissed on a score of 97. This is also the highest score in his test career.