Triple Centuries by Indians in First Class Cricket

Cheteshwar Pujars in his 306* for India A vs West Indies A at Hubli scored the 41st Triple Century by an Indian in First Class Cricket. This was his 3rd Triple Century in First Class Career. He joins Ravindra Jadeja as Most Triple Century scorers for India - 3

List of all the 300s by Indians in First Class Cricket and the facts below.

316*- Vijay Hazare
Maharashtra vs Baroda, Poona, 1939/40

309 - Vijay Hazare
The Rest vs Hindus, Bombay (BS), 1943/44

359*- Vijay Merchant
Bombay vs Maharashtra, Bombay (BS), 1943/44

319 - Gul Mohammad
Baroda vs Holkar, Baroda, 1946/47

443*- Bhausaheb Nimbalkar
Maharashtra vs Kathiawar, Poona, 1948/49

300*- Imtiaz Ahmed
India Prime Minister’s XI vs Commonwealth XI’s, Bombay (BS), 1950/51

323 - Ajit Wadekar
Bombay vs Mysore, Bombay (BS), 1966/67

340 - Sunil Gavaskar
Bombay vs Bengal, Bombay (WS), 1981/82

303*- Abdul Azeem
Hyderabad vs Tamil Nadu, Secunderabad, 1986/87

320 - Raman Lamba
North Zone vs West Zone, Bhilai, 1987/88

313 - Woorkeri Raman
Tamil Nadu vs Goa, Panaji, 1988/89

302*- A Kripal Singh
Tamil Nadu vs Goa, Panaji, 1988/89

377 - Sanjay Manjrekar
Bombay vs Hyderabad, Bombay (WS), 1990/91

366 - MV Sridhar
Hyderabad vs Andhra, Secunderabad, 1993/94

312 - Raman Lamba
Delhi vs Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, 1994/95

314*- Wasim Jaffer
Mumbai vs Saurashtra, Rajkot, 1996/97

301*- VVS Laxman
Hyderabad vs Bihar, Jamshedpur, 1997/98

323 - Devang Gandhi
Bengal vs Assam, Guwahati, 1998/99

305*- Pankaj Dharmani
Punjab vs J&K, Ludhiana, 1999/00

353 - VVS Laxman
Hyderabad vs Karnataka, Bangalore, 1999/00

308*- Dinesh Mongia
Punjab vs J&K, Jalandhar, 2000/01

300*- Gagan Khoda
Central Zone vs South Zone, Panaji, 2000/01

309 - Virender Sehwag
India vs Pakistan, Multan, 2003/04

300*- SS Das
Orissa vs J&K, Cuttack, 2006/07

306*- Sreekumar Nair
Kerala vs Services, Palakkad, 2007/08

319 - Virender Sehwag
India vs South Africa, Chennai, 2007/08

300*- Abhinav Mukund
Tamil Nadu vs Maharashtra, Nasik, 2008/09

302*- Cheteshwar Pujara
Saurashtra vs Orissa, Rajkot, 2008/09

301 - Wasim Jaffer
Mumbai vs Saurashtra, Chennai, 2008/09

312 - Sunny Singh
Haryana vs Madhya Pradesh, Indore, 2009/10

309*- Rohit Sharma
Mumbai vs Gujarat, Mumbai (BS), 2009/10

301*- Aakash Chopra
Rajasthan vs Maharashtra, Nasik, 2010/11

314 - Ravindra Jadeja
Saurashtra vs Orissa, Cuttack, 2011/12

327 - Kedar Jadhav
Maharashtra vs Uttar Pradesh, Gahunje, 2012/13

303*- Ravindra Jadeja
Saurashtra vs Gujarat, Surat, 2012/13

331 - Ravindra Jadeja
Saurashtra vs Railways, Rajkot, 2012/13

352 - Cheteshwar Pujara
Saurashtra vs Karnataka, Rajkot, 2012/13

300*- Taruwar Kohli
Punjab vs Jharkhand, Jamshedpur, 2012/13

306*- Cheteshwar Pujara
India A vs West Indies A, Hubli, 2013/14

Facts & Trivia

# Kumar Duleepsinhji scored 333 for Sussex vs Northamptonshire in 1930. He was born in India, but played Cricket for England. His knock is not listed in the above list.

# Vijay Hazare was the first Indian to score a Triple Century in First Class Cricket. He scored another years later and became the first Indian to register 2 knocks of over 300 in First Class Cricket.

# Bhausaheb Nimbalkar’s 443* is still the only quadruple century in First Class Cricket by an Indian.

# Bhausaheb Nimbalkar’s 443* is the 4th highest individual score in First Class Cricket History. Check out the list here http://cricketseervistats.blogspot.in/2013/06/the-day-when-brian-lara-scored-501.html

# W Raman’s 313 and Kripal Singh’s 302* were in the same inning.

# Virender Sehwag is the only Indian to score a 300 in Test Cricket - He scored two !

# Virender Sehwag is also the only Indian to score a 300 in First Class Cricket outside India (309 in Multan).

# Pujara (352) and T Kohli (300*) reached their 300 on the same day, 10th Jan 2013, but in different matches.

Most 300s by Indians in First Class Cricket
3 - Ravindra Jadeja & Cheteshwar Pujara
2 - Vijay Hazare, Raman Lamba, VVS Laxman, Wasim Jaffer & Virender Sehwag

Highest Individual Scores by Indians in First Class Cricket
443*- Bhausaheb Nimbalkar
377 - Sanjay Manjrekar
366 - MV Sridhar
359*- Vijay Merchant
353 - VVS Laxman
352 - Cheteshwar Pujara

Most 300s in First Class Cricket
6 - Sir Donald Bradman
4 - Bill Ponsford & Wally Hammond
3 - WG Grace, Graeme Hick, Brian Lara, Mike Hussey, Ravindra Jadeja & Cheteshwar Pujara

Most 300s in a single First Class Season
2 - WG Grace (1876/77), Bill Ponsford (1927/28), Sir Donald Bradman (1935/36) & Ravindra Jadeja (2012/13)