Stats: 300s by Indians in First Class cricket

Cheteshwar Pujara

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

316*- Vijay HazareMaharashtra vs Baroda, Poona, 1939/40

309 – Vijay HazareThe Rest vs Hindus, Bombay (BS), 1943/44

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

319 – Gul MohammadBaroda vs Holkar, Baroda, 1946/47

443*- Bhausaheb NimbalkarMaharashtra vs Kathiawar, Poona, 1948/49

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

323 – Ajit WadekarBombay vs Mysore, Bombay (BS), 1966/67

340 – Sunil GavaskarBombay vs Bengal, Bombay (WS), 1981/82

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

320 – Raman LambaNorth Zone vs West Zone, Bhilai, 1987/88

313 – Woorkeri RamanTamil Nadu vs Goa, Panaji, 1988/89

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

377 – Sanjay ManjrekarBombay vs Hyderabad, Bombay (WS), 1990/91

366 – Maruti SridharHyderabad vs Andhra, Secunderabad, 1993/94

312 – Raman LambaDelhi vs Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, 1994/95

314*- Wasim JafferMumbai vs Saurashtra, Rajkot, 1996/97

301*- VVS LaxmanHyderabad vs Bihar, Jamshedpur, 1997/98

323 – Devang GandhiBengal vs Assam, Guwahati, 1998/99

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

353 – VVS LaxmanHyderabad vs Karnataka, Bangalore, 1999/00

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

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

309 – Virender SehwagIndia vs Pakistan, Multan, 2003/04

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

306*- Sreekumar NairKerala vs Services, Palakkad, 2007/08

319 – Virender SehwagIndia vs South Africa, Chennai, 2007/08

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

302*- Cheteshwar PujaraSaurashtra vs Orissa, Rajkot, 2008/09

301 – Wasim JafferMumbai vs Saurashtra, Chennai, 2008/09

312 – Sunny SinghHaryana vs Madhya Pradesh, Indore, 2009/10

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

301*- Aakash ChopraRajasthan vs Maharashtra, Nasik, 2010/11

314 – Ravindra JadejaSaurashtra vs Orissa, Cuttack, 2011/12

327 – Kedar JadhavMaharashtra vs Uttar Pradesh, Gahunje, 2012/13

303*- Ravindra JadejaSaurashtra vs Gujarat, Surat, 2012/13

331 – Ravindra JadejaSaurashtra vs Railways, Rajkot, 2012/13

352 – Cheteshwar PujaraSaurashtra vs Karnataka, Rajkot, 2012/13

300*- Taruwar KohliPunjab vs Jharkhand, Jamshedpur, 2012/13

306*- Cheteshwar PujaraIndia A vs West Indies A, Hubli, 2013/14Facts & Trivia# 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

# 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 Cricket3 – Ravindra Jadeja & Cheteshwar Pujara2 – Vijay Hazare, Raman Lamba, VVS Laxman, Wasim Jaffer & Virender Sehwag

Highest Individual Scores by Indians in First Class Cricket443*- Bhausaheb Nimbalkar377 – Sanjay Manjrekar366 – MV Sridhar359*- Vijay Merchant353 – VVS Laxman352 – Cheteshwar Pujara

Most 300s in First Class Cricket6 – Sir Donald Bradman4 – Bill Ponsford & Wally Hammond3 – WG Grace, Graeme Hick, Brian Lara, Mike Hussey, Ravindra Jadeja & Cheteshwar Pujara

Most 300s in a single First Class Season2 – WG Grace (1876/77), Bill Ponsford (1927/28), Sir Donald Bradman (1935/36) & Ravindra Jadeja (2012/13)