5 best Test centuries at Lord's by Indian batsmen 

#3 India tour of England 2002- Ajit Agarkar surprises everyone with his maiden Test ton

Ajit Agarkar of India celebrates after scoring a century at Lord's

Those wonderful scene when the entire Lord's stood up in awe and players from both the teams were appreciating the rare feat still reverberates in the minds of many. It was when the unsung hero of Indian cricket scored his first and only Test century, that too at the Mecca of Cricket when India was struggling to save the game.

The boy from Mumbai, Agarkar was never a mug with the bat. He had impressed everyone with his pyrotechnics with the bat. He had scored the fastest fifty by an Indian off just 21 balls in 2000. He proudly holds the record even now.

He also holds the record of completing 200 wickets and scoring 1000 runs in the least number of matches. Agarkar is also the third highest wicket-taker for India in ODIs.

Lord's Test, 2002: It was the first Test of India's tour of England 2002 and the visitors were chasing a mammoth 568 runs in their second innings after conceding a massive lead of 266 in the first innings.

India had pinned their hopes on the experienced batting order to sail the team safely towards a draw. But the hopes were dented when India lost six wickets before the close of play on Day 4 and the ship had started to sink fast.

With Ajit Agarkar on the crease alongside the second innings specialist VVS Laxman at the start of Day 5, no one expected that England would be stretched for so long on the final day. Laxman tried his best and scored a fighting 74 resulting in a partnership of 126 with Agarkar. Agarkar went on to score an extraordinary 109 not out which included 16 ravishing boundaries against a good bowling unit.

Unfortunately, the tail couldn't hang on with him and India lost by 170 runs but Agarkar won many hearts.