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Laxman joins select band

By Rajneesh Gupta
January 24, 2004 19:43 IST
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VVS Laxman notched up a career best 131 against Zimbabwe at Adelaide. This was his second hundred in successive innings. Laxman scored an unbeaten 106 against Australia at Sydney in the last one-dayer on January 22. With this century he joins the select band of Indian batsmen who have scored back to back hundreds in limited-over internationals.

Laxman has now a golden opportunity to equal the world record for most successive hundreds. Three batsmen – Pakistan's Zaheer Abbas and Saeed Anwar; and South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs have scored hundreds in three successive innings.

Back to back hundreds by Indians

Batsman Scores Balls Opponent Venue Date
SR Tendulkar 143 131 Australia Sharjah 22-04-1998
134 131 Australia Sharjah 24-04-1998
R Dravid 104* 109 Kenya Bristol 23-05-1999
145 129 Sri Lanka Taunton 26-05-1999
SC Ganguly 141* 142 South Africa Nairobi Gym 13-10-2000
117 130 New Zealand Nairobi Gym 15-10-2000
VVS Laxman 106* 130 Australia Sydney 22-01-2004
131 138 Zimbabwe Adelaide 24-01-2004

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