The Border-Gavaskar Trophy kicks off on November 22. Following the opening Test, the series will feature a Day/Night Test, commonly referred to as the Pink Ball Test, at the Adelaide Oval after a nine-day break. This will be India’s fifth Day/Night Test, with a track record of three wins in four matches. Ahead of this crucial match, which holds significant importance for World Test Championship (WTC) final qualification, here is a list of centuries scored in Pink Ball Tests.
Pink Ball Test century list
S. No. | Player | Country | Score | Date |
1 | Azhar Ali | Pakistan | 302 | 13-10-2016 |
2 | Darren Bravo | West Indies | 116 | 13-10-2016 |
3 | Faf du Plessis | South Africa | 118 | 24-11-2016 |
4 | Usman Khawaja | Australia | 145 | 24-11-2016 |
5 | Stephen Cook | South Africa | 104 | 24-11-2016 |
6 | Steven Smith | Australia | 130 | 15-12-2016 |
7 | Peter Handscomb | Australia | 105 | 15-12-2016 |
8 | Asad Shafiq | Pakistan | 137 | 15-12-2016 |
9 | Alastair Cook | England | 243 | 17-08-2017 |
10 | Joe Root | England | 136 | 17-08-2017 |
11 | Dimuth Karunaratne | Sri Lanka | 196 | 06-10-2017 |
12 | Asad Shafiq | Pakistan | 112 | 06-10-2017 |
13 | Shaun Marsh | Australia | 126 | 02-12-2017 |
14 | Aiden Markram | South Africa | 125 | 26-12-2017 |
15 | Kane Williamson | New Zealand | 102 | 22-03-2018 |
16 | Henry Nicholls | NZ | 145 | 22-03-2018 |
17 | Virat Kohli | IND | 136 | 22-11-2019 |
18 | David Warner | AUS | 335 | 29-11-2019 |
19 | Marnus Labuschagne | AUS | 162 | 29-11-2019 |
20 | Yasir Shah | PAK | 113 | 29-11-2019 |
21 | Marnus Labuschagne | Aus | 143 | 12-12-2019 |
22 | Marnus Labuschagne | AUS | 103 | 16-12-2021 |
23 | Travis Head | AUS | 101 | 14-01-2022 |
24 | Dimuth Karunaratne | Sri Lanka | 107 | 12-03-2022 |
25 | Marnus Labuschagne | Australia | 120* | 08-12-2022 |
26 | Travis Head | Australia | 114* | 08-12-2022 |
27 | Tom Blundell | New Zealand | 138 | 16-02-2023 |
Squad
India: Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Ravindra Jadeja, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (Wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Virat Kohli, Prasidh Krishna, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammad Shami, Rishabh Pant (Wk), KL Rahul, Harshit Rana, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar.
Australia: Pat Cummins (C), Scott Boland, Alex Carey (Wk), Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (Wk), Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc.