Gambhir 4th batsmen to score five consecutive Test centuries

Chittagong, Jan 20 (PTI) Indian batsman Gautam Gambhir
on Wednesday became the fourth batsman in the world to score
five consecutive Test hundreds when he smashed 116 off 129
balls in India's second innings in the first cricket Test
against Bangladesh here.

Australian legend Don Bradman leads the pack with six
consecutive Tests tons while South African Jacques Kallis and
Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf have also scored five hundreds in
five consecutive matches.
Four of the Indian opener's five tons came in the second
innings.
Gambhir's four earlier Test tons were in Napier (137
against New Zealand in March 2009), in Wellington (167 against
New Zealand in April 2009), in Ahmedabad (114 against Sri
Lanka on November 16, 2009) and in Kanpur (167 against Sri
Lanka on November 24, 2009).
Gambhir has a chance to equal Bradman's record in the
second Test against Bangladesh, starting on January 24 in
Dhaka.
Bradman's feat of hitting six hundreds in six Tests came
between January 1937 to July 1938, all against England spread
over two series with three tons coming in Australia while the
other three in England. PTI PDS
AHM


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