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hardSunil Gavaskar's highest Test score of 236 not out, made against West Indies in December 1983, took his tally of Test centuries past Don Bradman's long-standing record of how many?
A27
✓29
C31
D33
Answer Explanation
Gavaskar's unbeaten 236 at Madras (now Chennai) in the sixth Test of the 1983-84 series was his 30th Test century, taking him past Don Bradman's previous record of 29 Test hundreds.
Sunil Gavaskar in numbers
| Format | Matches | Runs | Avg | HS | Wkts | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 125 | 10,122 | 51.1 | 236* | 1 | 1/34 |
| ODI | 108 | 3,092 | 35.1 | 103* | 1 | 1/10 |
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