Oldest centurions in BGT (Top 3)

Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 is underway and both India and Australia are feeling the heat with pace and bounce being enjoyed by the bowlers and batters failing to score big hundreds. But that has been part and parcel of the series, as the series hosted by India favours batters more due to its flat and spinning tracks, on the other hand, down under the scenario is different with pacers entering the fray unequivocally.

Here are the oldest centurions in BGT:

3. 37y 15d – Ricky Ponting, 134(225), Sydney, 2012

Former Australia captain, Ricky Ponting made his Test debut in 1995 almost a year before BGT started in 1996. But the batter scored his first century at the age of 37 years and 15 days, during the second Test in Sydney in 2012. He scored 134 runs off 225 balls in the first innings laced with 14 boundaries as Australia won the game by an innings and 68 runs.

2. 37y 36d – Ricky Ponting, 221(404), Adelaide, 2012

Ponting continued his good touch with the bat in the same series. Almost 21 days apart, he brought up another century in the fourth Test in Adelaide. The right-handed batter scored a daddy hundred complemented by 21 boundaries and spent 516 minutes at the crease. Australia won the game by a whopping 298 runs and cleanly swept the series 4-0.

1. 37y 168d – Sachin Tendulkar, 214(363), Bengaluru, 2010

Sachin Tendulkar made his Test debut in 1989, but India’s cricket legend had to wait for a long time for his debut BGT hundred. The triple figure, however, came in the second Test in Bengaluru in 2010. The right-handed batter scored 214 runs off 363 balls with the help of 22 boundaries and two maximums. He spent 547 minutes on the crease and remained unbeaten on 53 in the second innings as India won the game by seven wickets.