Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday will become only the seventh Indian to complete a century of Test matches and he will be the oldest among Indians to accomplish this feat.
Ganguly will be 35 years and 171 days old at the start of the Melbourne Test and he will break Sunil Gavaskar's Indian record. Sachin Tendulkar is the youngest Indian to do so, while Rahul Dravid took least time (from the date of debut) in playing his 100th Test.
Indian players with 100 Test appearances
| Player | First Test | 100th Test | Time Span | Age |
| Sunil Gavaskar | Mar 6, 1971 | Oct 17, 1984 | 13 yrs 225 days | 35 yrs 99 days |
| v W.Indies, Port-of-Spain | v Pakistan, Lahore | |||
| Dilip Vengsarkar | Jan 24, 1976 | Nov 24, 1988 | 12 yrs 305 days | 32 yrs 232 days |
| v New Zealand, Auckland | v New Zealand, Mumbai | |||
| Kapil Dev | Oct 16, 1978 | Nov 15, 1989 | 11 yrs 30 days | 30 yrs 313 days |
| v Pakistan, Faisalabad | v Pakistan, Karachi | |||
| Sachin Tendulkar | Nov 15, 1989 | Sep 5, 2002 | 12 yrs 294 days | 29 yrs 134 days |
| v Pakistan, Karachi | v England, The Oval | |||
| Anil Kumble | Aug 9, 1990 | Dec 18, 2005 | 15 yrs 131 days | 35 yrs 62 days |
| v England, Manchester | v Sri Lanka, Ahmedabad | |||
| Rahul Dravid | Jun 20, 1996 | Mar 18, 2006 | 9 yrs 271 days | 33 yrs 66 days |
| v England, Lord's | v England, Mumbai | |||
| Sourav Ganguly | Jun 20, 1996 | Dec 26, 2007 | 11 yrs 189 days | 35 yrs 171 days |
| v England, Lord's | v Australia, Melbourne |
The following table shows the career aggregate of Indians before the start of their 100th Test:
| Player | Inns | Runs | Hs | Avg | 100s | 50s | 0s | Wkts | Avg |
| Sunil Gavaskar | 174 | 8394 | 236* | 52.46 | 30 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 177.00 |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | 159 | 6331 | 166 | 46.21 | 17 | 31 | 12 | 0 | - |
| Kapil Dev | 143 | 4087 | 163 | 31.20 | 6 | 21 | 12 | 347 | 29.02 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 159 | 8351 | 217 | 57.99 | 30 | 33 | 10 | 27 | 43.74 |
| Anil Kumble | 126 | 1687 | 88 | 16.87 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 478 | 28.03 |
| Rahul Dravid | 167 | 8492 | 270 | 58.16 | 22 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 39.00 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 161 | 6346 | 239 | 43.17 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 32 | 49.47 |
Kumble is the only player to see India win in his 100th Test. Gavaskar, Kapil and Tendulkar's 100th Test were drawn games, whereas Vengsarkar and Dravid ended on the losing sides.
The following table lists Indian players' performances in their 100th Test along with the result of that Test:
| Player | Batting | Bowling | Fielding | Result for India | ||
| Inns1 | Inns2 | Inns1 | Inns2 | Ct | ||
| Sunil Gavaskar | 48 | 37 | - | - | 3 | Drawn |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | 25 | 0 | - | - | 2 | lost by 136 runs |
| Kapil Dev | 55 | - | 4-69 | 3-82 | 0 | Drawn |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 54 | - | 0-4 | - | 0 | Drawn |
| Anil Kumble | 21 | 29* | 2-87 | 5-89 | 0 | won by 259 runs |
| Rahul Dravid | 52 | 9 | - | - | 2 | lost by 212 runs |
| Sourav Ganguly | To be seen | |||||
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