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Test Cricket: Test cricket tests the patience of any batsman. To excel in Test cricket, a batsman has to play with a lot of patience. Till date, there are many batsmen who have played many brilliant innings and scored the most runs in Test cricket. These batsmen scored runs in front of many great bowlers. Played their balls very well.
Test cricket is called real cricket. In this format batsmen stay at the crease for hours and even if they don’t get runs from their bat, they need to know the art of dropping the ball and defending. If you don’t have this art you can’t excel in Test cricket.
When it comes to Test cricket, the names of players like Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Jacques Kallis, Justin Langer, Wasim Jaffer and Sunil Gavaskar come to mind. These players have achieved many successes in Test cricket. Players like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid have also scored many centuries in Test cricket. Sachin Tendulkar has created the record for the highest number of centuries in Test cricket. However, there are also batsmen who have scored more runs without scoring a century in Test cricket.
Now let’s know about the top 3 batsmen in Test cricket who have scored most runs without scoring a century in this format..
3. Chetan Chauhan- India..
Former Indian player Chetan Chauhan is third in this list. Chetan Chauhan can also bowl off the break. He played a total of 40 Test matches in his career from 1969 to 1981. He was not out twice and scored 2084 runs. Chetan Chauhan scored 16 half-centuries in his Test career. But, he could not score a century.
Once he came very close to a century. But, he got out at 97 runs. It was also the highest score of his Test career.
2. Niroshan Dickwella (Sri Lanka)..
Sri Lankan wicket keeper batsman Niroshan Dickwella is second in this list. He has played 53 matches in his Test career so far. In that he scored 2750 runs in 94 innings at an average of 31.60. Dickwella is yet to score a single Test century in his career. His highest score in this format is 96 runs but he is still waiting for his maiden century.
1. Shane Warne..
The late Australian spinner Shane Warne became the player who scored most runs without scoring a century in Test cricket. Shane Warne was the iconic bowler of his time, but given the Australian batting line-up at that time, he got very few opportunities to bat.
However, Shane Warne got the opportunity to bat in 199 innings in 145 matches. However, he was never able to score a century during this period. Warne scored 3154 runs and scored 12 fifties in his Test career. Shane Warner missed out on a century in his Test career by just 1 run. His highest Test score was 99 runs.
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