Lala Amarnath scored 118 in the second innings of India v England Test that began on 15 December 1933 in Bombay (now Mumbai), which was India's second Test ever.
Chris Gayle scored the first century in T20 cricket.
Srilankan Cricketer Jayasuriya has scored maximum (34) ducks in odi cricket..
The first Indian women's cricketer to score a century in Test cricket was Shantha Rangaswamy, who scored her first and only century between January 9-10, 1977, her, and India Women's, seventh Test match.
in cricket scored a century means that a player has scored 100 runs or more
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