Jun 23, 2023, 04:33 PM IST

This 90s' legend scored most Test centuries in defeats, but it's not Sachin Tendulkar

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The urban legend says that ‘India lost when Sachin scored a hundred’ but this is far from truth

Stats show that the Indian batting legend is not the man with most Test centuries in defeats

Brian Lara scored 14 centuries in the 63 games West Indies lost during his career

Sachin Tendulkar is second on the list, with 11 centuries in the 56 Tests India lost with him in the side

Another West Indian – Shivnaraine Chanderpaul – sits at third with 9 hundreds in 77 Test defeats

Mohammed Yousuf of Pakistan scored eight Test hundreds in games his team lost

Former Indian captains Mohammed Azharuddin and Virat Kohli are tied with 7 Test tons each in defeats

Zimbabwe’s Andy Flower and Pakistan’s Younis Khan also have 7 Test centuries in lost games

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