IND A vs SL A: Rituraj Gaikwad created history, equaled Dravid-Gambhir by scoring a century against Sri Lanka A

By Samira Vishwas On Jun 9, 2026

Ruturaj Gaikwad: The first match of the Tri Nation Series was played between India A and Sri Lanka A. In this match, Indian vice-captain Rituraj Gaikwad has created history by scoring a brilliant century.

Ruturaj Gaikwad: The first match of the Tri Nation Series was played between India A and Sri Lanka A. In this match, Indian vice-captain Rituraj Gaikwad has created history by scoring a brilliant century. In this match played in Dambulla, Rituraj played an inning of 101 runs. This is his 21st century of List-A career.

Rituraj Gaikwad created history

Indian star batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad performed brilliantly against Sri Lanka, scoring a century of 101 runs in 114 balls, which included 6 fours and 3 sixes. During this period his strike rate was 88.60. Let us tell you, with this century, Rituraj has equaled former Indian cricketers Rahul Dravid and Gautam Gambhir in terms of scoring most centuries in List-A career. Both these players had scored 21-21 centuries in their List-A career.

He has done it again!! 💯
Ruturaj Gaikwad has just smashed a century for India A against Sri Lanka A in the tri-series opener in Dambulla.
He has been in sizzling form in 50-over cricket 🔥 pic.twitter.com/BsGenmVZ3K
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) June 9, 2026

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Players who have scored most centuries in List A for India

Rituraj Gaikwad is still far behind in terms of scoring most centuries in List A cricket for India. The record of scoring most centuries for India in List A career is held by Sachin Tendulkar, who scored a total of 60 centuries. Virat Kohli is at second place in this list, who has 59 centuries in his name. Rohit Sharma is at fourth place with 37 List A centuries. At the same time, Sourav Ganguly is at fifth place with 31 centuries.

Ruturaj Gaikwad List A Career

The 29-year-old Indian batsman has played a total of 100 List A matches for India so far, in which he has scored 5161 runs in 96 innings. During this period, he has scored 21 centuries and 19 half-centuries. In his 100th match of this format, Rituraj has made it even more memorable by scoring a brilliant century.