On Day 4 of the first Test between Bangladesh and India, Cheteshwar Pujara ended his century drought by smashing 102*(130) after 1443 days. Is this gap of 1443 days between two consecutive Test hundreds the most for any batsman? Here in this article, we will find out the top-5 Indian batters with the longest gap (by days) between two centuries for an Indian batsman in Test cricket.

The longest gap of days between two consecutive Test hundred:

1. Syed Mushtaq Ali:
Syed Mushtaq Ali has only 2 Test centuries in his career. His first century came against England in Manchester on 27th Jul 1936 and his next century came against West Indies in Kolkata on 4th Jan 1949. Thus his gap of 4544 days (12 years & 161 days)  between two centuries remains to be highest for any Indian player.

2. Vijay Merchant:
Vijay Merchant has 3 Test centuries in his career. out of those three, his first century came against England at Manchester on 28th July 1936, and his second century against England at The Oval on 19th Aug, 1946. His gap of 3674 days (10 years & 22 days) between two centuries remains to be 2nd highest for any Indian player

3. Farokh Engineer:
Farokh Engineer has only 2 hundred in his Test career. He smashed his first Test hundred against West Indies at Chennai on 13 Jan 1967 and he smashed his second Test hundred against England at Mumbai (BS) on 6th Feb 1973. He had a big gap of 2216 days (6 years & 24 days) between two Test centuries.

4. Syed Kirmani:
Syed Kirmani has smashed only two centuries in his Test career. His 1st century against Australia came at Mumbai(WS) stadium on 4th Nov 1979 and his 2nd century against England came at Mumbai (WS) stadium on 1st Dec 1984. Kirmani's gap from 4th Nov 1979 to 1st Dec 1984 means he took 1854 days (5 years and 27 days) between two Test centuries.

5. Anshuman Gaekwad:  
Anshuman Gaekwad has only two centuries in his Test career. one of them he smashed against West Indies on 4th Feb 1979 and another century he smashed against Pakistan in Jalandhar on 28 Sep 1983. He had a gap of 1697 days (4 years and 236 days) between two Test centuries.