Sunil Gavaskar
137off 240 balls
Sunil Gavaskar made 137 off 240 balls against Pakistan at Karachi in 1978. India lost the match.
Was it a ton of consequence?
No: a good ton. A loss: even a great hundred can't be a ton of consequence in a defeat. How a ToC is decided
Sources: Wikipedia: List of international cricket centuries by Sunil Gavaskar · Wikipedia: Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1978–79
Medium confidence. We know the result, which innings it was, the team total and where the series stood, but not the score when the batter came in.
How the score is builtscore · points
Match Impact30% weight+16.555
Clutchness22% weight+13.662
Narrative18% weight+10.860
Conditions & Opposition14% weight+7.654
Historical Weight10% weight+6.464
Perceived Greatness6% weight+3.762
Greatness score on your weighting58.6
Your weighting
- Match Impact30%Did it decide the course of the game?
- Clutchness22%The weight of pressure in the moment
- Narrative18%The story surrounding the innings
- Conditions & Opposition14%What and who they were up against
- Historical Weight10%How time and experts have judged it
- Perceived Greatness6%The consensus of those who watched
How divisive is it?
Universally great, 6. Almost everyone agrees. This innings transcends the debate. Across five points of view it scores between 57.2 and 60.6.
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