Sunil Gavaskar
123off 239 balls
Sunil Gavaskar made 123 off 239 balls against Australia at Wankhede in 1979. India won the match.
Was it a ton of consequence?
Yes: carried the innings. He made 27% of the team's 458. The match was won by an innings and 100 runs. How a ToC is decided
Sources: Wikipedia: List of international cricket centuries by Sunil Gavaskar · Wikipedia: Australian cricket team in India in 1979–80
Medium confidence. We rely on match reports. We don't have the score when the batter came in, so the call rests on the result, the innings and the series.
How the score is builtscore · points
Match Impact30% weight+15.652
Clutchness22% weight+12.155
Narrative18% weight+11.564
Conditions & Opposition14% weight+9.266
Historical Weight10% weight+6.363
Perceived Greatness6% weight+3.965
Greatness score on your weighting58.7
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, 5. Almost everyone agrees. This innings transcends the debate. Across five points of view it scores between 58.6 and 61.5.
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Port of Spain · 1971 · 73rd overall74.5117* v West Indies
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