Sunil Gavaskar
166off 373 balls
Sunil Gavaskar made 166 off 373 balls against Pakistan at Chennai in 1980. India won the match.
Was it a ton of consequence?
Yes: made it count. His side won the match, and the hundred mattered to it. How a ToC is decided
Sources: Wikipedia: List of international cricket centuries by Sunil Gavaskar · Wikipedia: Pakistani 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+15.351
Clutchness22% weight+11.452
Narrative18% weight+11.363
Conditions & Opposition14% weight+7.654
Historical Weight10% weight+6.868
Perceived Greatness6% weight+3.761
Greatness score on your weighting56.1
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, 11. Almost everyone agrees. This innings transcends the debate. Across five points of view it scores between 54 and 60.4.
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Port of Spain · 1971 · 73rd overall74.5117* v West Indies
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