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Dravid in elite company

Mohandas Menon

Rahul Dravid became only the fourth batsman in Test history to score four consecutive centuries, when he notched his 14th Test century on day 2 of the first Test against the West Indies at the Wankhede stadium on Thursday.

Dravid, who hit three successive hundreds including a double ton in England recently, retired immediately after reaching his hundred, because of a hamstring injury.

A list of batsmen compiling centuries in four successive innings:

Five hundreds in five innings

Everton Weekes (West Indies)
141 v England at Kingston, 1947-48
128 v India at Delhi, 1948-49
194 v India at Bombay (Brabourne), 1948-49
162 v India at Calcutta, 1948-49
101 v India at Calcutta, 1948-49

Four hundreds in four innings

Jack Fingleton (Australia)
112 v South Africa at Cape Town, 1935-36
108 v South Africa at Johannesburg, 1935-36
118 v South Africa at Durban, 1935-36
100 v England at Brisbane, 1936-37

Alan Melville (South Africa)
103 v England at Durban, 1938-39
189 v England at Nottingham, 1947
104* v England at Nottingham, 1947
117 v England at Lord's, 1947

Melville's second century came immediately after World War II when South Africa played their next Test.

Rahul Dravid (India)
115 v England at Nottingham, 2002
148 v England at Leeds, 2002
217 v England at The Oval, 2002
100* v West Indies at Mumbai, 2002-03