Dravid catches a ton

The catch to dismiss Shane Warne off Harbhajan Singh on the second day of the first Test in Bangalore on Thursday was Rahul Dravid's 100th in Test cricket.

He became the third Indian and only the 19th player in the world to take 100 catches in the field. Other Indians to do so for India are Sunil Gavaskar and Mohammad Azharuddin.

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Dravid, however, is the quickest of the three taking only 79 Tests to accomplish this feat. Azharuddin needed 91 Tests, while Gavaskar took 115 Tests to complete 100 catches.

Australian Mark Waugh heads the tally of leading fielders in Test cricket with 181 catches. For the record, England's Wally Hammond was the first to achieve this landmark at Manchester against the West Indies in 1939. Australia's Bobby Simpson needed just 54 matches to complete his century of catches at Perth against India in 1977-78. At the other end of the scale another Australian Steve Waugh achieved this target playing in his 140th Test.

England's Mark Butcher, and Zimbabwe's Alistair Campbell and Guy Whittall have been Dravid's victims on most occasions – four each – while the bowler to be involved in Dravid's catches on most occasions is Anil Kumble – 29 times.

The 100-Catches Club:

Player	For	Tests	Cts	Aus	Eng	Ind	NZ	Pak	SA	SL	WI	Zim	BD
ME Waugh	Aus	128	181	x	43	29	10	23	19	7	45	5	-
MA Taylor	Aus	104	157	x	46	10	25	20	17	11	28	-	-
AR Border	Aus	156	156	x	57	14	31	22	5	8	19	-	-
BC Lara	WI	112	147	34	45	9	13	7	20	14	x	3	2
SP Fleming	NZ	85	125	14	28	20	x	14	8	11	9	18	3
GS Chappell	Aus	87	122	x	61	5	18	22	-	0	16	-	-
IVA Richards	WI	121	122	24	29	39	7	23	-	-	x	-	-
MC Cowdrey	Eng	114	120	40	x	11	15	11	22	-	21	-	-
IT Botham	Eng	102	120	57	x	14	14	14	-	2	19	-	-
CL Hooper	WI	102	115	38	24	18	1	14	14	4	x	2	-
SR Waugh	Aus	168	112	x	29	12	18	14	9	7	19	4	-
WR Hammond	Eng	85	110	43	x	6	9	-	30	-	22	-	-
RB Simpson	Aus	62	110	x	30	21	-	3	27	-	29	-	-
GS Sobers	WI	93	109	27	40	27	11	4	-	-	x	-	-
SM Gavaskar	Ind	125	108	19	35	x	11	19	-	7	17	-	-
IM Chappell	Aus	75	105	x	31	17	16	6	11	-	24	-	-
M Azharuddin	Ind	99	105	14	9	x	4	14	13	27	20	4	-
GA Gooch	Eng	118	103	29	x	21	13	7	1	4	28	-	-
R Dravid	Ind	79	100	21	14	x	12	9	10	4	12	17	1