Last updated on October 1st, 2025 at 11:22 am
For, the Most Fifties In India-Australia Tests all time, the fastest 10000 Test runs player – Sachin Tendulkar tops the list like that for the most 100s under this rivalry. The IND Vs NZ Test most runs batsman Rahul Dravid comes second.
Having the equal number of fifties, Ricky Ponting(3rd) is ahead of VVS Laxman(4th), in respect of the 50+ scores in this contest.
Cheteshwar Pujara makes the fifth position his own in terms of the most fifties in India-Australia Tests all time.
Gundappa Viswanath, Allan Border & Virender Sehwag occupy the – sixth, seventh & eighth spot in order. The 2nd highest Test score batter Mathew Hayden & Nawab of Pataudi come ninth & tenth respectively.
7 Indian & 3 Australian batsmen are there in the list of top 10 most fifties in India-Australia tests.
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| S.No. | Player | Span | 50 | 100 | Mts | Inns | Runs | Team | |
| 1 | Sachin Tendulkar | 1991-2013 | 16 | 11 | 39 | 74 | 3630 | India | |
| 2 | Rahul Dravid | 1996-2012 | 13 | 2 | 32 | 60 | 2143 | India | |
| 3 | Ricky Ponting | 1996-2012 | 12 | 8 | 29 | 51 | 2555 | Australia | |
| 4 | VVS Laxman | 1998-2012 | 12 | 6 | 29 | 54 | 2434 | India | |
| 5 | Cheteshwar Pujara | 2010-2023 | 11 | 5 | 25 | 45 | 2074 | India | |
| 6 | Gundappa Viswanath | 1969-1981 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 31 | 1538 | India | |
| 7 | Allan Border | 1979-1992 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 35 | 1567 | Australia | |
| 8 | Virender Sehwag | 2003-2013 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 43 | 1738 | India | |
| 9 | Mathew Hayden | 2001-2008 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 35 | 1888 | Australia | |
| 10 | Nawab Of Pataudi | 1964-1969 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 829 | India |
** Mts – Matches, Inns – Innings, S.No. – Serial Number
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Sachin Tendulkar has the most fifties as well, in addition to the most hundreds in India-Australia tests.
He has 16 fifties to his tally in addition to 11 tons, so having the most (27) 50+ scores in in this rivalry.
9 fifties have been scored in India & 7 in Australia, by the player having the – most 100s in Test history & 2nd most 100s in ODI history.
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Dravid is 2nd in respect of scoring most fifties in India-Australia tests with 13 fifties to his name, of which 7 have come in India while 6 in Australia.
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Ricky Ponting, the second in the list of most runs in India-Australia tests has 12 fifties against India. He has 7 fifties in Australia and 5 in India.
His tally of 50+ scores is 20(second most) in this clash, including 8 hundreds.
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VVS Laxman, the second for the highest individual scores in India-Australia tests is the 4th in terms of fifties.
With 8 fifties in India and 4 in Australia, Laxman has a total of 12 fifties being scored in addition to his 6 tons in the India-Australia test series.
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Having 11 fifties versus Australia, Cheteshwar Pujara is the 5th in the list of most fifties in India-Australia tests.
In terms of scoring fifties in India & Australia, Pujara’s numbers are 6 & 5 respectively.
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Gundappa Viswanath, a top-order Indian batter has 9 fifties in addition to four hundreds versus Australia.
Held in high esteem, the former Indian watchful batsman has the 4 fifties, while in Australia it is 5 that came in the 1977/78 series.
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Allan Border, the great Australian- batsman & captain also has nine fifties under this rivalry, 5 of which coming in Australia & 4 in India.
The player who utilized the toughness on a better note, scores 1567 Test runs(35 Inns) versus India.
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The Indian aggressive opener is the third in the list of most fifties in India-Australia tests, with 9 fifties.
There are, 5 fifties he has scored in India & 4 in Australia.
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In addition to 6 hundreds in his tally, this Australian opener has 8 fifties under this rivalry, with five coming in India and three in Australia.
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One of India’s greatest ever captain, went on to score 8 fifties in addition to one hundred, in the 20 innings he batted against Australia.
Four of these were made in the 1967/68 series. He had 4 fifties, both – in Australia & in India.
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