VVS Laxman notched up a career best 131 against Zimbabwe at Adelaide. This was his second hundred in successive innings. Laxman scored an unbeaten 106 against Australia at Sydney in the last one-dayer on January 22. With this century he joins the select band of Indian batsmen who have scored back to back hundreds in limited-over internationals.

Laxman has now a golden opportunity to equal the world record for most successive hundreds. Three batsmen – Pakistan's Zaheer Abbas and Saeed Anwar; and South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs have scored hundreds in three successive innings.

Back to back hundreds by Indians

Batsman	Scores	Balls	Opponent	Venue	Date
SR Tendulkar	143	131	Australia	Sharjah	22-04-1998
	134	131	Australia	Sharjah	24-04-1998
R Dravid	104*	109	Kenya	Bristol	23-05-1999
	145	129	Sri Lanka	Taunton	26-05-1999
SC Ganguly	141*	142	South Africa	Nairobi Gym	13-10-2000
	117	130	New Zealand	Nairobi Gym	15-10-2000
VVS Laxman	106*	130	Australia	Sydney	22-01-2004
	131	138	Zimbabwe	Adelaide	24-01-2004