New Zealand's Kane Williamson Joins Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid In Elite List

Kane Williamson joined the elite club and created history on the second day of the second Test against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo as he smashed his 14th century and his first against Zimbabwe.

In the process,Kane Williamson became the first New Zealand batsman in Test history to smash a century against all 9-Test-playing nations and he became the 13th batsmen to achieve this unique distinction.

No.

	Batsman	Innings taken	No. of days from debut
1.	Kane Williamson	91	2,012
2.	Kumar Sangakkara	114	2,693
3.	Adam Gilchrist	122	2,349
4.	Marvan Atapattu	138	5,248
5.	Rahul Dravid	146	3,102
6.	Gary Kirsten	149	3,218
7.	Younis Khan	163	5,363
8.	Mahela Jayawardene	165	4,221
9.	Ricky Ponting	174	3,779
10.	Sachin Tendulkar	192	5,506
11.	Brian Lara	203	5,285
12.	Steve Waugh	250	6,414
13.	Jacques Kallis	254	5,864

Kane Williamson, who is playing in his 50th Test for New Zealand, also achieved this feat in just 91 innings, which is 23 innings quicker than Sangakkara, who did it in 114 innings.

Kane Williamson also achieved this feat in 2012 days since his debut, breaking the record of 2349 days set by Gilchrist.

KaneWilliamson is also the youngest to achieve this feat at the age of 25 years.

Kane Williamson's  14th Test century also equaled Ross Taylor's record for the most Test tons by a New Zealand batsmen. Both batsmen are just three away from the record of 17 set by Martin Crowe, New Zealand's best batsman.

Kane Williamson can join Dravid in another list as he attempts to become the second batsman to score a century in all nine-Test playing nations. The stylish Kiwi batsman does not have a century in South Africa but he has a chance in the coming weeks as New Zealand take on South Africa for two Tests in Durban and Centurion .