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 |
