Cricket is primarily considered a hitter’s game. If a player scores 100 runs in any given match, he is considered to have scored a game century. Top players are more likely to throw more balls, which increases their chances of reaching a century.
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July 21, 2023
Most Centuries in International Cricket: (Active Player)
75 – Virat Kohli46 – Joe Root45 – David Warner44 – Steven Smith44 – Rohit Sharma
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July 13, 2023
In the history of cricket, only Sachin Tendulkar has accumulated 100 centuries. With 76 centuries, Indian cricketer Virat Kohli is second and Australia’s Ricky Ponting is third overall for most of the recorded centuries.
Sachin has amassed 100 centuries in his 24-year cricket career, compared with Ricky Ponting’s 71 in 17 years and Virat Kohli’s 76 in his 15.
There are four Indians in the top 10 cricketers list, while South Africa and Sri Lanka have two each.
Tell us about the players who have scored the most goals in the international centuries;
Player | number of centuries | Period |
1. Sachin Tendulkar | 100 | 1989–2013 |
2. Virat Kohli | 76 | 2008-2023 |
3. Player Ricky | 71 | 1995-2012 |
4. Kumar Sangakkara | 63 | 2000–2015 |
5. Jacques Kallis | 62 | 1995–2014 |
6. Hashim Amla | 55 | 2004–2019 |
7. Mahela Jayawardene | 54 | 1997–2015 |
8. Brian Lara | 53 | 1990–2007 |
9. Rahul Dravid | 48 | 1996–2012 |
10. AB de Villiers | 47 | 2004–2018 |
11. David Warner | 45 | 2009-2023 |
12. Original Joe | 44 | 2012-2022 |
13. Rohit Sharma | 44 | 2007-2023 |
14. Chris Gayle | 42 | 1999-2021 |
15. Steve Smith | 42 | 2010-2023 |
15. Sanath Jaysuriya | 42 | 1989–2001 |
16. Shivnarine Chanderpaul | 41 | 1994–2015 |
17. Younis Khan | 41 | 2000-2017 |
19. Matthew Hayden | 40 | 19893-2009 |
20. Ross Taylor | 40 | 2006-2022 |
In addition to the players listed in the table above, Virender Sehwag, Ross Taylor, Alastair Cook also scored 38 centuries each. Rohit Sharma also scored a total of 44 centuries, including 30 in the ODI and 9 in the Tests.
The key statistic here is that Rohit Sharma is the only player in the world to have scored a maximum of 4 centuries in T20 matches; Gayle has been scoring for two centuries. Virat Kohli is yet to score a goal in a century in T20 matches.
Rohit Sharma also joins the exclusive list of captains who have scored hundreds of goals in all forms of cricket.
With a crushing century ahead of Sri Lanka, Kohli equaled Sachin Tendulkar’s 20-ton ODI record at home, hitting another major milestone. Kohli hit the record in 101 games compared to Tendulkar’s 164.
In addition, Kohli broke Sachin Tendulkar’s ODI record for most of the century before Sri Lanka. With another 180 runs to make it into the ODI top 5 all-time top scorers, Kohli has a chance to break another record. He is in the elite ranks just behind Tendulkar, Sangakkara, Ponting, Jayasuriya and Jayawardene.
The top 20 list includes four players from India, Sri Lanka and Australia, while three are from South Africa and the West Indies and two are from Pakistan. So all the top 20 players belong to only 6 countries.
So here is a list of the top scorers of the 20th century in international cricket.
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