Players with most centuries in ICC ODI World Cup

The ICC Cricket World Cup is the most anticipated and biggest cricketing event on the planet, mainly because it is held every four years and features only the best teams in the world. The World Cup is watched by millions of viewers around the world, all thanks to the incredibly entertaining cricket action.

The one-day international format of the World Cup allows players to fully showcase their talents, but often players perform at a completely different level. Teams crossed 400 runs on the scoreboard, batsmen scored double centuries and bowlers dismissed entire teams for double-digit totals.

The World Cup has had its ups and downs, but today we’re going to look at individual records for most centuries. Check the list of top hundred players in ICC ODI World Cup here.

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Rohit Sharma broke the record for most centuries in the ICC Cricket World Cup after a brilliant knock against Afghanistan in the 2023 edition. Sharma scored his 7th century to surpass Sachin Tendulkar’s almost unbeatable record of 6 hundreds in the World Cup.

Rohit Sharma needed just 61 balls to reach the milestone. He ended his innings with 131 balls.

In Match 10: Australia vs South Africa, Quinton de Kock scored his second consecutive century in 90 balls.

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Most Centuries in ICC ODI World Cup – Rohit Sharma

Scoring a hundred is one of the greatest achievements of a batsman. The intensity and reward of scoring 100 runs for your team is immense for any player and even more so in the World Cup, the most prestigious tournament in cricket.

It is a marvelous feat to score a World Cup century despite the increased pressure and struggle against high-level opposition, but some batsmen have managed to score not one, but multiple World Cup centuries. Today we are dealing with players with a maximum of a hundred players in the World Cup.

Indians Rohit Sharma and Sachin Tendulkar are on top with 7 and 6 centuries respectively. Sharma needed just 19 innings and three World Cups to reach the milestone, while Tendulkar’s centuries span 44 innings and six World Cups.

Kumar Sangakkara and Ricky Ponting are next with 5 centuries each in 35 and 42 innings respectively.

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