Which cricketer has scored the most centuries

Ricky Ponting of Australia is on the second spot with 71 centuries and incumbent Indian captain, Virat Kohli is on the third spot in terms of overall highest number of centuries.

Interestingly, Sachin has scored centuries in his year cricket career, while Ricky Ponting has scored 71 centuries in 17 years and Virat Kohli has scored 69 centuries in only 11 years career. There are 3 Indians in the top 10 list of the cricketers while South Africa and Sri Lanka have 2 players each.

Let us know about players that have scored the highest number of international centuries;. Sachin Tendulkar. Virat Kohli. Apart from the players given in the above table, Virender Sehwag, Ross Taylor, Alastair Cook have also scored 38 centuries each. Rohit Sharma has also scored a total of 37 centuries that includes 27 in ODIs and 6 centuries in Tests. An important statistic here is that Rohit Sharma is the only batsman in the world who has scored the most 4 centuries in T20 matches; Gayle has scored 2 centuries.

Virat Kohli is yet to score a single century in T20 matches. The list of top 20 batsmen includes 4 players from India, Sri Lanka and Australia each while 3 players from South Africa and West Indies each and 2 players from Pakistan. After him, Patsy Hendren stands at the second spot with tons in matches. He scored runs in his career at an average of In terms of most runs in the first-class career, he is at the third spot after Jack Hobbs and Frank Woolley. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

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The statistic shows the most centuries scored in international test match cricket as of August , by player. Nicknamed "The Little Master", India's Sachin Tendulkar scored a record 51 centuries in his test match career spanning from to Loading statistic Show source.

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