Virat Kohli with 50 centuries is the record holder for most hundreds:
Batting is the most exciting part of the game, as cricket is one of the most popular sports in the world. Everyone loves to match skill full batting display in the one day internationals. Scoring a century in the in an ODI is most significant achievement. The record of most centuries in ODIs is the highly wanted by any batsmen in the world.
Virat Kohli with 50 hundred is the current record holder for most hundreds in ODIs. Virat is the one of the greatest batter in the world for all time. And his record proves his incredible consistency and skills. Another Indian Legend Sachin Tendular is second in the list with 49 centuries. Followed by Rohit Sharma with 31 centuries. Scoring a hundred is difficult task, but also very rewarding one. A batter never forgets that incredible moment. And it also inspires the batsmen to achieve greatness.
Top 10 List: Most Hundreds in ODIs:
| Serial No. | Player | Team | Matches | No. of centuries |
| 1 | Virat Kohli | India | 291 | 50 |
| 2 | Sachin Tendulkar | India | 463 | 49 |
| 3 | Rohit Sharma | India | 261 | 31 |
| 4 | Ricky Ponting | Australia | 375 | 30 |
| 5 | Sanath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka | 445 | 28 |
| 6 | Hashim Amla | South Africa | 181 | 27 |
| 7 | AB de Villiers | South Africa | 228 | 25 |
| 8 | Chris Gayle | West Indies | 301 | 25 |
| 9 | Kumar Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | 404 | 25 |
| 10 | Sourav Ganguly | India | 311 | 22 |
Virat Kohli:
The former Indian captain made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka in 2008. And played 291 matches so far, scoring 13,794 runs with the average of 60. He scored 50 centuries and 71 fifties. kohli’s hundred in winning case – of 50 centuries, 39 took India to victory. 183 against Pakistan in Asia cup 2012 is one of the remember able inning from him.
Sachin Tendulkar:
The centurion of centuries, the Indian legend make his debut in 1989 against Pakistan. Out of 49 centuries, 35 times came in the winning case for India. He is also known as the name God of cricket. He ended up his carrier with the average of 44.83. he played his last game of the format against Pakistan in 2012.
Rohit Sharma:
Third in the list is current Indian captain with 31 centuries. Also called, Hitman. Sharma holds many records. He holds the record of most runs in ODI match. Also he has score 33 boundaries in single inning. Which no other batter did yet. Sharma is only player to score three double centuries in this format. And only batter in the world to score five centuries in the single edition of the ODI world cup.
Ricky Ponting:
Former Australian captain is the fourth in the list. Ponting ended up his carrier in 2012 with 30 centuries, 25 of them came in winning case. He leads the team two time won world cup title in this format. His first ODI century against sri Lanka. Ponting’s highest ODI score is 164 against South Africa.
Sanath Jayasuriya:
Former Sri Lankan all-rounder is one of the greatest of the game. Lankans legend is the second oldest player to score hundred in ODI format. He scored 28 centuries in 445 matches. His carrier is the second longest carrier in the game history. He was 39-year-old when he scored a century against India in 2009. Sri Lankan all-rounder ended up his carrier with the average of 32.36 with picking 323 wickets.
Hashim Amla:
South African batter Hashim Amla on the six spot of highest centuries with 28 centuries in ODI. Began the carrier in 2008 and ended in 2019. Amla is the fastest cricketer to score 2,000,3,000,4,000,5,000,6,000,7,000 ODI runs. Top order batter ended up his 181 matches carrier with the average of almost 50. He also won sixth most player of the series awards in ODI.
Ab de Villiars:
One of the great ODI batsman and athletic fielder is on number seventh spot with 25 centuries under his belt. He played 228 ODI matches scoring 9577 runs with the average of 53.50. de Villiers hits the seventh most sixes in ODI cricket. And also being second fastest to score 9000 runs. He played for South Africa from 2006 to 2017.
Chris Gayle:
The most destructive batter in the world scored 25 centuries, which is same with Ab de Villiers. But took more innings to do so. Left hander ended his carrier with the average of 37.83. he has the record of hitting second most sixes in this format. He also hits second most sixes in an inning which is 16. He won the most fifth player of the series award in one day internationals (8). Gayle played 301 matches in his carrier.
Kumar Sangakkara:
Former Sri Lankan captain manage to score 25 hundred in his carrier, he took 380 innings to get there. Sangakkara is the second highest run scorer for all time with 14,234 runs. Only behind Tendulkar. Also hold the record for second most ODI hundred in series (4), most hundreds in back to back innings (4), second most fifties (118), third most fours (1385) and second fastest to score 14,000 runs.
Sourav Ganguly:
One of the greatest captain for India. Ganguly scored 22 hundred to manage on the 10th position of the list. He scored second most ODI hundreds in calendar year (7) third most centuries in ODI series (3) and is the third fastest to get 10,000 runs. Ganguly ended his carrier of 311-match in 2007 with an average of 41.02. Against Pakistan 141 runs inning in his one of the best hundred.
FAQs:
Which batsmen has scored most centuries in ODI for Pakistan?
Saeed Anwar has scored most centuries for Pakistan in ODIs, he scored 20 hundred.
Which batsman has scored most centuries for India in ODIs?
Virat Kohli is the player to score most centuries for India with his tally being 50.
How many Babar Azam ODI centuries are there?
Pakistan’s Babar Azam has scored 19 centuries so far in ODIs.
Who has scored most centuries in an ODI series?
Indian Rohit Sharma has scored most centuries; he scores 5 centuries in 9 world cup games in 2019.
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