Cricket is a two-team game. Each team need 11 players. Spectators enjoy the visual treat of batsmen hitting sixers and boundaries. Making 100 runs requires skill and patience. Here, is the list of batsmen with more centuries.
1. Sachin Tendulkar (100 centuries):
Sachin Tendulkar is considered one of the most incredible batters in the cricket history. His date of birth is 24th April 1973 in Mumbai. He is a right-handed, top-order batsman. He played for the Indian team from 1989 to 2013. His Test debut was on 15th November 1989 Vs. Pakistan and his ODI debut were on 18th December 1989 Vs. Pakistan. He has 51 centuries in Tests, and 49 centuries in ODIs. He has scored 15,921 and 18,426 runs in 200 Tests and 463 ODIs, respectively. Sachin is also a right-arm leg break and right-arm off break bowler. He has bowled 4,240 and 8,054 balls in Tests and ODIs, respectively.
2. Ricky Ponting (71 centuries):
Ricky Thomas Ponting’s date of birth is 19th December 1974. He Captained the Australian national team from 2004 to 2011 in Tests and from 2002 to 2011 in ODIs. He is a right-handed batsman. His Test debut was on 8th December 1995 Vs. Sri Lanka and his ODI debut was on 15th February 2012 Vs. South-Africa. He has 41 centuries in Tests and 30 centuries in ODIs. He has scored 13,378 and 13,704 runs in 168 Tests and 375 ODIs, respectively. His best batting figures are 257 and 164 in Tests and ODIs.
3. Virat Kohli (70 centuries):
Virat Kohli’s date of birth is 5th November 1988 and he is considered as one of the topmost all-format batters of all time. He has captained the Indian national team from 2013 to 2022 in 213 matches across all three formats. Virat has 40 wins in 68 Test matches, and with 58.82% wins he is one of the most successful Indian Test captains. He is the only active player in this list of most century makers. He is a right-handed top-order batsman. He has 27 centuries in Tests and 43 Centuries in ODIs. His best batting figures are 254 in Tests and 183 in ODIs.
4. Kumar Sangakkara (63 centuries):
Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara’s date of birth is 27th October 1977. Currently, he is the coach of the Rajasthan Royals IPL team. He is a left-handed Wicket-keeper-batsman. His Test debut was on 20th July 2000 Vs. South Africa and his ODI debut was on 5th July 2000 Vs. Pakistan. He has 38 centuries in Tests and 25 centuries in ODIs, respectively. His best batting figures are 319 and 169 in Tests and ODIs, respectively. He has scored 28,016 runs in international cricket across all formats in 15 years. He has the most wicket-keeping dismissals in ODI cricket with 99 stumpings.
5. Jack Kallis (62 centuries):
Jacques Hendry Kallis’s date of birth is 16th October 1975 and he is a South-African cricket coach and former cricketer. He is an all-rounder. His Test debut was on 14th December 1995 Vs. England and his ODI debut was on 9th January 1996 Vs. England. He has 45 and 17 centuries in Tests and ODIs. He has scored 13,289 runs in 166 Test matches and 11,579 runs in 328 ODI games. His best batting figures are 224 and 139 in Test and ODI, respectively. He has 250 wickets in Test and ODI match cricket; he also took 131 and 200 catches in ODI and Test, respectively.
6. Hasim Amla (55 Centuries):
Hasim Mahomed Amla’s date of birth is 31st March 1983 and he is a South-African former cricketer in all three formats. He’s the quickest batsman to score 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, and 7000 ODI runs. He’s also the fastest cricketer to make 10 ODI centuries. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler. His Test debut was on 28th November 2004 Vs. India and his ODI debut was on 9th March 2008 Vs. Bangladesh. He has 28 and 27 centuries in Test and ODI, respectively. He has the highest individual Test score of any South-African batsman of 311 not out scored against England at The Oval, London, in July 2012.
7. Mahela Jayawardene (54 Centuries):
Denagamage Praboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene’s date of birth is 27th May 1977 and he is a former Sri Lankan cricketer currently serving as the coach of the Sri Lanka National cricket team. He is considered as one of the most successful captains of Sri Lanka. His Test debut was on 2nd August 1997 Vs. India and his ODI debut was on 24th January 1998 Vs. Zimbabwe. He has 34 and 19 centuries in Test and ODI games, respectively. He has scored 11,814 and 12,650 runs in 149 Test and 448 ODI matches, respectively. In 2006 along with his team-mate Kumar Sangakkara, Jayawardene made his highest ever partnership for the third wicket, scoring 624 runs in the first test match of Sri Lanka’s home series against South Africa.
8. Brian Lara (53 Centuries):
Brian Charles Lara’s date of birth is 2nd May 1969 and he is a Trinidadian former international cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman. His Test debut was on 6th December 1990 Vs. Pakistan and his ODI debut was on 9th November 1990 Vs. Pakistan. He has 34 and 19 centuries in Test and ODI matches, respectively. His best batting figures are 400 and 169 in Tests and ODIs, respectively. Lara has the highest individual score in a Test innings after scoring 499 not out at Antigua during the 4th test against England in 2004.
9. Rahul Dravid (48 Centuries):
Rahul Sharad Dravid’s date of birth is 11th January 1973 and he is a former Indian cricketer currently serving as its head coach. He is known as Mr. Dependable and often referred to as The Wall. He is a right-handed batsman and part-time wicket-keeper. His Test debut was on 20th June 1996 Vs. England and his ODI debut was on 3rd April 1996 Vs. Sri Lanka. He has 36 and 12 centuries in Test and ODI matches, respectively. In 2004, after completing his century against Bangladesh in Chittagong, he then became the first ever player to score a century in all the ten Test-playing countries.
10. AB de Villiers (47 Centuries):
Abraham Benjamin de Villiers’s date of birth is 17th February 1984 and he is a former South African international cricketer. He was the ICC ODI Player of the Year three times. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. His Test debut was on 17th December 2004 Vs. England and his ODI debut was on 2nd February 2005 Vs. England. He has 22 and 25 centuries in Test and ODI matches, respectively. He is often known as one of the most innovative and destructive batters and is often known as Mr.360.
