Here’s the list with batsmen having 6 or more ODI centuries in a year. India’s current sensations – Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma in 2018 also has 5 & 4 centuries respectively! They went onto score 6 ODI centuries each in 2017. This form is quite popular among spectators as it can lead to passionate strategies and batting and the spectators can watch the match in a day as opposed to giving. Here's the list of 15 cricketers by the number of international centuries scored. Most Centuries in ODI: One Day International cricket also called Limited Overs International is a form of a cricket match played between the teams of international status. We all know that Sachin Tendulkar (India) holds the record of scoring most hundreds in international cricket. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma shared the tag for Most Hundreds in 2017. Every batsman dreams about getting that three-figure mark individually in an international match. Sachin’s successful opening partner Sourav Ganguly, in 2000, has hit 7 centuries in ODI to his name and shares the 2nd spot with David Warner, who also scored 7 ODI 100s in 2016. It included 9 ODI hundreds, which tops the list for most 100s in ODI in a year.
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He added 1894 runs in that year in ODI, which is the most runs by a batsman in that format in a single year. Virat Kohli – Rohit Sharma in 2017 hit 6 ODI Centuries each.ġ998 has been arguably the best year for Sachin Tendulkar’s career. Here is a list of Players with 7 or more Test centuries in a calendar Year. Bradman’s insane Test cricket records include 29 Test 100s & 12 double hundreds. Notably, Don Bradman had hit 5 100+ Test runs in 1948. Two more legendary players, Aravinda De Silva during his prime time in 1997 & Sachin Tendulkar in 2010, also scored 7 Test centuries in a year.
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It included 3 double centuries too, which is the 2nd Most 200s count in a single year.Īnd way back in 1976, Vivian Richards had hit 7 Test centuries too. Shahid Afridi holds the record for the longest six in International cricket lasting as long as 158 meters against South Africa, 3rd ODI at Johannesburg on March 17, 2013. Most of us love to enjoy cricket matches and stay curious about the wickets, sixes, and everything. Nicknamed The Little Master, Indias Sachin. Ricky Ponting on that same year had hit 7 Test centuries (Some year that had been for Test Cricket). Cricket is one of the most loved and followed sports in the World. The statistic shows the most centuries scored in One Day International cricket as of August 2021, by player. His average that year was an impressive 99.33! His run-spree in that year included the record for most runs in Tests in a calendar year – 1788 & also the record for the most centuries in a calendar year in Tests – 9. The year 2006 was a magical one for Mohammad Yousuf.