Hundreds are a very important stat in judging and analysing a player’s performance. In ODI cricket hundreds become even more important. In this article, we will see a World Cup-related stat where we will see who are the players who have made the most number of hundreds in World Cup games.
#5 David Warner
David Warner has played only two ODI World Cups in his career and in those two World Cups, he made 4 hundreds. He was the second-highest run-getter in the 2019 World Cup.
#4 Ricky Ponting
Punter played 46 World Cup games in his career in which he made 5 centuries. Ricky Ponting is fourth on our list. He scored 1743 runs with an average of 45.86 in World Cups. He was part of many world cups in his career.
#3 Kumar Sangakkara
We have one more legend on our list and it is none other than the Sri Lankan legendary batter, Kumar Sangakkara who made 5 tons in World Cups. He played 37 games in World Cups and scored 1532 runs at an average of 56.74.
#2 Sachin Tendulkar
The god of cricket Sachin Tendulkar was a very successful batsman in the ODI World Cups. Tendulkar played many world cups in his career and scored so many runs. In 45 games he played in world cups, he scored 2278 runs and made 6 centuries which puts him on second on our list.
#1 Rohit Sharma
Present Indian captain and a legend in ODI cricket, Rohit Sharma played only 17 World Cup games in his career so far. He was part of only the 2015 and 2019 World Cups in his career where he made 6 centuries with a World Cup average of 65.20. 5 out of 6 came in the 2019 World Cup where he also became the player with the highest number of centuries in a single World Cup.