Batsmen with Most International hundreds in a Win

Batsmen with Most International hundreds in a Win: Scoring a century is always a bigger achievement in cricket, so is winning a match. When both these virtues combine it makes it an even bigger reward for the player, scoring a century in a Won match. Centuries are not always enough to win matches. Some centuries end up in a losing cause. There are some great players who always step up at a time when they are most needed and rescue the team from the labyrinths of a defeat to the glory of a win. A list has been compiled of players that scored most centuries for their team in a Won match: 6. Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) – 33: Mahela Jayawardena stands at 4th position with 33 centuries in won matches. (Photo Source: AFP) Over 11500 runs in both ODIs and Tests, 135 half centuries and 52 centuries in international cricket are a true proof of how a classy and distinguished batsman Mahela Jayawardene has been in world cricket. Jayawardene started his career as a late middle-order batsman and spent most of his career at #4. He had his problems initially for not converting good starts into substantial figures. However, he learnt to make bigger contributions for his team in the later part of his career. Mahela Jayawardene has scored 33 100s in a matches won, 5th highest in all times. 5. AB de Villiers (South Africa) – 34: AB de Villiers has scored 34 hundreds in the matches South Africa has won. (© PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images) South African ODI and Test skipper AB de Villiers has been the best batsman in the game in the last couple of years. His batting style, his form, his shots, his aura has been unmatchable in the game. De Villiers has thus far scored 44 centuries in his international career out of which 34 have come in matches that his team has won; which further goes on to show the success rate of his knocks. 4. Jacques Kallis (South Africa) – 35: Jacques Kallis stands at 3rd position in the list with 35 centuries in won matches. (Photo Source: Associated Press) Jack Kallis marked his entry into the world cricket as a bowling all-rounder and like many others; the batsman in him evolved more quickly and fearsomely than the bowler him. His transformation from an all-rounder to a specialist batsman towards the end of his career meant that he had plenty-full time to make his name in the batting record books. Tipped to be the greatest century-maker from South Africa, Jack Kallis always scored one when the team needed. His 35 centuries in matches won gives him number 3 in the all-time list. 3. Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) – 34: Kumar Sangakkara stands at 4th position with 34 international centuries in won matches (Photo Source: Getty Images) Arguably the best Test batsman after Sir Don Bradman and the greatest left-arm batsman in both the shorter and longer format of the game, Kumar Sangakkara changed the fortune of Sri Lanka cricket on his own. Run-scoring at will, charging against the bowler, hitting freely out of the park, batting for long hours and dominating the opposition are the prime characteristics of this talented lad, Kumar. The lad has won 34 matches by scoring a century and is 4th on the all-time list. 2. Sachin Tendulkar (India) – 53: Sachin Tendulkar stays at 2nd position in the list with 53 centuries in won international matches. (Photo Source: Getty Images) Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, the little master, a man that loved cricket and was born to bat, piled up more than 25000 international runs in world cricket in a career that spanned nearly 20 years. The man features in every record list that may be generated on batting in cricket and here too, he makes a Top 2 Entry in our list. Having scored a century of centuries, 53 of Sachin Tendulkar’s international hundreds have come in Wins. He is second on the list of ‘Most Centuries in matches Won’. A slap back at some of his haters who always created a negative propaganda that Tendulkar’s century always went to India’s loss. 1. Ricky Ponting (Australia) – 55: Ricky Ponting tops the list here with 55 international centuries in won matches. (Photo Source: Getty Images) Ricky Thomas Ponting has made 55 centuries in a winning cause throughout his fantastic batting career, making him the leader of this list of “Most International 100s in Matches Won”. Ricky Ponting appeared on the international scene with a huge hype of being the best in Australia’s domestic circuit and since the start of his career till the end; he stamped his authority like a boss. There wasn’t a single time in his career that he was dropped due to bad form or a lean patch. Be it a batsman or as Captain, Ricky Ponting always stepped up and gave his best. Two consecutive World Cups under his captaincy and 55 international 100s in matches won, are an open proof of his capabilities both as a leader and a batsman. *All stats updated till 20th January 2016.