Stats: Virat Kohli becomes the quickest to score 32 List A centuries

Among the 7 players with 32 and more List A centuries; 5 players needed over 380 innings to score their 32nd List A century.

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India’s Captain Virat Kohli celebrates their victory with teammate Dinesh Karthik. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

While Virat Kohli broke several records in ODI cricket, the impact was also seen in List A records as the Indian captain got to a few new highs in this format which including the domestic one-dayers and the unofficial ODI games. His century against Windies is his 32nd List A century with four of those coming for Delhi before he hit his first of the 28 ODI hundreds.

With this century, Kohli went past Sourav Ganguly and Sanath Jayasuriya to stand at No.7 on the list of most centuries by a batsman in List A cricket. This list is headed by Sachin Tendulkar, who scored 60 centuries in the format, 16 more than the next best Graham Gooch.

Most centuries in List A cricket:

PlayerCountryMatInnsRunsHSAve100s50s
SR TendulkarIndia55153821999200*45.5460114
GA GoochEngland61360122211198*40.1644139
GA HickEngland65163022059172*41.340139
KC SangakkaraSri Lanka5285001945316943.6139120
RT PontingAustralia4564451636316441.743499
CG GreenidgeWest Indies44043616349186*40.563394
V KohliIndia223214969918353.583251
SC GangulyIndia4374211562218341.323197
ST JayasuriyaSri Lanka5575421612818931.193182

 

Among the 7 players with 32 and more List A centuries; 5 players needed over 380 innings to score their 32nd List A century. Virat took 214 innings to get there which makes him the fastest; Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar is the only one who came any closer to Kohli as he scored his 32nd List A hundred in 261 innings.

Players who took fewest innings to score 32 List A centuries:

PlayerCounty100sMatches played for 32nd List A centuryInnings played for 32nd List A century
V KohliIndia32223214
SR TendulkarIndia60270261
RT PontingAustralia34394385
CG GreenidgeWest Indies33401398
GA GoochEngland44446438
KC SangakkaraSri Lanka39501473
GA HickEngland40501486

 

After scoring his 32nd List A century, Kohli now has an innings/hundreds ratio of 6.69 in this format which is the best for any player with over 20 hundreds. Hashim Amla is the next best with a ratio of 7.43 having scored 28 tons in 208 innings.

Among the 11 players including Kohli who have scored over 30 List A tons, 9 players needed about 12 innings at an average to score a century. Sachin Tendulkar is only next to Kohli among the players with 30+ List A centuries as the former Indian batsman hit a century every 8.97 innings.

Players with best innings/hundred ratio in List A cricket: (Min: 10 centuries)

PlayerCountryInnsRunsHS100sInns/100
V KohliIndia2149699183326.69
HM AmlaSouth Africa2088927159287.43
BJ HodgeAustralia2419127164298.31
Salman ButtPakistan1757102150*208.75
AB de VilliersSouth Africa24710865162*288.82
MJ GuptillNew Zealand1967793237*228.91
SR TendulkarIndia53821999200*608.97

 

(Stats as on July 7, 2017)

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