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.

By Sampath Bandarupalli

Updated - 07 Jul 2017, 13:57 IST

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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:

Player Country Mat Inns Runs HS Ave 100s 50s
SR Tendulkar India 551 538 21999 200* 45.54 60 114
GA Gooch England 613 601 22211 198* 40.16 44 139
GA Hick England 651 630 22059 172* 41.3 40 139
KC Sangakkara Sri Lanka 528 500 19453 169 43.61 39 120
RT Ponting Australia 456 445 16363 164 41.74 34 99
CG Greenidge West Indies 440 436 16349 186* 40.56 33 94
V Kohli India 223 214 9699 183 53.58 32 51
SC Ganguly India 437 421 15622 183 41.32 31 97
ST Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 557 542 16128 189 31.19 31 82

 

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:

Player County 100s Matches played for 32nd List A century Innings played for 32nd List A century
V Kohli India 32 223 214
SR Tendulkar India 60 270 261
RT Ponting Australia 34 394 385
CG Greenidge West Indies 33 401 398
GA Gooch England 44 446 438
KC Sangakkara Sri Lanka 39 501 473
GA Hick England 40 501 486

 

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)

Player Country Inns Runs HS 100s Inns/100
V Kohli India 214 9699 183 32 6.69
HM Amla South Africa 208 8927 159 28 7.43
BJ Hodge Australia 241 9127 164 29 8.31
Salman Butt Pakistan 175 7102 150* 20 8.75
AB de Villiers South Africa 247 10865 162* 28 8.82
MJ Guptill New Zealand 196 7793 237* 22 8.91
SR Tendulkar India 538 21999 200* 60 8.97

 

(Stats as on July 7, 2017)

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