World Cup 2011 : KC Sangakkara scores fifty on captaincy debut in World Cup
KC Sangakkara scored 92 in the game against Canada at Hamantota on 20.02.11 providing the first occasion of a captain scoring ninety on world cup debut. KC Sangakkara became the 18th captain to score a fifty on world cup debut. The complete list read thus
|
No |
Captains |
Runs |
Team |
Opp |
Ground |
Date |
|
1 |
Asif Iqbal |
53 |
Pak |
Aus |
Leeds |
07 Jun 1975 |
|
2 |
GM Turner |
171* |
NZl |
EAF |
Birmingham |
07 Jun 1975 |
|
3 |
Majid Khan |
60 |
Pak |
Win |
Birmingham |
11 Jun 1975 |
|
4 |
DAG Fletcher |
69* |
Zim |
Aus |
Nottingham |
09 Jun 1983 |
|
5 |
Imran Khan |
56* |
Pak |
Srl |
Swansea |
09 Jun 1983 |
|
6 |
MD Crowe |
100* |
NZl |
Aus |
Auckland |
22 Feb 1992 |
|
7 |
GA Gooch |
51 |
Eng |
Ind |
Perth |
22 Feb 1992 |
|
8 |
Javed Miandad |
57* |
Pak |
Win |
Melbourne |
23 Feb 1992 |
|
9 |
KC Wessels |
81* |
RSA |
Aus |
Sydney |
26 Feb 1992 |
|
10 |
AJ Stewart |
77 |
Eng |
RSA |
Melbourne |
12 Mar 1992 |
|
11 |
WJ Cronje |
57 |
RSA |
UAE |
Rawalpindi |
16 Feb 1996 |
|
12 |
Aamer Sohail |
55 |
Pak |
Ind |
Bangalore |
09 Mar 1996 |
|
13 |
ST Jayasuriya |
120 |
Srl |
NZl |
Bloemfontein |
10 Feb 2003 |
|
14 |
RT Ponting |
53 |
Aus |
Pak |
Johannesburg |
11 Feb 2003 |
|
15 |
DPMD Jayawardene |
85 |
Srl |
Ber |
Port of Spain |
15 Mar 2007 |
|
16 |
GC Smith |
67 |
RSA |
Net |
Basseterre |
16 Mar 2007 |
|
17 |
Shakib Al Hasan |
55 |
Ban |
Ind |
Dhaka |
19 Feb 2011 |
|
18 |
KC Sangakkara |
92 |
Srl |
Can |
Hambantota |
20 Feb 2011 |