RG Sharma’s feat – becomes the 13th batsman in the history of one day internationals to score consecutive centuries on two or more occasions

RG Sharma’s feat – becomes the 13th batsman in the history of one day internationals to score consecutive centuries on two or more occasions

RG Sharma scored consecutive centuries against Australia at Perth and Brisbane in the ongoing one day series. At Perth he scored 171 not out and at Brisbane he scored 124. This is the second occasion of his scoring consecutive centuries in his one-day career. He became the thirteenth batsman in the annals of one day games to score consecutive centuries on two or more occasions. The list is led by AB de Villiers of South Africa who has performed the feat on record six occasions. The following table lists the elite thirteen batsmen who have performed the feat.

No No Player Country Career 100s From
1 1 de Villiers AB South Africa 2005- 2 26/08/2007
  2 de Villiers AB South Africa 2005- 3 24/02/2010
  3 de Villiers AB South Africa 2005- 2 17/10/2010
  4 de Villiers AB South Africa 2005- 2 24/02/2011
  5 de Villiers AB South Africa 2005- 2 22/01/2012
  6 de Villiers AB South Africa 2005- 2 22/10/2015
             
2 1 Saeed Anwar Pakistan 1989-2003 3 30/10/1993
  2 Saeed Anwar Pakistan 1989-2003 2 10/11/1996
  3 Saeed Anwar Pakistan 1989-2003 2 11/06/1999
  4 Saeed Anwar Pakistan 1989-2003 2 08/10/2000
             
3 1 Gayle CH West Indies 1999- 2 15/11/2002
  2 Gayle CH West Indies 1999- 2 28/10/2006
  3 Gayle CH West Indies 1999- 2 24/08/2008
             
4 1 Jayasuriya ST Sri Lanka 1989-2011 2 09/01/2003
  2 Jayasuriya ST Sri Lanka 1989-2011 2 23/07/2004
  3 Jayasuriya ST Sri Lanka 1989-2011 2 01/07/2006
             
5 1 Kohli V India 2008- 2 20/10/2010
  2 Kohli V India 2008- 2 28/02/2012
  3 Kohli V India 2008- 2 18/03/2012
             
6 1 Lara BC West Indies 1990-2007 2 19/02/1993
  2 Lara BC West Indies 1990-2007 2 05/01/1997
  3 Lara BC West Indies 1990-2007 2 17/09/2002
             
7 1 Sangakkara KC Sri Lanka 2000-2015 2 04/04/2003
  2 Sangakkara KC Sri Lanka 2000-2015 2 29/06/2008
  3 Sangakkara KC Sri Lanka 2000-2015 4 26/02/2015
             
8 1 Taylor LR New Zealand 2006- 2 25/10/2011
  2 Taylor LR New Zealand 2006- 3 28/01/2014
  3 Taylor LR New Zealand 2006- 2 12/06/2015
             
9 1 Amla HM South Africa 2008- 2 15/10/2010
  2 Amla HM South Africa 2008- 2 06/07/2014
             
10 1 Gibbs HH South Africa 1996-2010 3 20/09/2002
  2 Gibbs HH South Africa 1996-2010 2 25/08/2007
             
11 1 Guptill MJ New Zealand 2009- 2 31/05/2013
  2 Guptill MJ New Zealand 2009- 2 13/03/2015
             
12 1 Mohammad Yousuf Pakistan 1998-2010 2 17/04/2002
  2 Mohammad Yousuf Pakistan 1998-2010 2 30/01/2008
             
13 1 Sharma RG India 2007- 2 28/05/2010
  2 Sharma RG India 2007- 2 12/01/2016
             
14 1 Taylor BRM Zimbabwe 2004-2015 2 20/10/2011
  2 Taylor BRM Zimbabwe 2004-2015 2 07/03/2015

RG Sharma scored consecutive centuries against Australia at Perth and Brisbane in the ongoing one day series.  At Perth he scored 171 not out and at Brisbane he scored 124. This is the second occasion of his scoring consecutive centuries in his one-day career. He became the second Indian batsman to score consecutive centuries on two or more occasions after V Kohli. V Kohli has performed such a feat on two occasions. The performance of these two Indian batsmen is listed below

No No Player Country Career 100s From
1 1 Kohli V India 2008- 2 20/10/2010
  2 Kohli V India 2008- 2 28/02/2012
  3 Kohli V India 2008- 2 18/03/2012
             
2 1 Sharma RG India 2007- 2 28/05/2010
  2 Sharma RG India 2007- 2 12/01/2016

 

 

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