Indian batsmen’s one day centuries in losing cause
V Kohli’s 107 against West Indies at Pune-MCA on 27.10.18 was in a losing cause to provide the 426th occasion of a batsman’s century going in vain in the history of one-day internationals. It also provides the 68th occasion of an Indian batsman’s century in a losing cause. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | RJ Shastri | 102 | 1 | v Australia | Indore | 06 Oct 1984 |
| 2 | DB Vengsarkar | 105 | 1 | v England | Pune | 05 Dec 1984 |
| 3 | RJ Shastri | 102 | 1 | v England | Cuttack | 27 Dec 1984 |
| 4 | R Lamba | 102 | 1 | v Australia | Rajkot | 07 Oct 1986 |
| 5 | K Srikkanth | 123 | 1 | v Pakistan | Kolkata | 18 Feb 1987 |
| 6 | M Prabhakar | 106 | 1 | v Pakistan | Jamshedpur | 26 Mar 1987 |
| 7 | M Amarnath | 100* | 1 | v West Indies | Faridabad | 19 Jan 1988 |
| 8 | K Srikkanth | 101 | 1 | v West Indies | Thiruvananthapuram | 25 Jan 1988 |
| 9 | NS Sidhu | 108 | 1 | v Pakistan | Sharjah | 15 Oct 1989 |
| 10 | M Azharuddin | 108 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Sharjah | 25 Apr 1990 |
| 11 | RJ Shastri | 109 | 1 | v South Africa | New Delhi | 14 Nov 1991 |
| 12 | SV Manjrekar | 105 | 1 | v South Africa | New Delhi | 14 Nov 1991 |
| 13 | VG Kambli | 100* | 1 | v England | Jaipur | 18 Jan 1993 |
| 14 | M Prabhakar | 102* | 2 | v West Indies | Kanpur | 30 Oct 1994 |
| 15 | SR Tendulkar | 137 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Delhi | 02 Mar 1996 |
| 16 | SR Tendulkar | 100 | 1 | v Pakistan | Singapore | 05 Apr 1996 |
| 17 | SR Tendulkar | 110 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 28 Aug 1996 |
| 18 | R Dravid | 107 | 2 | v Pakistan | Chennai | 21 May 1997 |
| 19 | M Azharuddin | 111* | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 17 Aug 1997 |
| 20 | A Jadeja | 119 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 17 Aug 1997 |
| 21 | SC Ganguly | 113 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 20 Aug 1997 |
| 22 | SR Tendulkar | 143 | 2 | v Australia | Sharjah | 22 Apr 1998 |
| 23 | M Azharuddin | 101 | 1 | v Pakistan | Toronto | 20 Sep 1998 |
| 24 | R Dravid | 123* | 1 | v New Zealand | Taupo | 09 Jan 1999 |
| 25 | A Jadeja | 100* | 2 | v Australia | The Oval | 04 Jun 1999 |
| 26 | R Dravid | 103* | 1 | v West Indies | Singapore | 08 Sep 1999 |
| 27 | SC Ganguly | 100 | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 12 Jan 2000 |
| 28 | SC Ganguly | 117 | 1 | v New Zealand | Nairobi (Gym) | 15 Oct 2000 |
| 29 | SR Tendulkar | 101 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Sharjah | 20 Oct 2000 |
| 30 | SR Tendulkar | 146 | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Jodhpur | 08 Dec 2000 |
| 31 | HK Badani | 100 | 1 | v Australia | Pune | 28 Mar 2001 |
| 32 | VVS Laxman | 101 | 1 | v Australia | Margao | 06 Apr 2001 |
| 33 | SC Ganguly | 127 | 1 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 05 Oct 2001 |
| 34 | SR Tendulkar | 101 | 1 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 05 Oct 2001 |
| 35 | V Sehwag | 108 | 2 | v New Zealand | Napier | 29 Dec 2002 |
| 36 | VVS Laxman | 106* | 1 | v Australia | Sydney | 22 Jan 2004 |
| 37 | Yuvraj Singh | 139 | 1 | v Australia | Sydney | 22 Jan 2004 |
| 38 | SR Tendulkar | 141 | 2 | v Pakistan | Rawalpindi | 16 Mar 2004 |
| 39 | SR Tendulkar | 123 | 1 | v Pakistan | Ahmedabad | 12 Apr 2005 |
| 40 | G Gambhir | 103 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Ahmedabad | 06 Nov 2005 |
| 41 | R Dravid | 103* | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Ahmedabad | 06 Nov 2005 |
| 42 | Yuvraj Singh | 103 | 1 | v South Africa | Hyd-RGS | 16 Nov 2005 |
| 43 | SR Tendulkar | 100 | 1 | v Pakistan | Peshawar | 06 Feb 2006 |
| 44 | SR Tendulkar | 141* | 1 | v West Indies | Kuala Lumpur | 14 Sep 2006 |
| 45 | Yuvraj Singh | 121 | 2 | v Australia | Hyd-RGS | 05 Oct 2007 |
| 46 | G Gambhir | 113 | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 24 Feb 2008 |
| 47 | SR Tendulkar | 175 | 2 | v Australia | Hyd-RGS | 05 Nov 2009 |
| 48 | MS Dhoni | 107 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Nagpur | 18 Dec 2009 |
| 49 | SK Raina | 106 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Dhaka | 13 Jan 2010 |
| 50 | RG Sharma | 114 | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 28 May 2010 |
| 51 | YK Pathan | 105 | 2 | v South Africa | Centurion | 23 Jan 2011 |
| 52 | SR Tendulkar | 111 | 1 | v South Africa | Nagpur | 12 Mar 2011 |
| 53 | V Kohli | 107 | 1 | v England | Cardiff | 16 Sep 2011 |
| 54 | SR Tendulkar | 114 | 1 | v Bangladesh | Dhaka | 16 Mar 2012 |
| 55 | MS Dhoni | 113* | 1 | v Pakistan | Chennai | 30 Dec 2012 |
| 56 | MS Dhoni | 139* | 1 | v Australia | Mohali | 19 Oct 2013 |
| 57 | V Kohli | 123 | 2 | v New Zealand | Napier | 19 Jan 2014 |
| 58 | RG Sharma | 138 | 1 | v Australia | Melbourne | 18 Jan 2015 |
| 59 | RG Sharma | 150 | 2 | v South Africa | Kanpur | 11 Oct 2015 |
| 60 | RG Sharma | 171* | 1 | v Australia | Perth | 12 Jan 2016 |
| 61 | RG Sharma | 124 | 1 | v Australia | Brisbane | 15 Jan 2016 |
| 62 | V Kohli | 117 | 1 | v Australia | Melbourne | 17 Jan 2016 |
| 63 | S Dhawan | 126 | 2 | v Australia | Canberra | 20 Jan 2016 |
| 64 | V Kohli | 106 | 2 | v Australia | Canberra | 20 Jan 2016 |
| 65 | S Dhawan | 125 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | The Oval | 08 Jun 2017 |
| 66 | V Kohli | 121 | 1 | v New Zealand | Mumbai | 22 Oct 2017 |
| 67 | S Dhawan | 109 | 1 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 10 Feb 2018 |
| 68 | V Kohli | 107 | 2 | v West Indies | Pune-MCA | 27 Oct 2018 |
It also provides the sixth occasion of an Indian batsman’s century in a losing cause against West Indies. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | M Amarnath | 100* | 1 | v West Indies | Faridabad | 19 Jan 1988 |
| 2 | K Srikkanth | 101 | 1 | v West Indies | Thiruvananthapuram | 25 Jan 1988 |
| 3 | M Prabhakar | 102* | 2 | v West Indies | Kanpur | 30 Oct 1994 |
| 4 | R Dravid | 103* | 1 | v West Indies | Singapore | 08 Sep 1999 |
| 5 | SR Tendulkar | 141* | 1 | v West Indies | Kuala Lumpur | 14 Sep 2006 |
| 6 | V Kohli | 107 | 2 | v West Indies | Pune-MCA | 27 Oct 2018 |
It also provides the sixth occasion of V Kohli’s century going in vain. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | V Kohli | 107 | 1 | v England | Cardiff | 16 Sep 2011 |
| 2 | V Kohli | 123 | 2 | v New Zealand | Napier | 19 Jan 2014 |
| 3 | V Kohli | 117 | 1 | v Australia | Melbourne | 17 Jan 2016 |
| 4 | V Kohli | 106 | 2 | v Australia | Canberra | 20 Jan 2016 |
| 5 | V Kohli | 121 | 1 | v New Zealand | Mumbai | 22 Oct 2017 |
| 6 | V Kohli | 107 | 2 | v West Indies | Pune-MCA | 27 Oct 2018 |
V Kohli became the eighth batsman in the history of one day internationals to witness six or more centuries going in vain. The following table lists all the eight batsmen
| No | Player | Team | Span | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 0 |
| 1 | SR Tendulkar | Ind | 1996-2012 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1743 | 175 | 134.07 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | CH Gayle | Win | 2002-2009 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1142 | 152* | 142.75 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | BRM Taylor | Zim | 2009-2018 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1001 | 145* | 250.25 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | KC Sangakkara | Srl | 2003-2015 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 809 | 138* | 161.80 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | LRPL Taylor | NZl | 2006-2015 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 781 | 128* | 260.33 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | AJ Finch | Aus | 2014-2018 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 647 | 124 | 107.83 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | V Kohli | Ind | 2011-2018 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 681 | 123 | 113.50 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | ME Trescothick | Eng | 2001-2006 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 722 | 137 | 120.33 | 6 | 0 | 0 |