RG Sharma’s distinction – becomes the fifth opening batsman in the history of one day internationals to score ten or more centuries on home soil

RG Sharma’s distinction – becomes the fifth opening batsman in the history of one day internationals to score ten or more centuries on home soil

RG Sharma’s 159 against West Indies at Visakhapatnam on 18 Dec 19 was his tenth one day century as an opening batsman on home soil. He earned the distinction of becoming the fifth opening batsman in the history of one-day internationals to score ten or more centuries on home soil. Others are – SR Tendulkar {19}, HM Amla {10}, MJ Guptill {10} and DL Haynes {10}. RG Sharma’s ten centuries in this category of statistics are tabulated below

No Runs Pos Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 141* 1 2 v Australia Jaipur 16 Oct 2013
2 209 1 1 v Australia Bengaluru 02 Nov 2013
3 264 2 1 v Sri Lanka Kolkata 13 Nov 2014
4 150 1 2 v South Africa Kanpur 11 Oct 2015
5 125 2 2 v Australia Nagpur 01 Oct 2017
6 147 1 1 v New Zealand Kanpur 29 Oct 2017
7 208* 1 1 v Sri Lanka Mohali 13 Dec 2017
8 152* 1 2 v West Indies Guwahati 21 Oct 2018
9 162 1 1 v West Indies Mumbai (BS) 29 Oct 2018
10 159 1 1 v West Indies Visakhapatnam 18 Dec 2019
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