Sri Lankan captain openers scoring centuries in one day internationals

Sri Lankan captain openers scoring centuries in one day internationals

MDKJ Perera of Sri Lanka scored 120 against Bangladesh at Dhaka on 28 May 2021 to provide the 103rd occasion of a captain opener scoring a century in the history of one day internationals. It also provides the 14th occasion of a Sri Lankan captain opener scoring a century in one day internationals. MDKJ Perera is the fourth Sri Lankan captain opener to score a century in one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerRunsITeamOppnGroundStart Date
1ST Jayasuriya1022SrlZimCol-SSC26 Jan 1998
2ST Jayasuriya1051SrlIndDhaka01 Jun 2000
3ST Jayasuriya1891SrlIndSharjah29 Oct 2000
4ST Jayasuriya1032SrlNZlAuckland06 Feb 2001
5ST Jayasuriya1071SrlNZlSharjah10 Apr 2001
6ST Jayasuriya1121SrlEngLeeds02 Jul 2002
7ST Jayasuriya102*2SrlPakCol-RPS12 Sep 2002
8ST Jayasuriya1221SrlAusSydney09 Jan 2003
9ST Jayasuriya1061SrlEngSydney13 Jan 2003
10ST Jayasuriya1201SrlNZlBloemfontein10 Feb 2003
11TM Dilshan108*2SrlZimHarare09 Jun 2010
12WU Tharanga1192SrlRSACape Town07 Feb 2017
13WU Tharanga112*2SrlPakAbu Dhabi16 Oct 2017
14MDKJ Perera1201SrlBanDhaka28 May 2021

MDKJ Perera of Sri Lanka scored 120 against Bangladesh at Dhaka on 28 May 2021 to provide the ninth occasion of a captain opener scoring a century in the history of one day internationals against Bangladesh. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerRunsITeamOppnGroundStart Date
1BC Lara1171WinBanDhaka09 Oct 1999
2SC Ganguly135*2IndBanDhaka30 May 2000
3SP Fleming102*2NZlBanN Sound02 Apr 2007
4GC Smith103*2RSABanChattogram09 Mar 2008
5AJ Strauss1541EngBanBirmingham12 Jul 2010
6Porterfield1082IreBanBelfast15 Jul 2010
7BRM Taylor1061ZimBanBulawayo19 Aug 2011
8Azhar Ali1011PakBanDhaka22 Apr 2015
9MDKJ Perera1201SrlBanDhaka28 May 2021
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