Shoaib Malik of Pakistan is the only captain and also captain opener to retire hurt not out in the annals of one day internationals

Shoaib Malik of Pakistan is the only captain and also captain opener to retire hurt not out in the annals of one day internationals

One day Internationals has witnessed eight occasions of a batsman retired hurt not out after scoring a century. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs I Team Opp Ground Date
1 HH Gibbs 116* 2 RSA Ind Col-RPS 25.09.02
2 Salman Butt 129* 1 Pak Ind Dhaka 14.06.08
3 Shoaib Malik 125* 1 Pak Ind Karachi 26.06.08
4 SR Tendulkar 163* 1 Ind NZl Ch’church 08.03.09
5 MK Tiwary 104* 1 Ind Win Chennai 11.12.11
6 F du Plessis 133* 1 RSA Ind Mumbai 25.10.15
7 E Lewis 176* 1 Win Eng The Oval 27.09.17
8 Liton Das 126* 1 Ban Zim Sylhet 01.03.20

Of these eight occasions, six occasions are from the opening batsmen. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs I Team Opp Ground Date
1 HH Gibbs 116* 2 RSA Ind Col-RPS 25.09.02
2 Salman Butt 129* 1 Pak Ind Dhaka 14.06.08
3 Shoaib Malik 125* 1 Pak Ind Karachi 26.06.08
4 SR Tendulkar 163* 1 Ind NZl Ch’church 08.03.09
5 E Lewis 176* 1 Win Eng The Oval 27.09.17
6 Liton Das 126* 1 Ban Zim Sylhet 01.03.20

Shoaib Malik remains  the only captain in this category of statistics to retire hurt not out. He also remain the only captain opener to retire hurt not out. He scored 125 before  he retired hurt not out in the one day game between Pakistan and India at Karachi  on 26.06.08

No Player Runs I Team Opp Ground Date
1 Shoaib Malik 125* 1 Pak Ind Karachi 26.06.08

The highest individual score by a batsman prior to his retiring hurt not out is credited t0 E Lewis of West Indies. He scored 176 against England at The Oval on 27.09.17. He also went past SR Tendulkar’s 163 in the game between India and New Zealand at Christchurch on 08.03.09. SR Tendulkar’s record stood for eight years six months and 19 days

No Player Runs I Team Opp Ground Date
1 E Lewis 176* 1 Win Eng The Oval 27.09.17
2 SR Tendulkar 163* 1 Ind NZl Ch’church 08.03.09

Indian batsmen, Pakistan batsmen and South African batsmen have accomplished this feat on two occasions  in one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs I Team Opp Ground Date
1 SR Tendulkar 163* 1 Ind NZl Ch’church 08.03.09
2 MK Tiwary 104* 1 Ind Win Chennai 11.12.11
               
1 Salman Butt 129* 1 Pak Ind Dhaka 14.06.08
2 Shoaib Malik 125* 1 Pak Ind Karachi 26.06.08
               
1 HH Gibbs 116* 2 RSA Ind Col-RPS 25.09.02
2 F du Plessis 133* 1 RSA Ind Mumbai 25.10.15

There are four occasions of batsmen accomplishing such a feat against India in one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs I Team Opp Ground Date
1 HH Gibbs 116* 2 RSA Ind Col-RPS 25.09.02
2 Salman Butt 129* 1 Pak Ind Dhaka 14.06.08
3 Shoaib Malik 125* 1 Pak Ind Karachi 26.06.08
6 F du Plessis 133* 1 RSA Ind Mumbai 25.10.15
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