Sri Lankan captain MD Shanaka scored 102 against Zimbabwe at Palekkele on 18.01.22. His effort was in a losing cause to provide the 77^th occasion of a skipper’s century going in vain in the history of one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	GS Chappell	108	2	Aus	NZl	Auckland	13.02.82
2	CG Greenidge	102*	2	Win	Pak	Sharjah	18.10.88
3	M Azharuddin	108	1	Ind	Srl	Sharjah	25.04.90
4	RB Richardson	122	2	Win	Pak	Sharjah	21.10.91
5	RJ Shastri	109	1	Ind	SAF	New Delhi	14.11.91
6	KR Rutherford	108	1	NZl	Ind	Vadodara	28.10.94
7	A Ranatunga	101*	1	Srl	Pak	Durban	02.12.94
8	KR Rutherford	102*	1	NZl	Srl	East London	18.12.94
9	A Ranatunga	102*	1	Srl	Pak	Gujranwala	29.09.95
10	SR Tendulkar	110	1	Ind	Srl	Col-RPS	28.08.96
11	MA Taylor	105	1	Aus	Ind	Bengaluru	21.10.96
12	BC Lara	110	2	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	29.03.98
13	ADR Campbell	102	2	Zim	Aus	Ahmedabad	03.04.98
14	M Azharuddin	101	1	Ind	Pak	Toronto	20.09.98
15	ADR Campbell	100	1	Zim	NZl	Dhaka	24.10.98
16	SC Ganguly	117	1	Ind	NZl	Nairobi-G	15.10.00
17	SC Ganguly	127	1	Ind	SAF	Jo’burg	05.10.01
18	ST Jayasuriya	112	1	Srl	Eng	Leeds	02.07.02
19	N Hussain	115	1	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	13.07.02
20	BC Lara	116	1	Win	Srl	Bridgetown	08.06.03
21	Inzamam	122	2	Pak	Ind	Karachi	13.03.04
22	Inzamam`	123	1	Pak	Ind	Lahore	21.03.04
23	MS Atapattu	111	1	Srl	Pak	Lahore	14.10.04
24	R Dravid	103*	1	Ind	Srl	Ahmedabad	06.11.05
25	RT Ponting	164	1	Aus	SAF	Jo’burg	12.03.06
26	MEK Hussey	109*	1	Aus	Win	K Lumpur	18.09.06
27	SP Fleming	106	2	NZl	Eng	Brisbane	06.02.07
28	MEK Hussey	105	1	Aus	NZl	Auckland	18.02.07
29	Shoaib Malik	125*	1	Pak	Ind	Karachi	26.06.08
30	CH Gayle	113	1	Win	Pak	A Dhabi	12.11.08
31	CH Gayle	122	2	Win	Pak	A Dhabi	16.11.08
32	KP Pietersen	111*	1	Eng	Ind	Cuttack	26.11.08
33	CH Gayle	135	1	Win	NZl	Napier	13.01.09
34	AJ Strauss	105	2	Eng	Win	Providence	22.03.09
35	GM Hamilton	119	1	Sco	Can	Aberdeen	07.07.09
36	GC Smith	141	2	RSA	Eng	Centurion	27.09.09
37	MS Dhoni	107	1	Ind	Srl	Nagpur	18.12.09
38	Shahid Afridi	109	2	Pak	Srl	Dambulla	15.06.10
39	MJ Clarke	111*	1	Aus	Ind	Vizag	20.10.10
40	RT Ponting	104	1	Aus	Ind	Ahmedabad	24.03.11
41	AN Cook	119	1	Eng	Srl	Lord’s	03.07.11
42	BRM Taylor	106	1	Zim	Ban	Bulawayo	19.08.11
43	BRM Taylor	128*	1	Zim	NZl	Harare	20.10.11
44	BRM Taylor	107*	1	Zim	NZl	Harare	22.10.11
45	LRPL Taylor	119	1	NZl	Zim	Bulawayo	25.10.11
46	AB de Villiers	125*	1	RSA	Srl	Jo’burg	22.01.12
47	MJ Clarke	117	1	Aus	Srl	Adelaide	06.03.12
48	LRPL Taylor	110	2	NZl	Win	Basseterre	14.07.12
49	MS Dhoni	113*	1	Ind	Pak	Chennai	30.12.12
50	Porterfield	112	1	Ire	Eng	Dublin-M	03.09.13
51	MS Dhoni	139*	1	Ind	Aus	Mohali	19.10.13
52	GJ Bailey	156	1	Aus	Ind	Nagpur	30.10.13
53	M Rahim	117	1	Ban	Ind	Fatullah	26.02.14
54	AD Mathews	139*	1	Srl	Ind	Ranchi	16.11.14
55	BB McCullum	117	1	NZl	Srl	Hamilton	15.01.15
56	EJG Morgan	121	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	16.01.15
57	BRM Taylor	121	2	Zim	Ire	Hobart	07.03.15
58	BRM Taylor	138	1	Zim	Ind	Auckland	14.03.15
59	Porterfield	107	1	Ire	Pak	Adelaide	15.03.15
60	Azhar Ali	101	1	Pak	Ban	Dhaka	22.04.15
61	E Chigumbura	117	2	Zim	Pak	Lahore	26.05.15
62	E Chigumbura	104*	2	Zim	Ind	Harare	10.07.15
63	AB de Villiers	112	2	RSA	Ind	Chennai	22.10.15
64	SPD Smith	108	1	Aus	SAF	Durban	05.10.16
65	EJG Morgan	102	2	Eng	Ind	Cuttack	19.01.17
66	WU Tharanga	119	2	Srl	SAF	Cape Town	07.02.17
67	Porterfield	119	2	Ire	Afg	G Noida	15.03.17
68	WU Tharanga	112*	2	Srl	Pak	A Dhabi	16.10.17
69	V Kohli	121	1	Ind	NZl	Mumbai	22.10.17
70	F du Plessis	120	1	RSA	Ind	Durban	01.02.18
71	KS Williamson	112*	2	NZl	Eng	Wellington	03.03.18
72	V Kohli	107	2	Ind	Win	Pune	27.10.18
73	V Kohli	123	2	Ind	Aus	Ranchi	08.03.19
74	A Vala	104	2	PNG	Nam	Lauderhill	23.09.19
75	EJG Morgan	106	1	Eng	Ire	Southampton	04.08.20
76	Babar Azam	158	1	Pak	Eng	Birmingham	13.07.21
77	MD Shanaka	102	2	Srl	Zim	Pallekele	18.01.22

It also provides the eighth occasion of a Sri Lankan skipper’s century going in vain. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	A Ranatunga	101*	1	Srl	Pak	Durban	02.12.94
2	A Ranatunga	102*	1	Srl	Pak	Gujranwala	29.09.95
3	ST Jayasuriya	112	1	Srl	Eng	Leeds	02.07.02
4	MS Atapattu	111	1	Srl	Pak	Lahore	14.10.04
5	AD Mathews	139*	1	Srl	Ind	Ranchi	16.11.14
6	WU Tharanga	119	2	Srl	SAF	Cape Town	07.02.17
7	WU Tharanga	112*	2	Srl	Pak	A Dhabi	16.10.17
8	MD Shanaka	102	2	Srl	Zim	Pallekele	18.01.22

It also provide the second occasion of a skipper’s century going in vain in against Zimbabwe. Both such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	LRPL Taylor	119	1	NZl	Zim	Bulawayo	25.10.11
2	MD Shanaka	102	2	Srl	Zim	Pallekele	18.01.22

BRM Taylor {05}, CH Gayle {03}, EJG Morgan {03}, MS Dhoni {03}, WTS Porterfield {03} and V Kohli {03} are the six captains who have witnessed three of more centuries in a losing cause. BRM Taylor of Zimbabwe holds the record in this category of statistics witnessing five centuries in losing cause. The following table details the performance of these six captains

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	BRM Taylor	106	1	Zim	Ban	Bulawayo	19.08.11
2	BRM Taylor	128*	1	Zim	NZl	Harare	20.10.11
3	BRM Taylor	107*	1	Zim	NZl	Harare	22.10.11
4	BRM Taylor	121	2	Zim	Ire	Hobart	07.03.15
5	BRM Taylor	138	1	Zim	Ind	Auckland	14.03.15
1	CH Gayle	113	1	Win	Pak	A Dhabi	12.11.08
2	CH Gayle	122	2	Win	Pak	A Dhabi	16.11.08
3	CH Gayle	135	1	Win	NZl	Napier	13.01.09
1	EJG Morgan	121	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	16.01.15
2	EJG Morgan	102	2	Eng	Ind	Cuttack	19.01.17
3	EJG Morgan	106	1	Eng	Ire	Southampton	04.08.20
1	MS Dhoni	107	1	Ind	Srl	Nagpur	18.12.09
2	MS Dhoni	113*	1	Ind	Pak	Chennai	30.12.12
3	MS Dhoni	139*	1	Ind	Aus	Mohali	19.10.13
1	Porterfield	112	1	Ire	Eng	Dublin-M	03.09.13
2	Porterfield	107	1	Ire	Pak	Adelaide	15.03.15
3	Porterfield	119	2	Ire	Afg	G Noida	15.03.17
1	V Kohli	121	1	Ind	NZl	Mumbai	22.10.17
2	V Kohli	107	2	Ind	Win	Pune	27.10.18
3	V Kohli	123	2	Ind	Aus	Ranchi	08.03.19