Virat Kohli scored a staggering 765 runs in this World Cup, thus becoming the first to cross 700 runs in one edition of the World Cup.
Virat on Mt. 50
50 The number of ODI centuries for Virat Kohli, thus making him the first cricketer in ODI history to do so, during his 117 against New Zealand in Mumbai on 15 Nov 2023. He passed the long-standing record of Sachin Tendulkar, who held it since scoring his 18th century in September 1998 (while going past West Indian Desmond Haynes’ tally of 17 centuries), which also meant he had the distinction of being the leading century maker in ODI cricket for more than 25 years until Kohli overtook him in the first semifinal in Mumbai. Over the years, few other batters have managed to equal this progressive record, and their details are given below in the notes.
Another table below lists the players who are the first to register the 50th century in first-class cricket, international cricket, List-A cricket, and the latest entrant to the 50th ODI.
The list of batters who, over the years, held the solo record for the maximum number of ODI centuries
Number of 100s | Batter (For) | Runs | Opp | Venue | Date | (ODI#) | Held record for (days) |
1 (to 4) | Dennis Amiss (Eng) | 103 | Aus | Manchester | 24 Aug 1972 | (2) | 10y-4m-7d (3781) |
5 (to 7) | Zaheer Abbas (Pak) | 105 | Ind | Lahore | 31 Dec 1982 | (164) | 2y-15d (746) |
8 (to 11) | Viv Richards (WI) | 103* | Aus | Sydney | 15 Jan 1985 | (289) | 3y-11m-2d (1432) |
12 (to 17) | Desmond Haynes (WI) | 101 | Pak | Hobart (BO) | 17 Dec 1988 | (543) | 9y-9m-9d (3570) |
18 (to 49) | Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) | 127* | Zim | Bulawayo | 26 Sep 1998 | (1354) | 25y-1m-20d (9181) |
50 | Virat Kohli (Ind) | 117 | NZ | Mumbai WS | 15 Nov 2023 | (4703) | 5 days* |
Notes:
The list of batters who equalled the then record:
** Zaheer Abbas (4 100s) equalled Amiss in Multan on 17 Dec 1982, during his 118 against India
** David Gower (6 100s) equalled Zaheer in Taunton on 11 Jun 1983, during his 130 against Sri Lanka
** Viv Richards (7 100s) equalled Zaheer in Manchester on 31 May 1984, during his 189* against England
** Des Haynes (8 100s) equalled Richards in Bridgetown on 23 Apr 1985, during his 116 against New Zealand
** Gordon Greenidge (9 100s) equalled Richards in Christchurch (Jade) on 29 Mar 1987, during his 133* against New Zealand.
** Des Haynes (9 100s) briefly equalled Richards and Greenidge in Karachi against Sri Lanka on 13 Oct 1987, during his 105 against Sri Lanka, before Richards went ahead in the same match.
** Des Haynes (11 100s) equalled Richards in Adelaide on 10 Dec 1988, during his 111 against Pakistan
** Sachin Tendulkar (17 100s) equalled Haynes in Colombo RPS on 5 Mar 1994, during his 128 against Sri Lanka
** Virat Kohli (49 100s) equalled Tendulkar in Kolkata on 5 Nov 2023, during his 101* against South Africa (on his 35th birthday)
First to reach 50 hundreds across formats
Fifty hundreds | Batter | achieved on | (Details of the 50th 100) | Age |
FC 100s | W. G. Grace | 14 Jun 1876 | (104 for Gloucestershire vs Sussex in Hove) | 27y-333d |
International 100s | Sachin Tendulkar | 26 Nov 2000 | (201* vs Zimbabwe in the Nagpur Test) | 27y-216d |
List A 100s | Sachin Tendulkar | 14 Sep 2006 | (141* vs West Indies in Kuala Lumpur) | 33y-143d |
Test 100s | Sachin Tendulkar | 19 Dec 2010 | (111* vs South Africa in Centurion) | 37y-239d |
ODI 100s | Virat Kohli | 15 Nov 2023 | (100* vs New Zealand in Mumbai WS) | 35y-10d |
Note: For the record, Chris Gayle (22) has the maximum centuries in T20 cricket
765 The aggregate number of runs scored by Virat Kohli in this World Cup. He thus became the first to cross 700 runs in one edition of the World Cup. Over the years, four other players have held the record for the maximum number of runs in a single tournament, with Tendulkar being the only one to appear twice in the list below.
The progressive record for the most runs in a single edition of a World Cup
Runs | Year | Batter (for) | Mts | Inns | Ave. | 100/50 |
333 | 1975 | Glenn Turner (NZ) | 4 | 4 | 166.50 | 2/0 |
384 | 1983 | David Gower (Eng) | 7 | 7 | 76.80 | 1/1 |
471 | 1987 | Graham Gooch (Eng) | 8 | 8 | 58.88 | 1/3 |
523 | 1996 | Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) | 7 | 7 | 87.17 | 2/3 |
673 | 2003 | Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) | 11 | 11 | 61.18 | 1/6 |
765 | 2023 | Virat Kohli (Ind) | 11 | 11 | 95.62 | 3/6 |
67 The number of sixes Rohit Sharma hit in ODI matches this calendar year. He thus became the first batter in ODI history to clear the boundary line on 60 or more occasions in a year. The previous record was held by South African A. B. de Villiers, who hit 58 sixes in 2015. Rohit surpassed de Villiers’ tally when he hit his first six off the bowling of Dutch off-spinner Colin Ackermann in Bengaluru on 12 Nov 2023.
Most ODI sixes hit by a batter in a calendar year
6s | Batter (for) | Mts | Inns | Runs | Balls | 6/inns | Balls/6 | Year |
67 | Rohit Sharma (Ind) | 27 | 26 | 1255 | 1072 | 2.58 | 16 | 2023 |
58 | A. B. de Villiers (SA) | 20 | 18 | 1193 | 865 | 3.22 | 15 | 2015 |
56 | Chris Gayle (WI) | 17 | 15 | 753 | 686 | 3.73 | 12 | 2019 |
54 The number of times Rohit Sharma has managed to hit over the boundary ropes in all the World Cup tournaments since getting his first in the 2015 edition in Perth against UAE (the bowler was Sri Lankan-born Manjula Guruge). He thus became the first to hit 50 or more sixes in all World Cups.
Most sixes hit in a career by a batter in the World Cup
6s | Batter (for) | Mts | Inns | Runs | Balls | 6/inns | Balls/6 | WC career span |
54 | Rohit Sharma (Ind) | 28 | 28 | 1575 | 1493 | 1.93 | 29 | 2015-2023 |
49 | Chris Gayle (WI) | 35 | 34 | 1186 | 1310 | 1.44 | 27 | 2003-2019 |
43 | Glenn Maxwell (Aus) | 27 | 25 | 901 | 562 | 1.72 | 13 | 2015-2023 |
41 | David Warner (Aus) | 29 | 29 | 1527 | 1505 | 1.41 | 37 | 2015-2023 |
37 | A. B. de Villiers (SA) | 23 | 22 | 1207 | 1029 | 1.68 | 28 | 2007-2015 |
31 The number of maximums hit by Rohit Sharma in this edition of the World Cup. He thus became the first to hit 30 or more sixes in a single edition of the tournament.
Most sixes hit by a batter in a single edition of the World Cup
6s | Batter (for) | Mts | Inns | Runs | Balls | 6/inns | Balls/6 | Year |
31 | Rohit Sharma (Ind) | 11 | 11 | 597 | 474 | 2.82 | 15 | 2023 |
26 | Chris Gayle (WI) | 6 | 6 | 340 | 290 | 4.33 | 11 | 2015 |
24 | Shreyas Iyer (Ind) | 11 | 11 | 530 | 468 | 2.18 | 20 | 2023 |
24 | David Warner (Aus) | 11 | 11 | 535 | 494 | 2.18 | 21 | 2023 |
597 The aggregate number of runs scored by Rohit Sharma in this World Cup as a captain. This is now the highest run-aggregate by a player while leading a side. New Zealand’s Kane Williamson had previously held this record with 578 runs during the 2019 edition.
Most runs as a captain in a single edition of a World Cup
Runs | Year | Batter (for) | Mts | Inns | Ave. | 100/50 |
597 | 2023 | Rohit Sharma (Ind) | 11 | 11 | 54.27 | 1/3 |
578 | 2019 | Kane Williamson (NZ) | 10 | 9 | 82.57 | 2/2 |
548 | 2007 | Mahela Jayawardene (SL) | 11 | 11 | 60.88 | 1/4 |
539 | 2007 | Ricky Ponting (Aus) | 11 | 9 | 67.37 | 1/4 |
507 | 2019 | Aaron Finch (Aus) | 10 | 10 | 50.70 | 2/3 |
7 The number of wickets claimed by Mohammed Shami in the World Cup match against New Zealand in Mumbai on 15 Nov 2023. This is the first time an Indian bowler has claimed more than six wickets in an ODI match. Shami thus became the 14th bowler in ODI cricket history to take a seven or more-wicket haul in an ODI match and the fifth to do so in a World Cup match. The second table below lists the progressive bowling performance of Indian bowlers in ODI cricket.
7-wicket hauls in a World Cup match
Bowl | (Ov) | Bowler | For | Opponent | Venue | Date |
7/15 | (7) | Glenn McGrath | Aus | Namibia | Potchefstroom | 27 Feb 2003 |
7/20 | (10) | Andy Bichel | Aus | Eng | Port Elizabath | 2 Mar 2003 |
7/33 | (9) | Tim Southee | NZ | Eng | Wellington (WTS) | 20 Feb 2015 |
7/51 | (10.3) | Winston Davis | WI | Aus | Leeds | 11 Jun 1983 |
7/57 | (9.5) | Mohammed Shami | Ind | NZ | Mumbai WS | 15 Nov 2023 |
Notes:
* All the above performances came in a victorious match
* Davis and Shami are the only bowlers in ODI cricket to concede over 50 runs while claiming a seven-wicket haul.
* The best bowling by a spin bowler in the WC is the 5/16 by Pakistani Shahid Afridi against Kenya in Hambantota on 23 Feb 2011, which incidentally, is the 16th best bowling performance in WC history
Best ODI match bowling figures for India — how the record changed hands
Figures | (ov) | Bowler | Opponent | Venue | Date | Result | Held record for (days) |
2/31 | (11) | Eknath Solkar | England | Leeds | 13 Jul 1974 | Lost | 10m-29d (333) |
3/15 | (9.3) | Madan Lal Sharma | East Africa | Leeds | 11 Jun 1975 | Won | 5y-5m-28d (2008) |
4/41 | (9.5) | Roger Binny | New Zealand | Perth | 9 Dec 1980 | Won | 12 days |
4/30 | (10) | Dilip Doshi | New Zealand | Brisbane | 21 Dec 1980 | Lost | 2y-5m-23d (904) |
5/43 | (12) | Kapil Dev | Australia | Nottingham | 13 Jun 1983 | Lost | 5y-4m-3 (1952) |
5/26 | (7.3) | Sanjeev Sharma | West Indies | Sharjah | 16 Oct 1988 | Won | 15 days |
5/21 | (9) | Arshad Ayub | Pakistan | Dhaka | 31 Oct 1988 | Won | 3y-1m-8d (1133) |
5/15 | (6.5) | Ravi Shastri | Australia | Perth | 8 Dec 1991 | Won | 1y-11m-19d (720) |
6/12 | (6.1) | Anil Kumble | West Indies | Kolkata | 27 Nov 1993 | Won | 20y-6m-21d (7507) |
6/4 | (4.4) | Stuart Binny | Bangladesh | Mirpur | 17 Jun 2014 | Won | 9y-4m-29d (3438) |
7/57 | (9.5) | Mohammed Shami | New Zealand | Mumbai WS | 15 Nov 2023 | Won | 5 days* |
Note: Solkar (see above) has the distinction of claiming the first-two wickets for India in ODIs
All records are correct and updated until 19 November 2023 (end of the WC final)
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