Cricket is today world’s 2nd most popular sport after Football. While there were a couple of teams only who use to play cricket, today the number of teams playing cricket has increased considerably. However, it is Team India who is most dominant force in the game.
With cricket getting more popular around the world, more players are making it to the game and while fail to play to their potential, some go on to represent their country for long. Any player in the world would want to play the longest possible for his country, but not all gets to fullfill their wish.
Playing in your milestone matches adds an extra pressure to the player. However, there has been a couple of players who have done to beat the pressure and pull-off a great performance.
Today in this article, we take a look at 4 players who have scored a century against India in their 100th ODI match.
Chris Cairns
New Zealand cricket team’s batter Chris Cairns is the 2nd player ever to score a century in their 100th ODI match. The New Zealand batter did the feat against Team India in the year 1999 when he scored 115 runs of 80 balls. It was a must win match for New Zealand to level the series, which they eventually did thanks to the century.
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Ramnaresh Sarwan is the one of the less talked about who has gone on to play more than 100 ODI matches for West Indies. The West Indies batter played his 100th ODI against India in the year 2006 and went on to score 115 runs of 119 balls. It was once a crucial series decider with both India and West Indies locked on 1 win each. In the end, West Indies won the match in the last over.
David Warner
Australian cricket team’s opening batsman David Warner has always been a threat to the Indian team and the Indian bowlers. Warner who is very well aware of the Indian conditions and the Indian pacer, played his 100th ODI match against India in Bengaluru in 2017 and went on to score 124 runs of 119 balls. It was a five match series between the teams and India had already won the series having won the first 3 matches. However, Australia did go on to win the 4th ODI when.
Shai Hope
West Indies cricket team’s wicketkeeper batsman Shai Hope is the latest cricketer to have scored a century in his 100th ODI against India. He did so in the year 2022 itself when both India and West Indies played in Trinidad. The right-hand batsman scored 115 runs of 135 balls in the match however still West Indies lost the match to India.