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How many Indians have scored a World Cup century?

By RAJNEESH GUPTA
Last updated on: June 04, 2019 09:49 IST
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Rajneesh Gupta highlights important numbers featuring the Indian team from World Cups.

 

Result Summary

IMAGE: Captain Kapil Dev holds aloft the trophy after India won the World Cup in 1983. Photograph: Dave Cannon/Allsport
YearMtsWonLostTiedNRRemarks
1975 3 1 2 0 0 Could not qualify for semi finals
1979 3 0 3 0 0 Could not qualify for semi finals
1983 8 6 2 0 0 Champions
1987 7 5 2 0 0 Lost in semi final
1992 8 2 5 0 1 Could not qualify for semi finals
1996 7 4 3 0 0 Lost in semi final
1999 8 4 4 0 0 Knocked out in Super-Six
2003 11 9 2 0 0 Runner-up
2007 3 1 2 0 0 Knocked out in first round
2011 9 7 1 1 0 Champions
2015 8 7 1 0 0 Lost in semi-final
Total 75 46 27 1 1  

 

Playing Record against Participating Teams

VersusMtsWonLostTiedNo Result
Australia 11 3 8 0 0
Bangladesh 3 2 1 0 0
England 7 3 3 1 0
New Zealand 7 3 4 0 0
Pakistan 6 6 0 0 0
South Africa 4 1 3 0 0
Sri Lanka 8 3 4 0 1
West Indies 8 5 3 0 0

 

Highest Team Totals

TotalVsVenueYear
413/5 Bermuda Port-of-Spain 2007
373/6 Sri Lanka Taunton 1999
370/4 Bangladesh Mirpur 2011
338 England Bangalore 2011
329/2 Kenya Bristol 1999

 

Lowest Team Totals

TotalVsVenueYear
125 Australia Centurion 2003
132/3 England Lord's 1975
158 Australia Nottingham 1983
182 New Zealand Leeds 1979
183 West Indies Lord's 1983
185 Sri Lanka Port-of-Spain 2007

 

Highest Individual Innings

IMAGE: Sourav Ganguly. Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images
RunsPlayerVsVenueYear
183 Sourav Ganguly Sri Lanka Taunton 1999
175* Kapil Dev Zimbabwe Tunbridge Wells 1983
175 Virender Sehwag Bangladesh Mirpur 2011
152 Sachin Tendulkar v Namibia Pietermaritzburg 2003
145 Rahul Dravid Sri Lanka Taunton 1999
140* Sachin Tendulkar Kenya Bristol 1999
137 Sachin Tendulkar Sri Lanka Delhi 1996
137 Shikhar Dhawan South Africa Melbourne 2015
137 Rohit Sharma Bangladesh Melbourne 2015
127* Sachin Tendulkar Kenya Cuttack 1996
120 Sachin Tendulkar England Bangalore 2011
114 Virender Sehwag Bermuda Port-of-Spain 2007
113 Yuvraj Singh West Indies Chennai 2011
112* Sourav Ganguly v Namibia Pietermaritzburg 2003
111* Sourav Ganguly Kenya Durban 2003
111 Sachin Tendulkar South Africa Nagpur 2011
110* Suresh Raina Zimbabwe Auckland 2015
107* Sourav Ganguly Kenya Cape Town 2003
107 Virat Kohli Pakistan Adelaide 2015
106 Vinod Kambli Zimbabwe Kanpur 1996
104* Rahul Dravid Kenya Bristol 1999
103* Sunil Gavaskar New Zealand Nagpur 1987
100* Virat Kohli Bangladesh Mirpur 2011
100* Ajay Jadeja Australia The Oval 1999
100 Shikhar Dhawan Ireland Hamilton 2015

 

Leading Batsmen

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar. Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images
 MatchesRunsHighest ScoreAverageStrike Rate10050
Sachin Tendulkar 45 2,278 152 56.95 88.91 6 15
Sourav Ganguly 21 1,006 183 55.88 77.50 4 3
Rahul Dravid 22 860 145 61.42 74.97 2 6
Virender Sehwag 22 843 175 38.31 106.17 2 3
Mohammad Azharuddin 30 826 93 39.33 77.12 0 8
Yuvraj Singh 23 738 113 52.71 90.33 1 7
Kapil Dev 26 669 175* 37.16 115.14 1 1
Virat Kohli 17 587 107 41.92 81.86 2 1
Sunil Gavaskar 19 561 103* 35.06 57.36 1 4
Ajay Jadeja 21 522 100* 34.80 71.02 1 2
Krishnamachari Srikkanth 23 521 75 23.68 68.19 0 2
M S Dhoni 20 507 91* 42.25 91.18 0 3

 

Highest Partnership for each wicket

WicketRunsPlayersVenueYear
1st 174 Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan Ireland (Hamilton) 2015
2nd 318 Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid Sri Lanka (Taunton) 1999
3rd 237* Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar Kenya (Bristol) 1999
4th 142 Navjot Singh Sidhu and Vinod Kambli Zimbabwe (Kanpur) 1996
5th 196* Suresh Raina and M S Dhoni Zimbabwe (Auckland) 2015
6th 74* Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina Australia (Ahmedabad) 2011
7th 58 Kapil Dev and Madan Lal Australia (Nottingham) 1983
8th 82* Kapil Dev and Kiran More New Zealand (Bangalore) 1987
9th 126* Kapil Dev and S M H Kirmani Zimbabwe (Tunbridge Wells) 1983
10th 32 Zaheer Khan and Munaf Patel Bangladesh (Port-of-Spain) 2007

 

Best Bowling in a match

Wicket/RunsPlayerVsVenueYear
5/27 Venkatesh Prasad Pakistan Manchester 1999
5/31 Yuvraj Singh Ireland Bangalore 2011
5/31 Robin Singh Sri Lanka Taunton 1999
5/43 Kapil Dev Australia Nottingham 1983
6/23 Ashish Nehra England Durban 2003

 

Leading Bowlers

IMAGE: Zaheer Khan. Photograph: Pal Pillai/Getty Images
 MatchesWicketsAverageRuns Per OverBest4W
Zaheer Khan 23 44 20.22 4.47 4/42 1
Javagal Srinath 34 44 27.81 4.32 4/30 2
Anil Kumble 18 31 22.83 4.08 4/32 1
Kapil Dev 26 28 31.85 3.76 5/43 1
Manoj Prabhakar 19 24 26.66 4.40 4/19 1
Madan Lal 11 22 19.36 3.66 4/20 1
Yuvraj Singh 23 20 23.10 4.99 5/31 2
Harbhajan Singh 21 20 40.40 4.20 3/53 0

 

Most Appearances

 MtsYears
Sachin Tendulkar 45 1992-2011
Javagal Srinath 34 1992-2003
Mohammad Azharuddin 30 1987-1999
Kapil Dev 26 1979-1992
Zaheer Khan 23 2003-2011
Krishnamachari Srikkanth 23 1983-1992
Yuvraj Singh 23 2003-2011

 

Most Captaincies

IMAGE: Mohammed Azharuddin. Photograph: Graham Chadwick /Allsport
CaptainPlayedWonLostTiedNo ResultWin%
Mohammad Azharuddin 23 10 12 0 1 45.45
M S Dhoni 17 14 2 1 0 82.35
Kapil Dev 15 11 4 0 0 73.33
Sourav Ganguly 11 9 2 0 0 81.81

 

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