Who will Score the 100th Century of World Cup!!

In the World Cup editions among the 127 centuries, 28 centuries have been scored batting second and 99 centuries have been scored batting first. Who will be scoring the 100th century batting first in World Cup!! While 2011 World Cup has seen the maximum centuries in one edition, 6 centuries make Sachin Tendulkar the record holder of maximum centuries in World Cup. 188 run by Kirsten is the highest score of World Cup. Australia and India lead in the list of centuries scored, while Sri Lanka has conceded the maximum centuries.

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Maximum Centuries in World Cup by Players

    6 Tendulkar in 44 innings
    5 Ponting in 42 innings
    4 Ganguly in 21 innings
    3 Mark Waugh in 22 innings
    3 AB de Villiers, Rameez Raja, Hayden, Richards, Saeed ANwar, Mahela, Jayasuriya

Maximum Centuries in World Cup by Countries

    22 Australia
    20 India
    15 Sri Lanka
    14 West Indies
    13 New Zealand, Pakistan
    9 England, South Africa
    4 Zimbabwe, Netherlands
    3 Ireland
    1 Canada

Maximum Centuries in World Cup Vs Countries

    16 Sri Lanka
    15 New Zealand
    13 India
    12 Zimbabwe
    10 West Indies
    8 England, Australia, South Africa, Kenya
    7 Netherlands
    5 Namibia
    4 Bangladesh
    3 Pakistan, Ireland, Canada
    1 East Africa, U.A.E., Bermuda, Scotland

Highest Individual Scores in World Cup

    188* Gary Kirsten (SA) vs UAE in 1996
    183 Ganguly (Ind) vs Sri Lanka, 1999
    181 Vivian Richards (WI) vs Sri Lanka, 1987
    175* Kapil Dev (Ind) vs Zimbabwe, 1983
    175 Sehwag (Ind) vs Bangladesh, 2011
    172* Craig Wishart (Zim) vs Namibia, 2003
    171* Glen Turner (New Zealand) vs East Africa, 1975

Centuries Scored in Every Edition

    24 2011
    21 2003
    20 2007
    16 1996
    11 1987, 1999
    8 1983, 1992
    6 1975
    2 1979

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