ODI World Cup evaluation in stats: Virat Kohli’s file fiftieth ODI ton and Rohit Sharma’s six-hitting spree

Virat on Mt. 50

50 The variety of ODI centuries for Virat Kohli, thus making him the primary cricketer in ODI historical past to take action, throughout his 117 in opposition to New Zealand in Mumbai on 15 Nov 2023. He handed the long-standing file of Sachin Tendulkar, who held it since scoring his 18th century in September 1998 (whereas going previous West Indian Desmond Haynes’ tally of 17 centuries), which additionally meant he had the excellence of being the main century maker in ODI cricket for greater than 25 years till Kohli overtook him within the first semifinal in Mumbai. Over the years, few different batters have managed to equal this progressive file, and their particulars are given beneath within the notes.

Another desk beneath lists the gamers who’re the primary to register the fiftieth century in first-class cricket, worldwide cricket, List-A cricket, and the newest entrant to the fiftieth ODI.

The checklist of batters who, over time, held the solo file for the utmost variety of ODI centuries

Number of 100s	Batter (For)	Runs	Opp	Venue	Date	(ODI#)	Held file 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-2nd (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 checklist of batters who equalled the then file:

** Zaheer Abbas (4 100s) equalled Amiss in Multan on 17 Dec 1982, throughout his 118 in opposition to India

** David Gower (6 100s) equalled Zaheer in Taunton on 11 Jun 1983, throughout his 130 in opposition to Sri Lanka

** Viv Richards (7 100s) equalled Zaheer in Manchester on 31 May 1984, throughout his 189* in opposition to England

** Des Haynes (8 100s) equalled Richards in Bridgetown on 23 Apr 1985, throughout his 116 in opposition to New Zealand

** Gordon Greenidge (9 100s) equalled Richards in Christchurch (Jade) on 29 Mar 1987, throughout his 133* in opposition to New Zealand.

** Des Haynes (9 100s) briefly equalled Richards and Greenidge in Karachi in opposition to Sri Lanka on 13 Oct 1987, throughout his 105 in opposition to Sri Lanka, earlier than Richards went forward in the identical match.

** Des Haynes (11 100s) equalled Richards in Adelaide on 10 Dec 1988, throughout his 111 in opposition to Pakistan

** Sachin Tendulkar (17 100s) equalled Haynes in Colombo RPS on 5 Mar 1994, throughout his 128 in opposition to Sri Lanka

** Virat Kohli (49 100s) equalled Tendulkar in Kolkata on 5 Nov 2023, throughout his 101* in opposition to South Africa (on his thirty fifth birthday)

First to succeed in 50 tons of throughout codecs

Fifty tons of	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 within 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 file, Chris Gayle (22) has the utmost centuries in T20 cricket

765 The combination variety of runs scored by Virat Kohli on this World Cup. He thus turned the primary to cross 700 runs in a single version of the World Cup. Over the years, 4 different gamers have held the file for the utmost variety of runs in a single match, with Tendulkar being the one one to seem twice within the checklist beneath.

The progressive file for essentially the most runs in a single version 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 variety of sixes Rohit Sharma hit in ODI matches this calendar yr. He thus turned the primary batter in ODI historical past to clear the boundary line on 60 or extra events in a yr. The earlier file 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 yr

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 variety of occasions Rohit Sharma has managed to hit over the boundary ropes in all of the World Cup tournaments since getting his first within the 2015 version in Perth in opposition to UAE (the bowler was Sri Lankan-born Manjula Guruge). He thus turned the primary to hit 50 or extra sixes in all World Cups.

Most sixes hit in a profession by a batter within the World Cup

6s	Batter (for)	Mts	Inns	Runs	Balls	6/inns	Balls/6	WC profession 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 variety of maximums hit by Rohit Sharma on this version of the World Cup. He thus turned the primary to hit 30 or extra sixes in a single version of the match.

Most sixes hit by a batter in a single version 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 combination variety of runs scored by Rohit Sharma on this World Cup as a captain. This is now the very best run-aggregate by a participant whereas main a aspect. New Zealand’s Kane Williamson had beforehand held this file with 578 runs throughout the 2019 version.

Most runs as a captain in a single version 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 variety of wickets claimed by Mohammed Shami within the World Cup match in opposition to New Zealand in Mumbai on 15 Nov 2023. This is the primary time an Indian bowler has claimed greater than six wickets in an ODI match. Shami thus turned the 14th bowler in ODI cricket historical past to take a seven or more-wicket haul in an ODI match and the fifth to take action in a World Cup match. The second desk beneath lists the progressive bowling efficiency 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 got here in a victorious match

* Davis and Shami are the one bowlers in ODI cricket to concede over 50 runs whereas claiming a seven-wicket haul.

* The finest bowling by a spin bowler within the WC is the 5/16 by Pakistani Shahid Afridi in opposition to Kenya in Hambantota on 23 Feb 2011, which by the way, is the 1sixth finest bowling efficiency in WC historical past

Best ODI match bowling figures for India — how the file modified arms

Figures	(ov)	Bowler	Opponent	Venue	Date	Result	Held file 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 excellence of claiming the first-two wickets for India in ODIs

All data are appropriate and up to date till 19 November 2023 (finish of the WC closing)