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Follow UsEveryone knows the value of a century in a cricket match. The value multiplies itself when the match is a competitive one in a tournament like World Cup. Many cricketers have hit centuries in this tournament before. In today's Women's World Cup, Harmanpreet Kaur smashed a century against West Indies. Let's take a look at the most Centuries by Indians in Cricket World Cup for both men & women.
Rohit Sharma
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Rohit Sharma scored the most centuries by Indians in World Cup. The Indian captain started playing in ODI WC matches since 2015 and played in 2 tournaments till now. In 17 matches, Sharma hit 6 tons with the highest score being 140 runs. With an average of 65.20 and a strike rate of 95.97 , he aggreagted 978 runs.
Sachin Tendulkar
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Sachin Tendulkar also joined Rohit Sharma in hitting the most centuries by Indians. The former cricketer played 45 World Cup matches from 1992 to 2011 and smashed 6 centuries. In fact, he also holds the record for scoring the most number of runs in the World Cup history with 2278 runs. He has an average of 56.95 and a strike rate of 88.98 and his highest score in World cup is 152.
Sourav Ganguly
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The third highest Indian century scorer is Sourav Ganguly. From 1999 to 2007, the former captain played in 21 Worl Cup matches. With an average of 55.88 and a strike rate of 77.50, Ganguly hit 4 centuries and scored 1006 runs overall.
Harmanpreet Kaur
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Harmanpreet Kaur holds the record of scoring most centuries for India in Women's World Cup. The middle-order batter is the only woman batter present in this list. She scored 3 centuries in World Cup till now. Playing in World Cup since 2009, she aggreagted 743 runs with an average of 53.07 and the highest score being 171* runs.
Shikhar Dhawan
With 3 World Cup centuries, Shikhar Dhawar sits at the fifth position in this list. From 2015 to 2019, Dhawan aggregated 537 runs in 10 matches with an average of 53.70 and strike rate of 94.21.