Test cricket, mostly called the purest format of the game, has seen some of the greatest cricketers and batters showing their skills with patience, stroke-making ability and the perseverance to bat long and score. Past greats and legends like Don Bradman, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Jacques Kallis and many others dominated test cricket during their time. But, with modern cricket kicking in, this time we will look at the list of active players with most hundreds in test cricket.

Players with most Test centuries in cricket history

Before we talk about the current active cricketers, we should and must take a look at all the batters who dominate the overall list. As we all know, Sachin Tendulkar is the batter with most test centuries in world cricket. In fact, his record of 100 international tons might not get broken ever in cricket history. 

Before Sachin broke into the scene, there was Sir Don Bradman, who had retired as the batter with most test centuries (29) and later the little master Sunil Gavaskar broke his record and finished his career with 34 test centuries. But, do they come in the list of players with the most test centuries? Let's take a look at that.

So, sadly, one of the greatest cricketers in cricket history, Sir Don Bradman does not even come in the top 10 batters with the most test tons in cricket history. Interestingly, only Joe Root is the active cricketer on that list. Hence, you already know who is the active cricketer with the most test tons; it is Joe Root.

Most Test Centuries by active cricketers

#10. Ben Stokes | 13

Regarded as one of the best test cricketers of the 2010s and 2020s, Ben Stokes is perhaps the greatest match-winner of mordern cricket. The southpaw batter is as lethal with the bat in the lower middle oder and can change his gear with regard to the need of the game.

Not only that, his skill to bat with the tail and chase nearly impossible totals in the last inning, is quiet remarkable. 

Stokes has 13 test centuries against his name in 105 test matches for the Three Lions. His 258  in just 198 balls against South Africa balls in Cape Town, saw him making fastest test double century by any English cricketer. That is also the highest test score by a batter batting at number six.

And, yes, who can forget his immortal innning of 135 at Edgbaston in 2019 Ashes Test, where he singlehandley achieved England's highest successful run chase in Tests, with Jack Leach at the other end.

#9 Tom Latham | 13

Tom Latham, the Kiwi opener is surely one of the best top-order batters of this generation. Although he has always been in the shadow of Kane Williamson, Latham has contributed well to his country since his test debut in 2014. In the last ten years, Latham has played 81 test matches and scored 5516 test runs so far, including 13 test centuries, which places him at number nine in this list.

Latham's unbeaten 264 against Sri Lanka in Wellington in 2018, is the highest score by any opener while carrying his bat. Not only that, he is only the second Kiwi cricketer to carry his bat in test cricket.

Latham is currently the vice-captain of the test team and one of the reasons for New Zealand's success in recent years.

#8 Usman Khawaja | 15

Another top-order batter in the list, who has made tons of runs in the last few years for Australia. Usman, who was born in Pakistan and later moved to Australia as a young kid, made his test debut in 2011, replacing the great Ricky Ponting at number. That time he became the first Muslim cricketer to play for Australia. Despite a decent debut match, Khawaja was never given a long run and kept losing his spot in the team.

In 2015-16, he made another solid return to the test squad but his failure in away tests always kept him in and out of the team. But, after his another comeback with two tons in a single test match in 2022 against England in Sydney, Khwaja has emerged as one of the best batters for Australia. His move at the top of the order has also helped him regain his lost confidence at the international level.

Post a stunning 2023, where he scored 1210 runs in 13 test matches at 52.60, Khawaja won the 2023 ICC Test Cricketer of the Year award.

In 73 test matches so far, Khawaja has scored 5451 test runs including 15 test tons and 26 fifty-plus scores. He is also the sixth-highest run-scorer (2686) in the World Test Championship's history, despite playing only 32 matches. 

#7 Angelo Mathews | 16

Former Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews comes at number seven in the list of active cricketers with the most test centuries. Once touted as one of the most talented cricketers from Sri Lanka, Angelo emerged as one of the finest from his country. Though Angelo's primary goal was to be a proper all-rounder, with time, he had to only choose batting to prolong his career.

In 2013, against Pakistan, Mathews scored an unbeaten 157 while batting for seven and a half hours to save a test match for Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi. One year later, he scored a 160 at Headingley against England to help Sri Lanka win their first multi-Test series in England. 

Again in 2018, he saved (120 from 323 balls) a test match for Sri Lanka in Wellington, batting over more than seven hours against New Zealand. Despite regular injuries, Angelo keeps on being one of the best middle-order batters for Sri Lanka. In 113 tests so far, he has scored 7852 runs including 16 tons.

#6 Dimuth Karunaratne | 16

Dimuth Karunaratne has been one of the greatest modern-day batters for Sri Lanka in recent years. The opening batter comes from the same St Joseph's College, which produced players like Angelo Mathews and Thisara Perera. Dimuth debuted for Sri Lanka in tests in 2012 and gradually cemented his place in the team despite a duck in his debut inning. 

In 2014, he scored his debut hundred against New Zealand in Christchurch and has scored 15 more in his test career since then. Three years later, he missed his first double ton by four runs when he played an outstanding knock of 196 against Pakistan in Dubai. In 2021, he scored hundreds in three back-to-back test matches and one of them was a 244 against Bangladesh, his best in test cricket. 

Dimuth is the highest run-getter for Sri Lanka in the World Test Championship with 2558 runs in 31 test matches so far. He has scored 6 tons in WTC history as well.

#5 Dinesh Chandimal | 16

Another Sri Lankan in the list of active batters with most test centuries prove why despite not being considered as a force, they have done well in recent times. Dinesh Chandimal, one of the most underrated cricketers going around, has climbed up in the list with a stunning hundred (116) against New Zealand at Galle. 

Chandimal, just like Mathews emerged in the scene as one of the best talents in the country and became a mainstay in the middle order after the retirement of the legendary Sangakkara-Jayawardene pair. At 23, he was chosen as the T20I captain and as Mathews' deputy in tests.

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In 2013, Dinesh scored back-to-back centuries against Bangladesh and then played an unbeaten 162 against India in 2015 to nearly drag Sri Lanka to a win from an impossible position. His 164 against India in Delhi in 2017, was one of his remarkable innings after leading Sri Lanka to a 2-0 victory against Pakistan, away from home.

However, after that, he could not keep his form and it was until 2022, he came back to his best with an unbeaten 206 against Australia at Galle to deny the mighty Aussies a test series win.

Till now, Chandimal has scored 16 test centuries in 83 test matches and looks like a strong candidate to be the first one to reach 20 test centuries among the active Sri Lankan cricketers. 

#4 Virat Kohli | 30

Regarded as the best three-format batter of this generation, Virat Kohli was ahead in the race of the most test centuries by active batters. But, since the start of 2020, the former Indian captain only scored two test tons, which has helped the other members of the "fav four" to go ahead of him, in test cricket. 

Kohli debuted in tests in 2011 and scored his maiden test ton against Australia next year in Adelaide. Though his test career was going well, Kohli turned it into a beast mode in 2014 when he scored four test tons in India's tour to Australia in 2014, which included tons in both innings in Adelaide. 

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Post that, Kohli's dream run continued and with the hunger and ambition to score big for India, he scored 6 test double tons in a span of 16 tests in 2016-17. He even scored back-to-back test double tons against Sri Lanka in the home series in 2017 in Nagpur (213) and Delhi (243). Kohli finished 2018 with 1322 runs with 5 test hundreds which helped him win the ICC Test Player of the Year award for the first time in 2018. 

Kohli's highest test score of unbeaten 254 came two years later against South Africa in Pune. But, after his final test century of 2019 against Bangladesh in a one-off pink test in Kolkata, Kohli's dry patch started. His two test centuries since then came in 2023, one against Australia in Ahmedabad (186) and another against West Indies in Port of Spain (121) in his 500th international match.

#3 Kane Willamson | 33

Kane Willamson has been the best Kiwi cricketer of the last two decades and even the great Martin Crowe believed that he would finish as the greatest batter from New Zealand. 

Debuted in 2010, Kane scored a ton against India in Ahmedabad and since then never had to look back. 24 years and 151 days old, Kane then became the youngest New Zealand cricketer to score 3000 test runs. In 2015, Kane hit his first double ton against Sri Lanka in Wellington and since then has scored five more test double tons.

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As a leader, Kane in 2018 became the fourth Kiwi captain to win a test series in England, followed by a first-ever series triumph against Pakistan, away from home. Willamson with 8828 test runs is the player with the most test runs for New Zealand. He also holds the record for most test centuries scored by a Kiwi batter (32). He is also the quickest batter in test history (by innings) to reach 32 test tons.

Moreover, Williamson was also the first-ever Kiwi captain to lead them to an ICC trophy success when he led them to the WTC title in 2021 against India. The former Kiwi captain is also New Zealand's highest run-getter in WTC history with 2374 runs at 62.74 average and 10 test tons. 

#2 Steve Smith | 34

After starting as a leg spinner in 2010, Steve Smith's journey to become one of the greatest test batters for Australia is quite remarkable. Despite getting banned for 12 months due to the ball-tampering scandal in 2018, Smith made a great comeback to test cricket and has scored 9 test centuries since 2019.

Smith scored his first century in 2013 against England at Oval and scored three more in his next six matches. Before he was made the captain in 2015, he was already the No.1 ranked test batter in the world scoring seven cenutries in 17 test matches in 2014-15 including centuries in four consecutive test matches. 

In 2017, he scored six test tons including a double ton in just 11 test matches to win his second ICC Test Cricketer of the Year award, after winning it in 2015. Though in past few years bowlers have found some ways to stop him from scoring runs with his unorthodox style, he scored five centuries in 13 innings from July 2022 to June 2023. In 2024, Smith has scored two consecutive test centuries in the Australia vs India Border-Gavaskar Trophy series.

#1 Joe Root | 36

2021 Test Cricketer of the Year, nominated again in 2023 for the same award, most runs and tons in World Test Championship history, most test runs by any English batter, most test tons by any English batter; these are the few achievements Joe Root made in last six years. 

The youngest of the "fav four", Root debuted in 2012 on England's tour to India and impressed with a 73 from 229 balls and everyone saw his ability to stay at the crease and play long. Five tests later, he scored his first test hundred in England against New Zealand in 2013. Two tests later, he followed that up with a 180 against Australia at Lord's.

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Before he was made the captain in 2017, he had already played 53 test matches in five years with a batting average of over 50. 190 in the first inning as test captain and all knew he would go on to break all the records for England. Root finished 2017 with 1481 for England despite scoring only two tons.

The story continued the same way for him in the following year as despite scoring lots of fifty-plus scores, Root could score only two test tons as England struggled in tests as a team.

But, everything changed for him in 2021 as he started the year with one century and one double century in first three tests. Another back-to-back hundred against India at home would mean he would go on to win the 2021 ICC Test Cricketer of the Year Award. Root that year nearly broke the record of the most test runs scored in a calendar year with 1708 test runs, missing the record by 80 runs.

Since the start of 2022, Root has scored 11 test tons, scoring 2871 runs at an average of 53.16. In WTC, he is the highest run scorer with 4973 runs with a record 16 centuries. 

Harry Brook was recently named England's white-ball captain, succeeding Jos Buttler, who stepped down in February 2025 following a disappointing Champions Trophy campaign. Brook now has become the 38th ODI captain for England and 15th to be named as T20I captain of the country as well. 

Ray Illingworth was the first-ever ODI and white-ball captain of England, who was also part of the first-ever men's One-day cricket match in 1971. Mike Denness and Tony Greig followed him on the list.

Michael Vaughan was the first T20I captain of England as he led the team in the shortest format of the game for the first time in 2005. Stuart Broad and Craig Kieswetter are a few of the players who captained the team only in T20Is. In the meantime, Michael Vaughan, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, and Jos Buttler led them in both ODIs and T20Is. 

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In a tournament like the IPL, the role of the captain is of utmost importance given that the game can change very quickly. However, it is not an easy job to lead a side in such a big tournament. The franchises also do not give a longer run to a player if he fails to perform as a captain. 

There have been few cricketers who have enjoyed a long run in captaincy in IPL because of their consistent performance and mind blowing winning percentage. 

In this article, we will be discussing the most wins in IPL as captain.

Most wins in IPL as captain 

6. David Warner | 40

Australian player David Warner has captained Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad in 83 games, winning 40 and losing 41, two of which were tied. 

He is also the third Aussie to win the IPL title as captain.

5. Shreyas Iyer | 40 Wins

Shreyas Iyer led Kolkata Knight Riders to the title last season, he has joined the IPL winning captains along with greats MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma.

Iyer has been the captain in 72 games for three different franchise (DC, KKR, and PBKS), in which he has won 40 games and lost 29.

4. Virat Kohli | 66 Wins

Virat Kohli is the most successful Test captain for India and also led Royal Challengers Bangalore for several seasons in the IPL. Overall, Virat Kohli captained for a total of 143 matches and won 66 and lost 70 of these matches with a win percentage of 46.15. 

Later, Faf du Plessis took over from him as skipper. Now Rajat Patidar is leading the team in 18th season. 

3. Gautam Gambhir | 71 Wins

Gautam Gambhir has proved his leadership skills in the IPL and international cricket alike. In total, Gautam Gambhir won 71 matches out of the 129 he captained. 

The left-handed batter was Kolkata Knight Riders' skipper in their successful campaigns in 2012 and 2014, making him the third-most successful IPL captain. He also led the team for the Delhi Capitals in multiple seasons. His winning percentage in IPL as captain is 55.03.

2. Rohit Sharma | 87 Wins

One of the most successful leaders of IPL, Rohit Sharma has captained Mumbai Indians in 158 games, in which he won 87 of them and lost 67. Under Rohit's captaincy, MI has won 5 IPL titles ( 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2020).

Rohit's win percentage in IPL as captain is 55.06.

1. MS Dhoni | 133 Wins

India's legendary leader Mahendra Singh Dhoni has captained two franchise (CSK and RPS) in his career. In 226 games as a leader, Dhoni has won 133 and lost 91 times. He also led CSK to five IPL titles in the years 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021 and 2023.

Dhoni's win percentage of 58.84 is the highest among captains to have led in more than 50 matches. He also holds the record for playing the most number of IPL matches as a captain.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2025 Match 8 tonight at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

This is Koushik Biswas, with all the LIVE Updates for you from the web desk.

Five-time champions CSK commenced their IPL 2025 campaign with a dominating 4-wicket victory over arch-rivals Mumbai Indians. On the other hand, RCB salvaged a famous 7-wicket win against defending IPL champions KKR in the opening game of the season.

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As two of the most iconic franchises are about to take on each other tonight at Chepauk, sit back and relax as we start the live coverage of the CSK vs RCB match for you. Keep refreshing the page for all the latest updates.

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Statistics show that Virat Kohli's record against Chennai Super Kings has been excellent. Kohli's bat has been very effective against this team. The two teams are set to face off on Friday, March 28, in the IPL 2025 season.

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So before start of the match, let's take a look at Virat Kohli's stats vs CSK.

Virat Kohli's stats vs CSK

In 33 innings of 34 matches against Chennai Super Kings, Virat Kohli has scored over 1053 runs at a strike rate of 126.12 and an average of 36.79.

Also, Kohli has crossed the fifty-run mark 9 times against Chennai Super Kings with a highest score of an unbeaten 90 in the 2020 season.

Apart from this, he has returned not out 4 times. Therefore, it is clear from these figures that the bowlers of Chennai Super Kings will have to be cautious of Virat Kohli.

CSK are among the teams against whom Kohli has scored over 1000 runs in the IPL.

The last time RCB and CSK met in the IPL during the final group stage match of the 2024 edition in Bengaluru, Virat Kohli played a quickfire knock, scoring 47 runs off just 29 balls, including three fours and four sixes at a strike-rate of 162.06.

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Virat Kohli's Stats vs CSK: At Chepauk

The two teams have faced off nine times in Chennai. At Chepauk, Kohli owns a total of 383 IPL runs at 29.46 (SR: 111.01). Notably, 304 of these runs have come against CSK at 33.77 from nine matches (SR: 113.01). Both of his fifties at Chepauk have come against CSK.

Virat Kohli's Stats in IPL

Kohli is the top scorer in IPL history with a total of 8,063 runs from 253 matches (245 innings). He averages 38.95 with his strike rate reading 132.15.

Kohli owns 8 tons and 56 fifties. He has smashed 709 fours and 275 maximums.

In T20s, Kohli has amassed 12,945 runs at 41.62. He played his 400th T20 match versus KKR (50s: 98, 100s: 9).

The Indian Premier League (IPL) has witnessed numerous thrilling moments, and the rivalry between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) stands out as one of the most intense in the tournament's history.

CSK vs RCB matches have always been highly anticipated, with both franchises boasting passionate fanbases.

Both teams have been participating in the IPL since 2008, but in between Chennai Super Kings had to face a ban for two years. 

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While CSK has won the IPL title 5 times so far, RCB has not been able to reach the finals even 5 times. However, both the teams have always been adorned with star players and this time too both sides are full of stars.

So before the start of the match let's take a look at the statistics of every result of CSK vs RCB match in IPL.

CSK vs RCB: Head-to-Head Stats

Although the rivalry between the two teams is at its peak, in terms of statistics, the Royal Challengers Bangalore seems to be far behind. So far 33 matches have been played between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore and RCB has won only 11 matches.

Chennai Super Kings have won 21 matches. Last year, both the teams faced each other twice and both won one match each. However, an important match was played between the two teams, where Bangalore defeated Chennai and made it to the playoffs.

In 2018 and 2021, Chennai defeated Bangalore in both the matches, while in 2015, both the teams faced each other thrice and Chennai whitewashed Bangalore all three times. In 2011, these two teams faced each other 4 times and Chennai won thrice, while Super Kings had to face defeat in one match.

CSK vs RCB: Last 5 Match Results

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Every Result of CSK vs RCB Match in IPL