Indian Captains With The Most ODI Centuries

In the last two decades, the Indian Cricket Team has achieved massive success in ODI cricket. The Men in Blue are now considered to be a force to be reckoned with in the game. In the last two decades, India have managed to win one ICC ODI World Cup in 2011 and besides that, also reached the knockouts on 3 occasions.

India have a terrific record in ODIs at home and, over the years, have also registered phenomenal wins outside of the home. A lot of credit for that must go to the captains that India have had over the years. We have had phenomenal leaders captaining India in white-ball cricket over the last two decades.

Apart from the leadership skills, they were quite handy with the bat too. Most of them, in fact, are counted amongst the greatest batsmen in the history of Indian Cricket. They led the way with the bat by scoring a plethora of runs and hitting sensational tons as well. In this article, let’s take a look at 4 Indian captains who have scored the most ODI centuries.

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Indian Captains With The Most ODI Centuries

4. Sachin Tendulkar: 6

India’s greatest batsman in the history of Indian Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar is at fourth place in the elite list. The Master Blaster holds a plethora of records to his name in international cricket. He is the highest run-scorer in both ODI as well as Test Cricket. Tendulkar is the most capped international player and has 100 international centuries to his name.

Sachin Tendulkar’s captaincy career, however, wasn’t that inspiring. He led India in two stints but failed on both occasions. He captained the Indian Cricket Team in 73 ODIs and won 23 out of them.

His win percentage was 35.07. He batted in 70 innings and managed to hit 6 ODI centuries. Besides, Sachin Tendulkar also led India in 25 Tests and managed to win 4 out of them. 9 matches resulted in losses, while 12 resulted in draws.

3. MS Dhoni: 6

Legendary Indian cricketer, MS Dhoni is, without a doubt, the most successful and impactful captain India have ever had. MS Dhoni is the only captain in world cricket who has managed to win all three ICC trophies. Under his leadership, India managed to win the ICC 2007 T20 World Cup, 2011, ICC 2011 Word Cup and ICC 2013 Champions Trophy.

MS Dhoni has an incredible record as captain in One-Day Internationals. The former Indian skipper has led India in as many as 200 one-day internationals. Of those, India have managed to win 110 matches and lost 74. During his ODI captaincy career, MS Dhoni has hit 6 centuries out of 172 innings he batted.

In his illustrious ODI career, MS Dhoni has scored 10,773 runs in 350 matches at an average of 50.6. He has also scored 33 half-centuries, mostly while batting at lower down the order.

2. Sourav Ganguly: 11

At number two in the elite list is Sourav Ganguly. The former Southpaw is regarded as one of the best captains the world has ever seen. Ganguly is known for instilling fearlessness in the players and the belief that they can beat any team in the world. Under him, the Men in Blue started winning matches outside of him.

Sourav Ganguly led India to reach the final of the ICC T20 World Cup 2003. He was one of the standout batsmen in the tournament. Ganguly hit as many as 3 centuries in the perennial tournament and was also the second-highest run-scorer.

The former KKR batsman has an exceptional record in one-day internationals. He led the Men in Blue in 146 ODIs, winning 76 and losing 65 matches. He boasts of a win percentage of 53.90. Apart from his leadership exploits, Ganguly also scored a plethora of runs in ODIs while captaining. He hit 11 centuries in 142 ODIs innings in his career.

1. Virat Kohli: 21

On Thursday, the BCCI axed Virat Kohli as the ODI skipper. The decision took everyone by surprise as Virat had the intention of leading the side till the 2023 World Cup. However, with BCCI not in favour of having two captains in white-ball formats, they decided to hand the captaincy duties to Rohit Sharma.

Perhaps, Virat Kohli did little wrong while leading India in one-day internationals. Under his leadership, the Men in Blue couldn’t win the ICC 2019 World Cup but was a force to be reckoned with in the bilateral ODI series. Virat Kohli became the full-time captain in January 2017 against a visiting England side.

Since then, he led India in 95 one-day internationals and managed to win 65 times. Amongst all the cricketers that have led the Men in Blue, Virat Kohli has the best win percentage of 70.43. During his captaincy stint, Virat Kohli also dished out outstanding performances with the bat.

He hit 21 centuries in the 91 innings he batted during his captaincy career. Besides, Virat Kohli also has the highest batting average of 72.65 as ODI captain (minimum of 75 matches) in the history of the game. During his ODI captaincy career, Virat Kohli scored 5449 runs in 95 matches.