Sachin-Virat are nowhere near this legend!!!
Sachin-Virat are nowhere near this legend!!!
Scoring a century in the game of cricket is a great achievement. To complete 100 runs, a batsman has to stay at the crease for many hours. The record of scoring the most centuries in international cricket history is held by sachin tendulkar, who scored a total of 100 centuries. But if we talk about centuries in first-class career, then legends like sachin tendulkar or sourav ganguly also seem to be standing far behind in this list.
Has scored 199 centuries
There have been 6 players in first-class cricket, who have scored 150 or more centuries in their career. But the most centuries are in the name of England's Jack Hobbs, who scored 199 centuries in his first-class career. Hobbs played 834 first-class matches in his historic career that spanned from 1905 to 1934, in which he scored 61,760 runs in 1,325 innings. He scored 199 centuries and 273 fifties while batting at an impressive average of 50.70.
In second place on this list is Elias Henry Hendren, who was also an england player. Henry was successful in scoring a total of 170 centuries in his historic first-class career. He scored more than 57 thousand runs in his career. If these players have scored more than 100 centuries, then where do sachin tendulkar and virat kohli come in this list.
sachin tendulkar and virat kohli are far behind
Let us tell you that in first-class cricket, those matches are counted which last for 3 or more days. This means that the statistics of international test cricket and for example the Ranji Trophy played in india also come under first-class cricket. sachin tendulkar had scored 81 centuries in his first-class career, while virat kohli has so far been able to reach the figure of only 36 centuries in this matter.