The ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 is underway with things having started to heat up. It has been a fair competition between batsmen and bowlers thus far. We have seen some high-scoring games and some paltry totals as well. As of now, 22 batsmen have scored centuries in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. South Africa's Quinton de Kock has scored the most centuries in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 with four hundreds in the competition thus far. Glenn Maxwell scored CWC 2023's first double century as he handed Australia a famous win despite battling cramps. The right-hander played an impressive knock and scored unbeaten 201 against Afghanistan at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Maxwell, earlier, smashed the fastest century in World Cup history. Below you can check the list of most centuries in ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. Most Wickets in ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: Check Highest Wicket-Taker List.
For India, Virat Kohli have scored three centuries in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. Shreyas Iyer scored two, while KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma scored a century each. For Pakistan, Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman and Mohammad Rizwan have breached the three-figure mark. South Africa and India are the two teasms with the highest number of centurions with four centuries besides their name. Ibrahim Zadran is the only centurion of Afghanistan while Netherlands and Bangladesh are the only teams who ended campaign without a century. Most Runs in ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: Check Highest Run-Scorer List.
Most Centuries in ICC Cricket World Cup 2023
Batsman | HS | 100 |
Quinton de Kock (SA) | 174 | 4 |
Abdullah Shafique (PAK) | 113 | 1 |
Dawid Malan (ENG) | 140 | 1 |
Devon Conway (NZ) | 152* | 1 |
Rohit Sharma (IND) | 131 | 1 |
Virat Kohli (IND) | 117 | 3 |
Aiden Markram (SA) | 106 | 1 |
Mitchell Marsh (AUS) | 177 | 2 |
Kusal Mendis (SL) | 122 | 1 |
KL Rahul (IND) | 102 | 1 |
Mohammad Rizwan (PAK) | 131* | 1 |
Rachin Ravindra (NZ) | 123* | 3 |
Sadeera Samarawickrama (SL) | 108 | 1 |
David Warner (AUS) | 163 | 2 |
Rassie van der Dussen (SA) | 133 | 2 |
Heinrich Klaasen (SA) | 109 | 1 |
Daryl Mitchell (NZ) | 134 | 2 |
Mahmudullah (BAN) | 111 | 1 |
Glenn Maxwell (AUS) | 201* | 2 |
Travis Head (AUS) | 137 | 2 |
Fakhar Zaman (PAK) | 126 | 1 |
Charith Asalanka (SL) | 108 | 1 |
Ben Stokes | 108 | 1 |
Shreyas Iyer | 128* | 2 |
During the last World Cup in 2019, Rohit Sharma scored the most number of centuries. The Indian batsman slammed five centuries while Australia's David Warner scored three tons. Both the batsmen apparently were the two highest run-scorers in the tournament.
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