Top 5 batsmen with Most centuries in a calendar year in ODI’s

The task that every batsman in their respective teams has at hand is to score runs, bail the team out of troubles, be consistent and keep scoring runs. And if the player under discussion is the teams’ star batsman then, the Score runs term intensifies further. So, the batsmen have unidirectional thoughts of going out there playing big, worthy and match winnings innings for the team. Here we have a list of five gentlemen (in fact four) who have done that with more success than most others. The gauge of measure being the number of ODI hundred’s hit in an year, this is the Top 5 batsmen with most centuries in a calendar year in OIDs. 5. Rahul Dravid (India) 6 Rahul Dravid the wall is the 5th ranked batsman in the list of players with most centuries in a calendar year. (Photo Source: Getty Images) Rahul Dravid more famously known as the ‘Wall’ made his ODI debut for India in the year 1996. At the start of his career, he was not considered as a limited overs player because of his orthodox playing style and defensive batting technique. But he proved his worth in the limited overs format by performing consistently with the bat against all major teams. Couple of years from debut, in 1999 Dravid scored 1761 runs at an average of 46.34. This also happens to be the year in which he scored 6 ODI hundreds in 43 innings which ranks him 5th in the list with most ODI tons in a year. 4. Sachin Tendulkar (India) 6 Sachin Tendulkar makes double appearance in the list top 5 players with most centuries in a calendar year. (Photo Source: Getty Images) At number four in the list is Indian Super Man Sachin Tendulkar, and there is no surprise watching him here, as he is the one to have written and re-written all the batting records over the 23 years he devoted to ODI cricket. The master blaster was in amazing form in the year 1996. Sachin scored 1611 runs in that year which included 6 centuries in 32 ODI innings. He also performed astonishingly in the 1996 world cup and ended up becoming the highest run getter of the tournament with 523 runs to his name. 3. Gary Kirsten (South Africa) 6 South African legend, Gary Kirsten the lone South African is at number 3 among the top 5 batsmen with most centuries in a calendar year in ODIs. (Photo Source: Getty Images) Gary Kirsten the South African legend was in sublime touch during the year 1996. The stylish left hander scored 1442 runs overall in that year and scored 6 centuries during that process in 29 innings that he played. The Kirsten scored 188* against UAE in the 1996 World Cup, which is the highest score by a South African batsman in ODI’s. He stands at number 3rd in the list of top 5 batsmen with most ODI hundreds in a year 2. Sourav Ganguly (India) 7 Sourav Ganguly one of the most aggressive player and Skipper’s of India is at No. 2 . (Photo Source: ESPNcricinfo Ltd) Former Indian captain; and the ever aggressive Sourav Ganguly scored 7 centuries in the year 2000 in the 32 innings that he batted for India. 2000 also happens to be the year in which he was appointed as the captain of the Indian cricket team. The responsibility of captaincy did not have any negative effects, in fact enhanced his skills further as Ganguly performed extremely well 1579 runs that year. 1. Sachin Tendulkar (India) 9 Sachin Tendulkar makes yet another appearance in Cricket Trackers top 5 list of players with most centuries in a calendar year. (Photo Source: Getty Images) At the top of the top 5 batsmen with most hundreds in a year in ODIs is Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar. Reappearing in the same feature twice that too in the niche section where only 5 batsmen from around the world and in the entire history are considered. Only Sachin had the talent and determination to do so, as he not only made but also challenged his own records, every time that he took the field again. In 1998 he bettered his own previous record by scoring 9 centuries in 33 innings that he played. The year turned out to be extremely eventful and the master blaster scored 1894 runs at a stunning average of 65.31. **All the batsmen at number 3, 4 and 5 have hit equal number of hundreds they have thus been rated higher for lesser the number of innings required for the same. *All stats updated till 16th December 2014.

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