Who are India's centurions at Cricket World Cups?

Kapil Dev was the first Indian batsman to hit a century at a World Cup. So far, Indian batsmen have scored 20 centuries in World Cup history.

Sachin Tendulkar leads the list with 6 hundreds (all-time record) to his name, followed by Sourav Ganguly with 4.

Kapil, the first centurion, blazed his way to a famous 175 not out against Zimbabwe at Tunbridge Wells in 1983. The captain went on to guide the team to the title at Lord's.

India's batsmen failed to score a century in the opening two editions of the World Cup, in 1975 and 1979.

The most productive editions for Indian batsmen, in terms of three-figures marks, were 1999 (England) and 2011 (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh). In these both tournaments, India had 5 tons each.

Full list of India's centurions (20) at World Cup

1. 175* - Kapil Dev (Vs Zimbabwe, 1983)
2. 103* - Sunil Gavaskar (Vs New Zealand, 1987)
3. 127* - Sachin Tendulkar (Vs Kenya, 1996)
4. 137 - Tendulkar (Vs Sri Lanka, 1996)
5. 106 - Vinod Kambli (Vs Zimbabwe, 1996)
6. 104* - Rahul Dravid (Vs Kenya, 1999)
7. 140* - Tendulkar (Vs Kenya, 1999)
8. 183 - Sourav Ganguly (Vs Sri Lanka, 1999)
9. 145 - Dravid (Vs Sri Lanka, 1999)
10. 100* - Ajay Jadeja (Vs Australia, 1999)
11. 152 - Tendulkar (Vs Namibia, 2003)
12. 112* - Ganguly (Vs Namibia, 2003)
13. 107* - Ganguly (Vs Kenya, 2003)
14. 111* - Ganguly (Vs Kenya, 2003)
15. 114 - Virender Sehwag (Vs Bermuda, 2007)
16. 175 - Sehwag (Vs Bangladesh, 2011)
17. 100* - Virat Kohli (Vs Bangladesh, 2011)
18. 120 - Tendulkar (Vs England, 2011)
19. 111 - Tendulkar (Vs South Africa, 2011)
20. 113 - Yuvraj Singh (Vs West Indies, 2011)

Most tons for India at World Cup

• 6 - Tendulkar
• 4 - Ganguly
• 2 - Dravid, Sehwag
• 1 - Kapil, Gavaskar, Kambli, Jadeja, Kohli, Yuvraj

Tournament-wise India's individual hundreds

• 0 - 1975
• 0 - 1979
• 1 - 1983
• 1 - 1987
• 3 - 1996
• 5 - 1999
• 4 - 2003
• 1 - 2007
• 5 - 2011

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