Indian wicketkeepers with most ODI centuries
Indian wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant recently scored his first ODI century, which came against England during a series decider His knock ensured that India win the ODI series by 2-1 and completed a famous series victory on English soil. However, there have been several instances when an Indian batter has stroked a century and also kept wickets in that same match. On that note, let us take a look at the top three Indian wicketkeeper-batters with the most centuries in men’s ODIs.
3. Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul (One)
As mentioned above, Pant played an excellent knock and bailed his team out from a tricky situation along with smashing a century for himself as well. Pant along with Hardik Pandya took on the English bowlers and chased down the total of 260 easily. Apart from Pant, KL Rahul has achieved a similar feat as well, as he scored 112 against New Zealand as a keeper-batter in 2020. Hence, they both found themselves in third place on this list.
2. Rahul Dravid (Four)
Veteran batter Rahul Dravid comes second in the list after smashing four centuries while he kept wickets in a 50-over game. Dravid was one of the most compact batters to ever play for India and he played several match-winning knocks for the Men in Blue. Talking about his numbers in ODI cricket, Dravid represented India in 344 matches and scored more than 10,000 runs with 12 hundred to his name.
1. MS Dhoni (Nine)
Two-time World Cup-winning skipper and one of the legends to ever play the game of cricket, MS Dhoni tops this elite list by some margin. The right-handed batter has stroked nine centuries for the Men in Blue in ODI cricket as a keeper-batter. Talking about his overall numbers in ODI cricket, Dhoni represented India in 350 ODI matches and amassed 10773 runs, with 10 centuries.