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Initially the rankings were for Test cricket only, but separate One Day International rankings were introduced in 1998. Both sets of rankings have now been calculated back to the start of those forms of the game. The rankings include the top 10 Test, ODI and T20I batsmen, bowlers and all-rounders based on the rating of each player.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the international governing body of cricket, and produces team rankings for the various forms of cricket played internationally. Test cricket is the longest form of cricket, played up to a maximum of five days with two innings per side.
The Men's Cricket World Cup is the quadrennial international championship of One Day International cricket. [3] The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council , every four years, with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament.
The ICC Men's T20 World Cup, formerly the ICC World Twenty20, is a biennial T20I cricket tournament, organised by the International Cricket Council. It was held in every odd year from 2007 to 2009 , and since 2010 it has been held in every even year with the exception of 2018 and 2020.
Since 2018, matches played by Associate and Affiliate members as part of the Asia Cup or the ICC World Cup are also considered as ODIs. In women's cricket matches played between the top 10 ranked teams – as announced by ICC – are given ODI status, as are matches played as a part of the ICC Women's World Cup or ICC Women's Championship.
In late 2005, the International Cricket Council ranked the top non-Test nations from 11–30 to complement the Test nations' rankings in the ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings. The ICC used the results from the 2005 ICC Trophy and WCQS Division 2 competition (i.e. the primary qualification mechanisms for the 2007 Cricket World Cup) to rank the nations.
In cricket, a player is said to have completed a century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. [3] As of the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, the most recent to take place, there have been eleven centuries scored by ten players. [4] The first century in an ICC Men's T20 World Cup match was scored by Chris Gayle of the West Indies.
Rank Player Period Team Test ODI T20I Total 1: Sachin Tendulkar ^ 1989–2013 India: 51 49 0 100: 2: Virat Kohli ǂ 2008–2025 India: 30 50 1 81: 3: Ricky Ponting ^ 1995–2012 Australia/World XI: 41 30 0 71: 4: Kumar Sangakkara ^ 2000–2015 Sri Lanka: 38 25 0 63: 5: Jacques Kallis ^ 1995–2014 South Africa: 45 17 0 62: 6: Hashim Amla: 2004 ...