Stats: Highest individual scores by Indians in List-A cricket
Mayank Agarwal scored 176 playing for India A against South Africa A at Chennai on August 13, 2015 in the sixth match of the Triangular ‘A’ series played between ‘A’ teams of Australia, India and South Africa. It was his highest score in his short List-A career of 24 matches. His previous highest was 162 for Karnataka against Andhra at Secunderabad in 2014/15 Vijay Hazare Trophy.
176 by Mayank Agarwal’s is the 12th highest score by an Indian in List-A cricket. Achieving this in such a short career is a remarkable feat for Mayank Agarwal. And it is the fourth highest individual score by Indians in non-ODI List-A matches. His 176 is exactly the 15th score of 175 or more for Indian cricketers in List-A cricket. Out of the 15, 11 have come in ODIs and only four in non-ODIs.
The highest individual score by an Indian in List-A cricket is the famous 264 by Rohit Sharma for India against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on November 13, 2014. There are four more double centuries by Indians in List-A cricket. Three of those in ODIs – 200* by Sachin Tendulkar, 219 by Virender Sehwag and 209 by Rohit Sharma and one in non-ODI – 248 by Shikhar Dhawan.
Two years apart in the same period on August 12, 2013, Shikhar Dhawan smashed 248 for the India A against South Africa A at Pretoria in the Triangular ‘A’ series played between the same teams.
The first Indian to score 175 or more in List-A cricket was Kapil Dev who scored 175 for India against Zimbabwe at Tunbridge Wells in the 1983 World Cup. Interestingly, that was the first century for India in ODIs.
The table below lists the scores of 175 or more by Indians in List-A cricket.
|
Runs |
Batsman |
Team |
Opposition |
Venue |
Date |
|
264 |
Rohit Sharma |
India |
Sri Lanka |
Kolkata |
13-Nov-14 |
|
248 |
Shikhar Dhawan |
India A |
South Africa A |
Pretoria |
12-Aug-13 |
|
219 |
Virender Sehwag |
India |
West Indies |
Indore |
08-Dec-11 |
|
209 |
Rohit Sharma |
India |
Australia |
Bangalore |
02-Nov-13 |
|
200* |
Sachin Tendulkar |
India |
South Africa |
Gwalior |
24-Feb-10 |
|
187 |
Ajinkya Rahane |
Mumbai |
Maharashtra |
Pune |
03-Mar-08 |
|
186* |
Sachin Tendulkar |
India |
New Zealand |
Hyderabad |
08-Nov-99 |
|
183* |
MS Dhoni |
India |
Sri Lanka |
Jaipur |
31-Oct-05 |
|
183 |
Sourav Ganguly |
India |
Sri Lanka |
Taunton |
26-May-99 |
|
183 |
Virat Kohli |
India |
Pakistan |
Dhaka |
18-Mar-12 |
|
178* |
Wasim Jaffer |
Mumbai |
Baroda |
Poona |
27-Feb-08 |
|
176 |
Mayank Agarwal |
India A |
South Africa A |
Chennai |
13-Aug-15 |
|
175* |
Kapil Dev |
India |
Zimbabwe |
Tunbridge Wells |
18-Jun-83 |
|
175 |
Sachin Tendulkar |
India |
Australia |
Hyderabad |
05-Nov-09 |
|
175 |
Virender Sehwag |
India |
Bangladesh |
Dhaka |
19-Feb-11 |
- 264 by Rohit Sharma is the second highest individual score in whole of List-A cricket history. He missed the record of Alistair Brown’s 268 which is the highest in List-A cricket.
- Two of the top three highest individual scores in List-A cricket are by Indians.
- Sachin Tendulkar has three scores of 175+ in List-A cricket which is the highest by an Indian. Virender Sehwag is the only other Indian to score 175 or above more than once in List-A cricket.
- Apart from Sachin Tendulkar, Alistair Brown is the only player to score three 175s in List-A cricket. He scored 268, 203 and 176 all coming in non-ODIs for Surrey from 1997 to 2007.
- Sachin Tendulkar has scored three 175s in ODIs which is the highest by any batsman. Viv Richards, Virender Sehwag, Rohit Sharma and Martin Guptill have two 175s in ODIs.
- Sachin Tendulkar’s 175 against Australia at Hyderabad in 2009/10 is the only 175+ score by an Indian in List-A that came in a loss.
- There are 10 scores of 190s in List-A cricket (out and not out) but none by Indians. But Indians have the most number of double centuries in List-A cricket (5)!
- Mayank Agarwal scored 176 in his 24th List-A inning. The quickest Indian to score a 175+ in List-A is Ajinkya Rahane who scored 187 in just his 9th inning in 2007/08 season. It was his maiden century in List-A cricket.