NO ODI CENTURY IN CAREER: Completing a century in cricket is special for every player. There have been some legends in this game who scored a lot of centuries. These include big names like the great batsman Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Virat Kohli. Sachin has scored a century of centuries i.e. 100 centuries. Players get a lot of time to score a century in ODI cricket. There are a total of 50 overs in which a batsman can easily touch the figure of 100 runs by just keeping his eyes on the ball, but there are 5 such legendary players who played more than 100 matches in ODIs. They scored a lot of runs. Still, they could not score a single ODI century in their career. We have brought the details of these.
We are telling you about 5 great players, they played many matches in their international career (ODI Century in Career). They have also earned fame. But the dream of completing a century remained unfulfilled. This list includes 2 players from Pakistan, 1 from India, 1 from England and 1 from West Indies.
Moeen Khan (219 ODI)
He was one of the greatest wicketkeepers of Pakistan. He played 219 ODIs and scored 3266 runs, but his dream of scoring a century remained unfulfilled. Moin Khan’s best score is 72 runs. He has scored 12 fifties.
Misbah-ul-Haq (162 ODIs)
Former Pakistan captain Misbah has scored more than 5000 runs in ODIs, but he could not score a single century. He has scored 5122 runs in 149 ODI innings at an average of 43.40. His best score was 96 runs. He has 42 fifties to his name.
Ian Botham (106 ODIs)
Ian Botham, the star all-rounder of the English team, is a great player. He played 116 ODIs in his career, but did not score a century. Botham scored 2113 runs in 106 ODI innings at an average of 23.21, which also includes 9 fifties. His highest score was 79 runs. Botham’s Test career was excellent, where he scored 5200 runs in 161 innings.
Dinesh Karthik (94 ODIs)
Star wicketkeeper batsman Dinesh Karthik made his debut for India in 2004. He played 94 ODIs, during which he scored 1752 runs at an average of 30.20, but scored only one century. Karthik has 9 fifties to his name in ODIs. Karthik’s best score was 79.
Dwayne Smith (105 ODIs)
He was an explosive opener for the West Indies team. He scored 1560 runs in more than 100 ODI matches for his country. He has 8 half-centuries in ODIs. Even after playing so many matches, Dwayne did not score a single century.
