Most Centuries Against a Team Across All Formats

Imagine facing the same batter again and again, only to watch him celebrate another century against your team. That’s no less than a nightmare.

And a few batters have made certain opponents their punching bags, piling up hundreds one after another across formats.

So here’s a look at the batters with the most centuries against an opponent across all formats.

Most Centuries against a Single Team across All Formats

Player	Opponent	Mat	Inns	100s	Runs	HS	Avg	50s
Sachin Tendulkar (IND)	v Australia	110	144	20	6707	241*	49.68	31
Don Bradman (AUS)	v England	37	63	19	5028	334	89.78	12
Sachin Tendulkar (IND)	v Sri Lanka	109	116	17	5108	203	49.11	23
Virat Kohli (IND)	v Australia	106	126	17	5551	186	48.69	29
Steve Smith (AUS)	v India	65	83	16	3968	192	52.21	13
Joe Root (ENG)	v India	70	96	16	4644	218	56.63	19
Virat Kohli (IND)	v Sri Lanka	75	79	15	4076	243	62.7	18
Ricky Ponting (AUS)	v India	89	111	14	4795	257	47	22
Steve Smith (AUS)	v England	90	123	14	5106	239	48.16	21
Sunil Gavaskar (IND)	v West Indies	38	59	13	3144	236*	60.46	11
Virat Kohli (IND)	v West Indies	76	78	13	4018	200	59.97	23
Mahela Jayawardene (SL)	v England	75	89	13	3987	213*	49.22	20
Ricky Ponting (AUS)	v England	77	99	13	4141	196	45.01	17
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)	v Bangladesh	49	52	12	3090	319	65.74	13
Jack Hobbs (ENG)	v Australia	41	71	12	3636	187	54.26	15

Key Insights on Most Centuries Against a Single Team in International Cricket

Individual Century Records vs One Opponent Across Formats

India’s Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most centuries against an opponent across all formats. He smashed 20 of his 100 centuries against Australia.

Tendulkar and Virat Kohli are the only two batters to score 15 or more centuries against two opponents each in international cricket. Notably, both have achieved the feat against Australia and Sri Lanka.

Kohli is the only batter to smash 10 or more centuries against five different teams across formats, with New Zealand, South Africa and the West Indies being other opponents. (Check Kohli’s opponent-wise Test, ODI & T20I record here.)

Australia’s Don Bradman and South Africa’s Graeme Smith share the record for the most centuries as a captain against an opponent across formats. Both smashed 10 centuries each against England.

Most Centuries vs a Team by Formats

Bradman’s 19 centuries against England are the most by a batter against a team in Test cricket. (Check Bradman’s opponent-wise Test record here.)

Kohli, meanwhile, has smashed the most centuries against an opponent in ODIs, scoring 10 hundreds each against Sri Lanka and the West Indies.

In T20Is, England’s Phil Salt leads the chart with three centuries against the West Indies.

Centuries in Each Format vs a Team

Chris Gayle, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Shane Watson, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Shai Hope are the eight batters who have scored at least one century against an opponent in each of the three formats.

Gayle was, in fact, the first batter to achieve this feat against South Africa.

Rohit Sharma, meanwhile, has scored a century in each of the three formats against four opponents – England, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the West Indies.

KL Rahul (vs England and West Indies) and Babar Azam (vs England and New Zealand) are the other batters with centuries in each of the three formats against multiple opponents.

Home and Away Century Records vs One Team

Joe Root has scored the most centuries against an opponent at home across formats. He has brought up 13 tons against India in England.

Bradman, meanwhile, aggregated 11 of his 19 centuries against England in England, the most by a batter in away international fixtures.