10 Batsmen who scored Centuries in all Three Formats

A batsman must be multi-talented to score a century in all three formats (Test, ODI, and T20). He must play both offensively and defensively. 

This article will talk about those batsmen who are actually much talented to make records of centuries in all three formats.

Chris Gayle

First Test hundred: 175 West Indies v Zimbabwe, July 2001

First ODI hundred: 152  West Indies v Kenya, August 2001

First T20I hundred: 117 West Indies v South Africa, September 2007

A white-ball cricketing ruler. He obtained the title “The Universal Boss” as an outcome of his performance. The first player in cricket to score a century in all three formats.

Brendon McCullum

First Test hundred: 143 New Zealand v Bangladesh, October 2004

First ODI hundred: 166 New Zealand v Ireland, July 2008

First T20I hundred: 166* New Zealand v Australia, February 2010

A white ball expert hits the ball like an insane person but in an elegant way. He batted as a wicket-keeper batter for the team without losing consistency.

Mahela Jayawardene

First Test hundred: 167 Sri Lanka v New Zealand, June 1998

First ODI hundred: 120 Sri Lanka v England, January 1999

First T20I hundred: 100 Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe, May 2010

The classy right-handed batsman completed two-thirds of the task very swiftly. In 2010 he finished his century triplet.

Suresh Raina

First Test hundred: 120 India v Sri Lanka, July 2010

First ODI hundred: 101 India v Hong Kong, June 2008 

First T20I hundred: 101 India v South Africa, May 2010

A great player for the Indian cricket team who became the first player to make a century in all three formats. Indeed, India’s one of the top players to hit 120 runs in his first test appearance.

Tillakaratne Dilshan

First Test hundred: 163* Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe, November 1999

First ODI hundred: 117* Sri Lanka v Netherlands, July 2006

First T20I hundred: 104* Sri Lanka v Australia, August 2011

Someone who will be recognized as a brilliant developer and champion of the white ball. It took him 94 ODIs to reach the three-figure mark, and another 60 to achieve his second.

Martin Guptill

First Test hundred: 189 New Zealand v Bangladesh, February 2010

First ODI hundred: 122* New Zealand v West Indies, January 2009

First T20I hundred: 101* New Zealand v South Africa, December 2012

A well-known legend who has more international centuries than he could count on his fingers. A terrific batsman with a keen grasp of the game.

Ahmed Shehzad

First Test hundred: 147 Pakistan v Sri Lanka, January 2014

First ODI hundred: 115 Pakistan v New Zealand, February 2011

First T20I hundred: 111* Pakistan v Bangladesh, March 2014

A fantastic test player. He is the first batsman from his country to do this difficult task. Twenty-five innings, three decent chunky hundred.

Faf du Plessis

First Test hundred: 110* South Africa v Australia, November 2012

First ODI hundred: 106 South Africa v Australia, August 2014

First T20I hundred: 119 South Africa v West Indies, January 2015

A talented player who is overshadowed by another star, AB de Villers. With an excellent T20I career, he was one of the fittest and finest batsmen in international cricket.

Rohit Sharma

First Test hundred: 177 India v West Indies, November 2013

First ODI hundred: 114 India v Zimbabwe, May 2010

First T20I hundred: 106 India v South Africa, October 2015

A player with a great ODI career and four T20I hundreds. With his skills, he transforms hypocrisy into a test format.

KL Rahul

First Test hundred: 110 India v Australia, January 2015

First ODI hundred: 100* India v Zimbabwe, June 2016

First T20I hundred: 110* India v West Indies, August 2016

 this is the third Indian batsman on the list. A bright young player on the upswing. In fact, his century came in his second test, first ODI, and fourth T20I.

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