Stats: Highest individual scores by Indians in List-A cricket

Stunning 176 by Mayank steals the show

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.