Stats: Players who have scored a century in their 100th ODI

Kumar Sangakkara

Sangakkara resurrected his career with a century in Australia

The bulwark of Sri Lanka’s batting in this millennium, Sangakkara was meant for greater glories as he advanced up the Lankan domestic structure, even before he found his way into a national side laden with match-winners.

However, he truly blossomed once the greats started waning, taking up the responsibility to reinvent his game as age caught up, and ended as one of Sri Lanka’s best ever, if not the greatest.

He played his 100th ODI game, against Australia in 2004, at a time when they were fresh from a World Cup triumph. Until then, Sangakkara was trying to establish himself as a batting-wicket keeper, and was averaging less than 30 with just two hundreds to his name.

Sent in at No.3 to chase down what looked like an easy total, Sangakkara fought bravely, but found no support, scoring a valiant 101 at a time when the rest of the batters failed to even go past 25.

He bowed out after the 2015 World Cup, having played a colossal 404 ODIs.