WTC: Joe Root’s name is the highest century in the World Test Championship, Rohit Sharma is also included in the top 5 along with Babar Azam
Rohit Sharma, the captain of the Indian cricket team, is the batsman with the most centuries in the World Test Championship from India.
The third season of the World Test Championship has started and the Indian team is playing its first Test series this season against the West Indies. Team India got off to a great start in the Test Championship 2023-25 with an innings and 141-run win against the West Indies in their very first match. Indian captain Rohit Sharma also started the third season in a good way and he scored 103 runs in the very first Test match against the Caribbean team. This was Rohit Sharma’s 7th century in the World Test Championship and he is the highest century scorer for India in this championship so far. Not only this, he is the only batsman to score a century for India in all three seasons of the World Test Championship.
Joe Root has the most centuries in the World Test Championship, Rohit Sharma at number five
Rohit Sharma is undoubtedly the batsman who has scored the most centuries for India in the World Test Championship, but overall if we talk about this championship, then he is at number five in terms of scoring centuries. In terms of scoring the most centuries in this Test Championship, England batsman Joe Root is at number one, who has scored 12 centuries in 45 Tests so far. At number two is Australia cricket team batsman Marnus Labuschagne, who has scored 10 centuries in 36 Test matches played in this championship.
Australia’s star batsman Steve Smith is at number three in this list, who has managed to score 9 centuries in 36 Tests, while Pakistan captain Babar Azam has scored 8 centuries in 25 Tests and is in fourth place. At the same time, Rohit Sharma has scored 7 centuries in 24 Test matches and is at number five. Rohit Sharma is the only Indian batsman in the top five batsmen with most hundreds in the World Test Championship.
Most hundreds in WTC history
Joe Root – 12 (45 Tests)
Marnus Labuschagne – 10 (36 Tests)
Steve Smith – 9 (36 Tests)
Babar Azam – 8 (25 Tests)
Rohit Sharma – 7 (24 Tests)
Rohit Sharma’s performance in the World Test Championship
Talking about the World Test Championship, Indian captain Rohit Sharma has so far scored 1955 runs in 39 innings of 24 matches at an average of 52.83, which includes 7 centuries and 4 half-centuries. During this, his best score has been 212 runs and he is also the highest run-scorer for India in this championship.
