Timeline of ODI Hundreds by Indian Batsmen On 18 June 1983 After 58 centuries in 215 matches in ODI cricket since 1971, the first century by an Indian batsman was scored. India were playing their 45th ODI and before that the highest score by an Indian was 95 by Kris Srikkanth but no hundreds. In the match against Zimbabwe in the 1983 World Cup, KAPIL DEV became the first Indian to score an ODI century. It was a special one and still one of the best ODI inning. Since then 203 ODI centuries have been scored by 33 Indians. Timeline of Centuries by Indians First Century 175* (138) - Kapil Dev vs Zim at Tunbridge Wells on 18 June 1983 10th Century 103* (088) - Sunil Gavaskar vs NZ at Nagpur on 31 October 1987 25th Century 134* (160) - Navjot Singh Sidhu vs Eng at Gwalior on 4 March 1993 50th Century 124 (138) - Sourav Ganguly vs Pak at Dhaka on 18 January 1998 75th Century 100* (138) - Ajay Jadeja vs Aus at The Oval on 4 June 1999 100th Century 111 (124) - Sourav Ganguly vs Ken at Paarl on 24 October 2001 125th Century 107 (104) - VVS Laxman vs Pak at Lahore on 24 March 2004 150th Century 107* (101) - Gautam Gambhir vs Ban at Dhaka on 12 June 2008 175th Century 101* (100) - Rohit Sharma vs SL at Bulawayo on 30 May 2010 200th Century 128* (119) - Virat Kohli vs SL at Colombo on 31 July 2012
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