First players to win 100 matches in each format

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Cricket

Cricket is played in three formats test has been the oldest one whereas T20 has been the youngest one. ODIs are also played which are played in white ball format. In this article, we will tell you the first players to win 100 matches in each format of the game.

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Test

Ricky Ponting
Ricky Ponting

In tests it was none other than one of the most successful captains in the history of the game, Ricky Ponting who was the first player to win 100 test matches in the history of the format. Ricky Ponting made the Australian team very strong in his captaincy era. In the 2000s he made Australia one of the best teams in the history of the game. Ponting’s 100 wins in test cricket also show us the kind of dominance Australia had over other teams in his era.

ODI

The Caribbean greatest of all time - Vivian Richards
The Caribbean greatest of all time – Vivian Richards

In ODIs, it was former West Indies star player, arguably one of the best batsmen in the history of the game, Sir Vivian Richards. He was the first player to win 100 One Day international matches for his team West Indies. VIV Richards is considered a revolutionary batsman and someone who redefined the style of playing the game. VIV Richards’s 100 wins in ODIs shows us the dominance of West Indies cricket in ODIs in that era of Richards.

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T20I

Rohit sharma
Rohit sharma

Our last and shortest format of the game is T20 and the player who won the first 100 matches in T20Is is none other than the Hitman, captain of the Indian cricket team, Rohit Sharma. He is one of the legends of the game and when it comes to T20 cricket he has scored the highest number of hundreds in the format is 4. Rohit Sharma became the first player to win 100 T20 games after he won the game against Afghanistan in Indore. India became the only team with an unbeaten series streak of 15 series.

Anay Pareek joined Sports Big News in 2019. He is an avid cricket fan who finds deep joy in the intricacies of the game. Through his keen observation and deep appreciation for cricket, he aims to incorporate the same level of accuracy in his writings. He predominantly covers the IPL, World Cup and cricket leagues.