The statistics of every player in cricket while playing on their home pitches are very good. But a successful batsman is called one who proves to be equally effective on overseas pitches as on his home grounds. In the case of scoring the most runs in ODIs, the great Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar is at the top.
On the other hand, if we talk about the Indian player who scored the most runs in ODI cricket as a wicket-keeper batsman, then Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni) occupies the first position.
Dhoni has many records to his name while performing according to his ability on foreign pitches with India. But Dhoni was not able to score a century in ODIs while playing outside Asia.
In this article, we will talk about 3 Indian players who have scored a century while playing outside Asia as a wicketkeeper-batsman.
Rishabh Pant
Recently, in July 2022, a series of three ODIs was played between India and England, which India won by 2-1. The third match of the series was played at Old Trafford in Manchester which was decisive for both the teams. In the match, India won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, the English team was reduced to 259 runs in 45.5 overs.
Chasing a target of 260, India got off to a poor start, as India lost four crucial wickets at 72. After this, Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya took the lead and added 133 runs for the fifth wicket. During this, wicketkeeper-batsman Pant scored an unbeaten 125 off 113 balls and played an important role in winning the match.
KL Rahul
In February 2020, in the ODI match played between India and New Zealand at Mount Maunganui, the Kiwi team won the match against Team India by five wickets. In this match, India’s wicket-keeper batsman KL Rahul scored 112 runs in 113 balls with the help of 9 fours and 2 sixes. But his century could not save the Indian team from defeat.
Rahul Dravid
In the 21st match of the Cricket World Cup 1999 between India and Sri Lanka played in Taunton, England, the Indian team won the match defeating the Sri Lankan team by 157 runs. Batting first in the match, India scored 373 runs for the loss of 6 wickets with the help of brilliant century innings by Sourav Ganguly (183) and wicket-keeper batsman Rahul Dravid (145). In reply, Sri Lanka were all out for 216 runs in 42.3 overs.
