List of international cricket centuries at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium

The Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium ^[1] or abbreviated MRIC Stadium, is a cricket stadium in Hambantota, Sri Lanka. The ground staged its first One Day International in 2011, when hosts Sri Lanka played Canada during the 2011 Cricket World Cup. The first Twenty20 International was played in 2012 between Sri Lanka and Pakistan. ^[2]

The first player to score a century at MRIC Stadium is Sri Lanka batsman Mahela Jayawardene who scored 100 from 81 deliveries against Canada in a 2011 Cricket World Cup match. The highest score at the ground is 133 made by Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara against India in 2012. ^[3] As of February 2020, there are 15 ODI centuries recorded at the ground.

The highest T20I score at the ground is 85 by South African Faf du Plessis in 2015 against Sri Lanka.

Key

• * denotes that the batsman was not out.
• Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
• Balls denotes the number of balls faced in an innings.
• NR denotes that the number of balls was not recorded.
• Parentheses next to the player's name denotes his century number at the P Sara Stadium.
• The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
• The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won ^{[4] [5] [6]} lost ^{[7] [8]} or if the match was drawn ^[9] or a no result. ^[10]

List of centuries

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium. ^[11]

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	100	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	81	1	Canada	20 February 2011	Won
2	111	Upul Tharanga	Sri Lanka	139	1	Australia	16 August 2011	Won
3	106	Virat Kohli	India	113	1	Sri Lanka	21 July 2012	Won
4	133	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	151	2	India	21 July 2012	Lost
5	112	Tamim Iqbal	Bangladesh	136	1	Sri Lanka	23 March 2013	Lost
6	113*	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	108	2	Bangladesh	23 March 2013	Won
7	128	Quinton de Kock	South Africa	127	1	Sri Lanka	12 July 2014	Won
8	108	AB de Villiers	South Africa	71	1	Sri Lanka	12 July 2014	Won
9	116	Kusal Perera	Sri Lanka	109	1	Pakistan	26 July 2015	Won
10	111	Hamilton Masakadza	Zimbabwe	97	1	Sri Lanka	6 July 2017	Lost
11	102	Niroshan Dickwella (1/2)	Sri Lanka	116	2	Zimbabwe	6 July 2017	Won
12	116	Danushka Gunathilaka	Sri Lanka	111	2	Zimbabwe	6 July 2017	Won
13	116	Niroshan Dickwella (2/2)	Sri Lanka	118	1	Zimbabwe	8 July 2017	Lost
14	119	Kusal Mendis	Sri Lanka	119	1	West Indies	26 February 2020	Won
15	127	Avishka Fernando	Sri Lanka	123	1	West Indies	26 February 2020	Won

See also

• Cricket portal

• Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium
• List of international cricket grounds in Sri Lanka

References

1. "Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
2. "Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
3. "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
4. "Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Batting records / Won". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 7 December 2015.
5. "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Won". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
6. "Statistics / Statsguru / Twenty20 Internationals / Batting records / Won". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
7. "Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Batting records / Lost". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 7 December 2015.
8. "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Lost". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
9. "Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Batting records / Drawn". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 7 December 2015.
10. "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / No Result". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
11. "Records / Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota / One-Day Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2015.