In cricket, a player is said to have completed a century when they score 100 or more runs in a single innings.
[3][a] Indian batsmen have scored the highest number of centuries (22),[3] followed by South Africa and West Indies with 20 each.
[5] India's Shikhar Dhawan, England's Jack Burnham and Bangladesh's Ariful Islam hold the record for the highest number of centuries (three), and are followed by eleven other players who have scored two centuries.
[6] Brendan Taylor of Zimbabwe, Anamul Haque of Bangladesh, Babar Azam of Pakistan, Eoin Morgan of Ireland, and Lendl Simmons of the West Indies are the only players to have scored centuries in more than one edition of the championship.
They were scored by India's Unmukt Chand and Manjot Kalra, Australia's Brett Williams and Jarrad Burke, and England's Stephen Peters.