Joe Root Century Saw Champions Trophy 2025 Set Record For Most Hundreds in a Single Edition

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England batter Joe Root's long-awaited ODI hundred on Wednesday (February 26) against Afghanistan meant Champions Trophy 2025 set the record for most centuries in single edition of the ICC tournament.

Root's in-vain 98-ball century at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore was the 11th ton scored in the ongoing Champions Trophy 2025. The previous best in an edition was 10 hundreds in the 2002 and 2017 editions of the ICC tournament.

Earlier, history-making Ibrahim Zadran, who scored Afghanistan's first century in Champions Trophy, levelled the record with a magnificent 177 off 146 balls. Ibrahim Zadran helped Afghanistan from 37 for 3 to 325 by sharing stands with skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi, Mohammad Nabi and Azmatullah Omarzai.

Root's 120 off 111 balls went in vain as England fell short of Afghanistan's total by 8 runs and were knocked out of the tournament. This was also Root's first hundred in the 50-over format since 2019, when he reached the three-figure mark against West Indies during the 2019 World Cup in England.

Root and Zadran joined the likes of Tom Latham, Will Young, Shubman Gill, Towhid Hridoy, Virat Kohli, Ben Duckett, Josh Inglis, Rachin Ravindra and Ryan Rickelton to set the record for most hundreds scored in a single Champions Trophy tournament.

Latham and Young got the ball rolling for hundreds in the tournament opener against Pakistan in Karachi before Gill and Hridoy added to the tally in the second India vs Bangladesh match in Dubai.

As mentioned earlier, the 2002 and 2017 editions of the Champions Trophy had witnessed 10 centuries each, while the next highest in a single tournament was in 2006/07 when 7 hundreds were scored in the tournament. Here is the number of hundreds scored in each edition:

Most Hundreds in Single Champions Trophy Tournament

• 11 hundreds - 2025 Champions Trophy in Pakistan & UAE
• 10 hundreds - 2002/03 Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka
• 10 hundreds - 2017 Champions Trophy in England & Wales
• 7 hundreds - 2006/07 Champions Trophy in India
• 6 hundreds - 2000 Champions Trophy in Kenya
• 6 hundreds - 2009 Champions Trophy in South Africa
• 4 hundreds - 1998 Champions Trophy in Bangladesh
• 4 hundreds - 2004 Champions Trophy in England
• 3 hundreds - 2013 Champions Trophy in England & Wales