Top Five Openers With Most Centuries in International Cricket

David Warner recently scored his 46th century of international career

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With that, Warner became the batter with most centuries as an opener in international history

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Sachin Tendulkar is now second on the list of most hundreds as an opener

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Tendulkar scored 100 centuries during his career & 45 of them came as an opener

Chris Gayle has scored all of his international centuries as an opener

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He has 42 centuries against his name in over 450 matches

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Sanath Jayasuriya scored 42 centuries during his legendary career

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And 41 of them came while opening the innings in international cricket

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Australia legend Matthew Hayden completes the top-five

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Hayden scored 40 centuries as an opener for Australia

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