In cricket's modern era, where boundaries fly at unprecedented rates and strike rates dominate conversations, there exists a rarer, more demanding achievement—the art of stringing together consecutive centuries with relentless consistency. List A cricket, which includes ODI and domestic 50-over tournaments, requires stamina, focus and a talent to turn an opening into a significant score on a regular basis. Imagine the pressure. One century brings elation. Headlines are produced by two hundred consecutives. Three? That's extraordinary. Four? Almost mythical. Five? That is, unknown ground, in which only the most extraordinary batsmen rash to enter. Vidarbha Dhruv Shorey recently became the fifth member of an exclusive club, with his fifth consecutive List A hundred becoming equal to the incredible record of Narayan Jagadeesan of the former Chennai Super Kings in 2022-23. These are not merely statistical exceptions, but these are minds of strength, skill in technique, insanity of love of runs, that makes the difference between excellence and competency. World Cup heroics of Kumar Sangakkara and unbelievable streak of Karun Nair have proven to be consistent and disobey the odds of probability and standards of excellence. Most Consecutive List A Hundreds Detailed Analysis 1. Dhruv Shorey - 5 Consecutive Centuries Image Source : PTI The same happened in December 2025 when Vidarbha’s Dhruv Shorey was the only second player in the history of the game to make five consecutive List A hundreds, matching the remarkable feat of Narayan Jagadeesan. What is even more impressive about the achievement of Shorey? His run of form dates back to two seasons of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, when he started his form in the knockouts of 2024-25 with hundreds in every match. Pressure? He thrived on it. The wave he was entering into the 2025-26 version where he would have resumed his glorious roll. And he stamped his name in history on December 26, 2025, with a mark of 109 without being beaten in only 77 balls against Hyderabad at Rajkot-a 109 with all the charm of the classical method and all the violence of the modern. The fact that he can perform in a knockout cricket game where the stakes are the highest and the pressure the greatest sets him apart as compared to the rest of the run-scorers. The consistency of Shorey proves that even List A cricket has batsmen who are able to balance concentration with restrained aggression over a series of innings. Also Read | Youngest Player to Score a Century in List A Cricket History 2. Narayan Jagadeesan - 5 Consecutive Centuries Image Source : ESPN Narayan Jagadeesan was the only man at the mountain before the arrival of Shorey. The former wicketkeeper-batter of Chennai Super Kings made history in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2022-23, becoming the first player in history to hit five consecutive List A-centuries, something that no player had ever dreamed possible. His sequence featured one of the most outrageous innings in cricket history; an unbeaten 277 against Arunachal Pradesh, which is the highest individual score in all 50 over cricket, superseding Rohit Sharma 264 in the ODI. No other innings included such savage strokes and hour-long concentration. The triumph that Jagadeesan had had that season had passed into the realm of the unjust-he had made 830 runs, in eight innings, at the astronomical average of 138.33, smashing bowling attacks with a clinical thoroughness. The five consecutive tons were technically sound and full of fearless aggression. His IPL career has never seen him achieve similar domestic heroics, but that VHT season made Jagadeesan one of the most destructive forces in List A cricket, when rhythm and confidence have met so perfectly. 3. Karun Nair - 4 Consecutive Centuries Image Source : PTI The streak of Karun Nair has a quality that sets it above the realm of statistics, he has four hundred and a hundred consecutive List A hundreds, and not once has he been dismissed, a world record that is unlikely to be ever broken. Nair, who was playing on Vidarbha team in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25, was unstoppable, scoring 122*, 112*, 111*, and 163* against Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Chandigarh respectively. Think about that. Four hundred impetious innings, four centuries, four hundred zeroes. He perfected this century with 44 not outs in succession, further onwards. His totals in this run were over 550 runs without having to walk back to the pavilion. These performances were redemption to a batsman who at one time in his career in Test cricket had scored a triple century but then lost out of contention in India and this was a statement of his eternal class. Together with good performances in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Ranji Trophy, this purple patch was a test recall into the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in early 2025, which makes it clear that domestic form is still important. 4. Devdutt Padikkal - 4 Consecutive Centuries Image Source : PTI Young energy is confronted with technical soundness. Devdutt Padikkal, only 20 years old, proclaimed himself by scoring four consecutive centuries in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2020-2021 and immediately became one of the most promising young players in Indian cricket. It started with an 152-run streak against Odisha, then 126 and 145 against Kerala and Railways, two consecutive matchless knocks that demonstrated the maturity he had at a young age. However Padikkal had saved the best to the end, since during the knock out stages, he became the most crucial player with a knock of 101 out of 119 balls against Kerala during the quarter-final when he had reached the peak of pressure. His elegant left-handed play, combining flicks of the wrist with big hits, reminded people of a young Yuvraj Singh. Those centuries did not only fill scorebooks, they made Karnataka to the tournament and gave Padikkal an IPL contract with Royal Challengers Bangalore where he opened with Virat Kohli. Although his later career has had a roller coaster ride, the 2020-21 season is one embodiment of his great potential and prowess when it comes to quality bowling attacks. 5. Kumar Sangakkara - 4 Consecutive Centuries Image Source : Getty Images Their last chapters are written in ink that knows no end. In international ODI cricket, Kumar Sangakkara, the greatest batsman of Sri Lanka and among the all time masters of the sport, accomplished something no other player had ever managed to do and that was four consecutive centuries in a row, this he actually did in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 in Australia. His centuries against Bangladesh, England, Australia and Scotland were not mere feats of statistics, but rather a swansong of a master craftsman who was not willing to allow old age to take away his genius. Sangakkara played with freedom and authority, which the younger players envied at the age of 37 when most batsmen considered retiring. His style was still spot on, the high elbow, the perfect stand, the capacity to identify gaps with the precision of a surgeon. He completed that world cup as the best run-scorer of that tournament and finished his ODI career with more than 14,000-runs, second only to Sachin Tendulkar at that period. These four successive centuries in the world cup made it a part of his history as one of the most consistent and classy players who played in all formats of the game. 6. Alviro Petersen - 4 Consecutive Centuries Image Source : Getty Images The local cricket season in South Africa in 2015 saw something unique as Alviro Petersen scored four straight hundreds in as many matches with the Highveld Lions coming to be recognized among the very few players to have been able to accomplish this impressive feat of consistency. An opener, technically perfect, Petersen had his super run at a very critical point of his career, he had already played in Test cricket on behalf of South Africa but was now establishing his white-ball abilities at home. His four centuries were not mere lucky events; they were a combination of good defensive skill as well as calculated aggression, and showed the full assortment of skills needed to play 50-over cricket. The streak was the key element to the title winning campaign of Highveld Lions, whom Petersen gave platforms to his team with his contributions to the top of the order. His performances made him receive the coveted title of domestic one-day player of the year in South Africa. Although Petersen never achieved the same level of international dominance as these four hundreds, the record has marked a time period when everything has worked together, form, confidence, and opportunity had been very favorable to create something so extraordinary. Also Read | Ranji Trophy Winners: Champions List and Historical Records Conclusion Inconsistency is the difference between the good and the great and these six batsmen have demonstrated that they are in the highest rank in the cricket game. It takes talent to score one List A hundred; and it takes something still more unusual, and yet more precious, than talent, namely mental stamina, steady concentration, and the capacity to keep the pressure growing as the load grows upon the shoulders of the expectations upon the player with each passage to the plate. The former CSK duo (Narayan Jagadeesan was playing in the practice squads), Narayan Jagadeesan and Dhruv Shorey, share the top position of consecutive fives in number of hundreds each, a feat that did not appear to be possible until the duo placed their names in history books. It may be the mastery of the world cup by Sangakkara, or the undefeated history of Nair, or youthful genius of Padikkal, but all presentations tell us how cricket favors the combination of technique and temperament. These records are the monuments of consistency as List A cricket is still developing and the future generations are going to pursue it but they will find it hard to succeed.