Top 5 Fastest Centuries in IPL History: Batsman who scored Fastest Hundred in IPL T20
Fastest hundred by batsmen in IPL: Making a century in IPL is an achievement itself as fastest century scored in IPL 2015 in IPL matches is little too ambitious list to hunt for cause a three figure individual score. But having said that and thanks to the number of matches played in Indian premier league each year, more and more centuries are expected to be scored and compared for the fastest century scorer in IPL and hence who scored the fastest century in IPL history makes an interesting read. There are less centuries if you compare it sixes and boundaries but still there is quite a handful number of ones. If you see the below list, you will get to know about the people who scored them and they are awesome for that. Following is a list of breath taking tons scored in IPL cricket till date and so you can know the top 5 fastest century makers in IPL.30 balls is all Chris Gayle took to raise his ton on 23rd April 2013 at Chinnaswamy stadium. Against a poor Pune Warriors side, Gayle lunched himself on debutant Ishwar Pandey, Mitchell Marsh, Ali Murtaza and Aaron Finch, collecting 20, 28, 18 and 29 runs in one over respectively. Gayle’s century came only in the 8th over of the inning, making it the fastest in T20 cricket anywhere in the world!
Yusuf Pathan, with his 37 ball ton at Brabourne stadium, held this record for a long time before Gayle overlapped him. On 11 May 2015, the day Brendon McCullum made 32nd ton in IPL (his second) and is one of the IPL 8 fastest century. Clearly, there haven’t been many century in IPL 8 century scorers but some of them are mentioned in following list, measured on least number of balls. So let’s see top 5 fastest centuries in IPL.
The top 5 fastest hundred in IPL:
Fastest century by a batsman in IPL | ||||||
To reach century | Final score | Versus, when | ||||
Batsman (Team) | Balls | Score | Balls | 4s | 6s | Versus, Date |
Chris Gayle (Bangalore) | 30 | 175* | 66 | 13 | 17 | Pune, 23 Apr 2013 |
Yusuf Pathan (Rajasthan) | 37 | 100 | 37 | 9 | 8 | Mumbai, 13 Mar 2010 |
David Miller (Punjab) | 38 | 101* | 38 | 8 | 7 | Bangalore, 6 May 2013 |
Adam Gilchrist (Deccan) | 42 | 109* | 47 | 9 | 10 | Mumbai, 27 Apr 2008 |
Sanath Jayasuriya (Mumbai) | 45 | 114* | 48 | 9 | 11 | Chennai, 14 May 2008 |
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