The Indian Premier League (IPL) that is popularly known as IPL is a world-class domestic professional cricket league. It invites players from all over the world to spice up the entertainment. This article is based on the list of fastest centuries in IPL history.
Some Important facts about Indian Premier League/IPL
Organising Country: India
Administrator: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
First edition: 2008
Latest edition: 2023
Format: 20 over for each team
Number of teams:8
Current champion: Gujarat Titans (1st title)
Most successful Team: Mumbai Indians (5 titles)
Most runs in IPL: Virat Kohli (7044)
Most wickets in IPL: Yuzvendra Chahal (187)
Fastest century in IPL: Chris Gayle (30 balls)
Fastest Fifty in IPL: Yashasvi Jaiswal (13 balls)
Most centuries: 6 (Chris Gayle)
A century is called when a player scores 100 runs in an inning. Century is an exceptional achievement for a cricket player.
There are a total of 74 centuries have been scored by 40 different batsmen in IPL History. Out of whom 20 are Indian batsmen. Virat Kohli has scored the most (5 centuries) as an Indian in the IPL so far.
List of 15 fastest Centuries in IPL History
| Ranking |
Player |
Team |
Balls |
Against |
Year |
| 1 |
Chris Gayle |
RCB |
30 |
PW |
2013 |
| 2 |
Yusuf Pathan |
RR |
37 |
MI |
2010 |
| 3 |
David Miller |
KXI |
38 |
RCB |
2013 |
| 4 |
Adam Gilchrist |
DEC |
42 |
MI |
2008 |
| 5 |
AB de Villiers |
RCB |
43 |
GL |
2016 |
| 6 |
David Warner |
SRH |
43 |
KKR |
2017 |
| 7 |
ST Jayasuriya |
MI |
45 |
CSK |
2008 |
| 8 |
Mayank Agarwal |
KXI |
45 |
RR |
2020 |
| 9 |
Murali Vijay |
CSK |
46 |
RR |
2010 |
| 10 |
Chris Gayle |
RCB |
46 |
KXI |
2011 |
| 11 |
Chris Gayle |
RCB |
46 |
KXI |
2015 |
| 12 |
A Symonds |
DEC |
47 |
RR |
2008 |
| 13 |
AB de Villiers |
RCB |
47 |
MI |
2015 |
| 14 |
Virat Kohli |
RCB |
47 |
KXI |
2016 |
| 15 |
Virender Sehwag |
DC |
48 |
DEC |
2011 |
The List of Records related to fastest century in the IPL History;
1. There are 7 Indian batsmen in the top 20 list of fastest century scorer in the IPL.
2. The fastest century in the IPL was scored by the Chris Gayle in just 30 balls. He achieved this feat against the Pune Warriors India in 2013. Gayle's total score in that match was 175 off 66 balls.
3. The slowest century was in the IPL history was scored by the Manish Pandey. He scored 100 runs in 67 balls.
4. The very first century of the IPL history was scored by the Brendon McCullum for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2008.
5. David Warner and Shane Watson have scored four centuries each in the IPL history. AB de Villiers has scored three centuries.
6. Virender Sehwag, Brendon McCullum, Murali Vijay, Hashim Amla, Adam Gilchrist, Ajinkya Rahane, and Sanju Samson have scored two centuries each.
7. The team of Royal Challengers Bangalore has recorded fourteen centuries so far. This is the highest number of centuries by any team in the IPL.
8. The Kolkata Knight Riders have conceded the highest number of centuries i.e. 7.
So this was the list of fastest century scorers in the IPL history. To read more such articles, click on the link given below;
List of highest run-scorers in the IPL history
List of 10 fastest Centuries in ODIs