Stats: Fastest century in IPL

The fastest century in IPL was scored by Chris Gayle when he smashed a 30 ball century. It’s also the fastest ever T20 century. We will now take a look at the five fastest hundreds in the history of the tournament.

Gayle has the record for the fastest ipl hundred

Player	Balls taken to reach 100	Opposition	Venue	Year
Chris Gayle (RCB)	30	Pune Warriors	Bangalore	2013
Yusuf Pathan (RR)	37	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	2010
David Miller (KXIP)	38	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Mohali	2013
Adam Gilchrist (DC)	42	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	2008
Sanath Jayasuriya (MI)	45	Chennai Super Kings	Mumbai	2008

1. 30 balls by Chris Gayle

A hundred of 30 balls. Gayle broke all barriers that evening in Bangalore. Not only wast the 30 ball hundred inhuman, but he never stopped. He ended up on 175 not out in the end having faced 66 deliveries. He hit 17 sixes in that innings and by the looks of it, only Gayle himself can break that record in the future. RCB made 263 in their twenty overs batting first because of Gayle’s efforts.

Pune Warriors who were already having a horrendous season, never recovered from it and lost by a huge margin of 130 runs.

2. 37 balls by Yusuf Pathan

Yusuf Pathan smashed the second fastest hundred in the history of Indian Premier League on 13th March 2010, playing for Rajasthan Royals against the Mumbai Indians. This is considered one of the best T20 innings in IPL.

Rajasthan Royals were set a target of 213 runs by Mumbai, and soon they were 40 for 3 in the 7th over. Yusuf Pathan arrived at the crease then and played this amazing innings comprising of 9 fours and 8 huge sixes and scored the 100 in 37 balls. His first 50 came in 21 balls with 2 fours and 6 sixes and when he was unluckily run out, the scorecard read 173/5 in 17.1 overs. With 40 still needed from 17 balls, Royals lost the match by a mere 4 runs, and Pathan’s brilliant innings went in vain.

3. 38 balls by David Miller

This innings came totally out of nowhere. Everyone knew the kind of talent Miller had at his disposal, but he surprised one and all with a 38 ball century that night at Mohali against RCB. Having batted first, RCB put up a huge 190 runs on the board and in reply, the Mohali based outfit were really struggling at 64 for 4 from their first ten overs.

And then Miller began his onslaught. He totally hit seven sixes and eight fours to bring up his hundred off just 38 deliveries. And because of that blitz, Kings XI won with two overs to spare in the end.

4. 42 balls by Adam Gilchrist

One of the better explosive innings you would ever see. Chasing a target of 155, Gilchrist smashed the ball all over the park from the first over for Deccan Chargers against the Mumbai Indians on 27th April, 2008. Well known for his hard hitting at the top, he did exactly the same. He completed his 50 off 28 balls with his favourite shot, the pull shot, which went for a six, and the bowler was none other than the great Shaun Pollock. He had raced to 53 in 28 balls with 7 fours and 3 sixes on the 3rd ball of 7th over itself.

He was more devastating after that, completing his maiden IPL century and the then fastest IPL hundred in 42 balls with 9 fours and 9 sixes. He scored his last 50 runs in 14 balls with 2 fours and 7 sixes. His 3 sixes were off Pollock in a single over! He was well supported by VVS Laxman (37* off 26) and both had an unbeaten partnership of 155 runs, winning the match with all 10 wickets in hand after just 12 overs. Gilly finished with 109* off 47 balls.

5. 45 balls by Sanath Jayasuriya

One of the best attacking openers of all time, Sanath Jayasuriya, even at the age of 39, showed no mercy to the young bowlers in IPL, when he scored a century off just 45 balls, playing for Mumbai Indians against the Chennai Super Kings. The surprising thing was, he never had any impact in any of the previous 7 matches he played in the edition. This 8th match was the first for Sachin Tendulkar in IPL and then, the Lion roared. Mumbai were chasing a target of 157 runs at their home ground and I guess it was the impact of the Master Blaster that made Jayasuriya play his natural game for the first time in IPL.

He achieved his maiden IPL fifty in 25 balls with 2 fours and 5 sixes and continued his destruction. When he was at 88* from 43 balls and 25 more runs were needed to win, he smashed his compatriot Chamara Kapugedara for 6,6,6,4,4 off the first 5 balls of the 14th over. The match was won by Mumbai Indians by 8 wickets, with Jayasuriya scoring 100 off 45 balls and finishing with 114* off 48 balls, including 9 fours and 11 sixes. Mumbai won the match by 9 wickets with 37 balls remaining! After no fifty in first 7 matches, at the end of the IPL, he was the 3rd highest scorer with 514 runs.

*Updated on 26th May, 2014