Top 5 IPL hundreds in a losing cause

#3 Andrew Symonds vs Rajasthan Royals, 2008

Symonds reached his century off 43 balls and remained unbeaten on 117 from 53 balls

In the first one week of the inaugural edition, as many as three batsmen scored centuries. While Brendon McCullum and Mike Hussey ended up on the winning side, Andrew Symonds's efforts went in vain. After being put into bat by the Rajasthan Royals, Deccan Chargers lost the wickets of Adam Gilchrist and Shahid Afridi inside the first three overs.

Symonds walked into bat and tried to revive the innings alongside skipper VVS Laxman before the latter was dismissed for a run a ball 16. Symonds continued to attack and in Rohit Sharma, Symonds found a good batting partner, who complemented his game.

Symonds reached his century off 43 balls and remained unbeaten on 117 from 53 balls with the help of 11 fours and seven sixes. He put on an 111-run partnership with Rohit in 10.3 overs and took his side to 214/5 in their 20 overs.

Unfortunately for Symonds, Yusuf Pathan scored a 21-ball fifty (61 runs off 28 balls) along with Graeme Smith’s steady 71 and Mohammad Kaif’s quick-fire 34 took the Royal home by 3 wickets with just one ball to spare. Pathan was named the Player of the match for his knock that had four fours and six sixes.