IPL 2025: Who is Priyash Arya? Batter to score fastest century vs CSK

Priyansh also recorded joint fourth fastest century in IPL history alongside Yusuf Pathan

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The latest edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), that is IPL 2025, continues to produce new cricket stars almost every day. The latest addition to the list came today in match number 22 of the season, which saw 24-year-old Priyansh Arya of Punjab Kings score a 39-ball 100 against CSK. This is the joint-fourth fastest cenuty IPL history and fastest century against CSK. He missed the fastest IPL 2025 fifty record earlier by just one ball but was able to beat Travis Head of SRH’s record of 21 balls for the second-fastest fifty also by scoring his fifty in just 19 balls. 

 

Fastest centuries in IPL: 

Player	Balls	Match	Venue	Date
CH Gayle	30	Royal Challengers Bangalore v Pune Warriors	Bangalore	23 April 2013
YK Pathan	37	Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	13 March 2010
DA Miller	38	Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers Bangalore	Mohali	06 May 2013
Travis Head	39	Sunrisers Hyderabad v Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bengaluru	15 April 2024
Priyansh Arya	39	PBKS v CSK	Mullanpur Stadium	08 April 2025
Will Jacks	41	Royal Challengers Bangalore v Gujarat Titans	Ahmedabad	28 April 2024
AC Gilchrist	42	Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	27 April 2008
AB de Villiers	43	Royal Challengers Bangalore v Gujarat Lions	Bangalore	14 May 2016
DA Warner	43	Sunrisers Hyderabad v Kolkata Knight Riders	Hyderabad	30 April 2017
ST Jayasuriya	45	Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings	Mumbai	14 May 2008
MA Agarwal	45	Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals	Sharjah	27 Sep 2020
Jonny Bairstow	45	Kings XI Punjab v KKR	Eden Gardens	26 April 2024
Ishan Kishan	45	Sunrisers Hyderabad v Rajasthan Royals	Hyderabad	23 March 2025
M Vijay	46	Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals	Chennai	03 April 2010
CH Gayle	46	Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kings XI Punjab	Bangalore	06 May 2011
CH Gayle	46	Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kings XI Punjab	Bangalore	06 May 20

 

Fastest 50 in IPL 2025

 

Rank	Player (Team)	Balls Taken Against	Venue	Match Date
1	Nicholas Pooran (LSG)	18	SRH - Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium	27 March 2025
2	Priyansh Arya (PBKS)	19	CSK - Mullanpur Stadium	08 April 2025
3	Travis Head (SRH)	21	RR - Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium	23 March 2025
4	Nicholas Pooran (LSG)	21	KKR - Eden Gardens	08 April 2025
5	Mitchell Marsh (LSG)	21	DC - Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Stadium	24 March 2025
6	Nitish Rana (RR)	21	CSK - ACA Stadium	30 March 2025
7	Ruturaj Gaikwad (CSK)	22	MI - MA Chidambaram Stadium	23 March 2025
8	Prabhsimran Singh (PBKS)	23	LSG - Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium	01 April 2025
9	Nicholas Pooran (LSG)	24	DC - Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Stadium	24 March 2025
10	Venkatesh Iyer (KKR)	25	SRH - Eden Gardens	03 April 2025

 

Record start

 

Priyansh started his innings today with a record by hitting a first-ball six. He is now only the fourth batter in IPL history to hit a six off the first ball of a match.

 

Player	Opponent	Venue	Match	Date
Naman	Ojha	KKR	Durban	2009
Virat	Kohli	RR	Bengaluru	2019
Phil	Salt	MI	Kolkata	2024
Priyansh	Arya	CSK	Mullanpur	2025

 

Who is Priyansh Arya?

 

Priyansh Arya is a talented left-handed opening batter from Delhi, India, born on January 18, 2001. He is known for his explosive batting style and has made a significant impact in domestic cricket, particularly in the Delhi Premier League. Arya started with a strong performance, scoring 57 runs in 30 balls, and followed it up with consistent scores, including a remarkable 120 runs off 50 balls in a match against North Delhi Strikers. His impressive form earned him a spot in the Delhi squad for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, where he scored 102 runs in 43 balls against Uttar Pradesh.