IPL to T20: Top 10 players who hit fastest century in cricket history

Former West Indies player Chris Gayle holds the record of hitting fastest century in Indian Premier League. He reached the three-figure-mark in just 30 balls in 2013 when he took now defunct Pune Warriors to cleaners on April 23, 2013.

Will Jacks smashed the second-fastest century in IPL 2024 as he reached the milestone in just 41 balls. He smashed 10 sixes on course to a superb win against Gujarat Titans.

Travis Head hit the fastest century in IPL 2024 when he reached the milestone against RCB earlier in the tournament.

Top 10 players who hit fastest century in IPL 2024
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
Will Jacks	41	Gujarat Titans vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru	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
M Vijay	46	Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals	Chennai	03 April 2010

Fastest hundred in T20 cricket history

Players who hit fastest cricket in T20 cricket history
Balls	Player	Team	Opponent	Year
30	Chris Gayle	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Pune Warriors	2013
32	Rishabh Pant	Delhi	Himachal Pradesh	2018
33	Wihan Lubbe	North West	Limpopo	2018
33	Nicol Loftie-Eaton	Namibia	Nepal	2024
34	Kushal Malla	Nepal	Mongolia	2023
34	Andrew Symonds	Kent	Middlesex	2004
34	Sean Abbott	Surrey	Kent	2023
35	David Miller	South Africa	Bangladesh	2017
35	Rohit Sharma	India	Sri Lanka	2017
35	Louis van der Westhuizen	Namibia	Kenya	2011
35	Sudesh Wickramasekara	Czech Republic	Turkey	2019
35	Martin Guptill	Worcestershire	Northamptonshire	2018
35	Khushdil Shah	Southern Punjab	Sindh	2020

Fastest century in history of T20I cricket history

Top 20 players to hit fastest century in T20 Internationals
Player	Balls	Opponent (year)
1. Kushal Malla (Nepal)	34	Mongolia, 2023
2. David Miller	35	Bangladesh, 2017
2. Rohit Sharma	35	Srilanka, 2017
3. Sudesh Wickramasekara	35	Turkey, 2019
4. Sivakumar Periyalwar	39	Turkey, 2019
5. Henry George Munsey	41	Netherlands, 2019
6. Shaheryar Butt	41	The Czech Republic, 2020
7. Hazratullah Zazai	42	Ireland, 2019
8. Jean-Pierre Kotze	43	Botswana, 2019
9. Richard Levi	45	New Zealand, 2012
9. SuryaKumar Yadav	45	Sri Lanka, 2023
10. Faf Du Plessis	46	West Indies, 2015
11. KL Rahul	46	West Indies, 2016
12. GD Philips	46	West Indies, 2020
12. Aaron Finch	47	England, 2013
13. Chris Gayle	47	England, 2016
14. Colin Munro	47	West Indies, 2018
15. Ravinderpal Singh	47	The Cayman Islands, 2019
16. Evin Lewis	48	India, 2016
16. Dawid Malan	48	New Zealand 2019
17. Glenn Maxwell	49	Sri Lanka, 2016
18. Martin Guptill	49	Australia, 2018
19. Paras Khadka	49	Singapore, 2019
20. Babar Azam	49	South Africa, 2021