Fastest T20 Hundreds in International cricket history

Fastest T20 Hundreds Richard Lewi

Fastest T20 Hundreds in International cricket history

T20 cricket is called to be much unpredictable and rightly so. In fact the reason no team can be termed as the best T20 side also lies in the fact that at a given day any underdog can outnumber the strongest cricket team. It is the format of hitting it often and hitting hard. The only team that gets a reasonably higher chances of winning is that having most number of best all-rounders in the world. Take for example the current West Indian side – loaded with players capable of both bowling and batting at much accuracy. However even that is not a pure guarantee for a side to be victorious. A much recent example of such match where West Indies despite showing their full batting strength almost lost to India was yesterday.

Fastest T20 Hundreds Evin Lewis

India in no way is a weak cricket team however when it comes to chasing almost 250 runs in just 20 overs even West Indians would have thought twice. But the unthinkable almost happened last night when India lost by just 1 run chasing a target of 246. Both teams played beautifully with fastest T20 hundreds on both sides. From West Indies it was Evin Lewis who reached his hundred in just 48 balls – fifth of the fastest t20 hundreds on international level. In reply KL Rahul from India got even further hitting the second fastest century in T20 internationals. Rahul took 46 balls to reach his ton just one short of Richard Lewi’s fastest T20 hundreds in international cricket history.

Fastest T20 Hundreds KL Rahul

As a matter of fact KL Rahul’s ton was the joint second quickest hundred in fastest t20 hundreds list. The South African batsman Faf du Plessis has also scored a century off 46 balls against West Indies in 2015. Interestingly West Indies is the side most involved in fastest t20 hundreds record list. Either they have scored these or against them these have been scored. Here is the full list.

Fastest T20 Hundreds in International cricket history

Player Balls Match Venue Date
RE Levi 45 South Africa v New Zealand Hamilton 19/02/2012
F du Plessis 46 West Indies v South Africa Johannesburg 11/01/2015
KL Rahul 46 India v West Indies Lauderhill 27/08/2016
AJ Finch 47 Australia v England Southampton 29/08/2013
CH Gayle 47 West Indies v England Mumbai 16/03/2016
E Lewis 48 West Indies v India Lauderhill 27/08/2016
CH Gayle 50 West Indies v South Africa Johannesburg 11/09/2007
BB McCullum 50 New Zealand v Australia Christchurch 28/02/2010
Babar Hayat 50 Hong Kong v Oman Fatullah 19/02/2016
BB McCullum 51 New Zealand v Bangladesh Pallekele 21/09/2012

Fastest T20 Hundreds in International cricket history

  1. RE Levi
  2. F du Plessis
  3. KL Rahul
  4. AJ Finch
  5. CH Gayle
  6. E Lewis
  7. CH Gayle
  8. BB McCullum
  9. Babar Hayat
  10. BB McCullum

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