Here is the list of slowest and highest scored centurty in the Indian Premier League (IPL)
In a thrilling display of power hitting, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s opening batsman Travis Head reached the fourth-fastest century in Indian Premier League (IPL) history in just 39 balls. The recird was made against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
With the century, the batter also becomes the fastest batsman in Sunrisers Hyderabad’s history to score the century in the league. With this record, let us go back to the list of players who has scored the fastest and slowest centuries in the IPL’s history.
List of the top fastest and slowest history by balls in the IPL
Runs: 100*
Balls: 49
SR: 204.08
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Slowest scored IPL Centuries
Virat Kohli tops the list of slowest centuries in IPL history followed by Manish Pandey. Check out the full list below:
- Virat Kohli against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Jaipur (113* in 67 balls)
- Manish Pandey against Deccan Chargers in Centurion (114 in 67 balls)
- Sachin Tendulkar against Kochi Tuskers Kerala in Mumbai (100* in 66 balls)
- David Warner against Kolkata Knight Riders in Delhi (107* in 66 balls)
- Jos Buttler against Mumbai Indians in Navi Mumbai (100 in 66 balls)
- Kevin Pietersen against Deccan Chargers in Delhi (103* in 64 balls)
- KL Rahul against Mumbai Indians in Mumbai (100 in 63 balls)
- Virat Kohli against Gujarat Lions in Rajkot (100* in 63 balls)
- Virat Kohli against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Hyderabad (100 in 62 balls)
- Ambati Rayudu against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Pune (100* in 62 balls)
- Rohit Sharma against Chennai Super Kings in Mumbai (104 in 61 balls)
Now that we know the slowest century scorers in IPL, let us have a look at the list of players who has scored the fastest century in the league.
Fastest scored IPL Centuries
- Chris Gayle against Pune Warriors in Bangalore (100* in 30 balls)
- Yusuf Pathan against Mumbai Indians in Mumbai (100 in 37 balls)
- DA Miller against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Mohali (100 in 38 balls)
- Travis Head against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Bengalore (100 in 39 balls)
- Adam Gilchrist against Deccan Chargers in Mumbai (100 in 42 balls)
- David Warner against Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad (100 in 43 balls)
- ST Jayasuriya against Chennai Super Kings in Mumbai (100 in 45 balls)
- MA Agarwal against Rajasthan Royals in Sharjah (100 in 45 balls)
- M Vijay against Rajasthan Royals in Chennai (100 in 46 balls) (100* in 46 balls)