Gujarat’s wicketkeeper-batter Urvil Patel slammed a 28-ball century towards Tripura within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Wednesday (27 November). It’s the second quickest T20 century in historical past. The quickest T20 century got here from the bat of Estonia’s Sahil Chauhan when he took 27 balls to convey up a ton towards Cyprus earlier this yr.
Patel, who had gone unsold on the IPL 2025 Public sale, smacked seven fours and 12 sixes to notch up his hundred. He remained unbeaten on 113 from 35 balls on the finish of the 20 overs as Gujarat reached an enormous 156 run complete.
Opening the innings alongside Aarya Desai, the 26-year-old Urvil stood out for his blistering hitting. Staggeringly, all of his runs in the direction of the century got here from boundaries – 28 in fours and 72 in sixes.
Moreover the boundaries, Urvil took 11 singles and a double to make sure he stored the rating ticking and the bowlers busy. Ultimately, he wasn’t in a position to rating on simply 4 balls.
In first-class (FC) cricket, Patel has performed six matches and collected 158 runs with a highest rating of 60, sustaining a batting common of 14.36. His first-class document contains one half-century.
In T20 cricket, he has performed 43 matches and amassed 875 runs, with a high rating of 96, and a median of 20.83. His strike fee within the shortest format is a outstanding 154.32, with 4 half-centuries to his title. Coming into it, he had struck 115 boundaries and 26 sixes.
Quickest centuries in T20 cricket:
27 balls – Sahil Chauhan (Estonia vs Cyprus in 2024)
28 balls – Urvil Patel (Gujarat vs Tripura in 2024)
30 balls – Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Pune Warriors in 2013)
32 balls – Rishabh Pant (Delhi vs Himachal Pradesh in 2018)
33 balls – W Lubbe (North West vs Limpopo in 2018)
33 balls – Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton (Namibia vs Nepal in 2024)
