T20 format is the most loved format of cricket till now. Cricket has reached to another level since T20 has introduced. Batsman now focus on making centuries faster than ever. For example, Sahil Chauhan from Estonia is on the top of the list for fastest centuries in T20 with 27 balls only. Which is followed by many other amazing cricketers such as Urvil Patel and Abhishek Sharma. Here is the systemized representation for the fastest centuries in T20 cricket.
| RANK | PLAYER’S NAME | BALLS | TEAM | DATE | VENUE |
| 1 | Sahil Chauhan | 27 | Estonia | 17 Jun 2024 | Episkopi |
| 2 | Urvil Patel | 28 | Gujarat | 27 Nov 2024 | Indore |
| 3 | Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton | 33 | Namibia | 27 Feb 2024 | Kirtipur |
| 4 | Sikandar Raza | 33 | Zimbabwe | 23 Oct 2024 | Ruaraka |
| 5 | Finn Allen | 34 | San Francisco Unicorns | 13 June 2025 | MLC |
| 6 | Kushal Malla | 34 | Nepal | 27 Sep 2023 | Hangzhou |
| 7 | David Miller | 35 | South Africa | 29 Oct 2017 | Potchefstroom |
| 8 | Rohit Sharma | 35 | India | 22 Dec 2017 | Indore |
| 9 | Sudesh Wickramasekara | 35 | Czech Republic | 30 Aug 2019 | Ilfov |
| 10 | Abhishek Sharma | 37 | India | 17 Feb 2024 | Bangalore |
| 11 | Sivakumar Periyalwar | 39 | Romania | 29 Aug 2019 | Ilfov |
| 12 | Zeeshan Kukikhel | 39 | Hungary | 05 June 2022 | Lower |
| 13 | Johnson Charles | 39 | West Indies | 26 Mar 2023 | Centurion |
| 14 | Sanju Samson | 40 | India | 12 Oct 2024 | Hyderabad |
| 15 | K. Kadowaki-Fleming | 40 | Japan | 15 Oct 2022 | Sano |
| 16 | Ollie Hairs | 40 | Scotland | 24 Jul 2023 | Edinburgh |
| 17 | Hamish Gardiner | 41 | Scotland | 16 Sep 2019 | Dublin/Malahide |
| 18 | Shaheryar Butt | 41 | Belgium | 29 Aug 2020 | Walferdange |
| 19 | Hazratullah Zazai | 42 | Afghanistan | 23 Feb 2019 | Dehradun |
| 20 | Liam Livingstone | 42 | England | 17 Jul 2021 | Nottingham |
| 21 | Jean-Pierre Kotze | 43 | Namibia | 20 Aug 2019 | Windhoek |
| 22 | Quinton De Kock | 43 | South Africa | 26 Mar 2023 | Centurion |
| 23 | Josh Inglis | 43 | Australia | 06 Sep 2024 | Edinburgh |
CONCLUSION
Cricket in T20 format has become so famous among the cricket fans that they enjoy it with another level of craze. Even the cricketers enjoy hitting centuries in this format to entertain the spectators. All these 23 players have played historical and iconic performances, by hitting centuries in such lesser number of balls, that itself is an amazing and unbelievable thing. But the competition has not stopped yet, our young players are going to continue the legacy with extreme pride and dignity.
FAQs
Q: Who has the fastest century in T20 cricket?
A: Sahil Chauhan of Estonia holds the fastest T20 hundred — he scored 100 in 27 balls.
Q: Who made 100 runs in 28 balls?
A: Urvil Patel and Abhishek Sharma both scored T20 hundreds in 28 balls.
Q: Who scored 100 runs in 30 balls?
A: Chris Gayle reached a T20 hundred in 30 balls during an IPL match in 2013.
Q: What is Gayle’s fastest 100?
A: Chris Gayle’s fastest T20 century is 100 runs off 30 balls
