Urvil Patel Century: Gujarat’s Urvil Patel has scored the fastest century for India in T20 cricket, facing 28 balls. This right-handed batsman wreaked havoc by scoring a century in 28 balls against Tripura in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match on 27 November.
Urvil broke the records of Rishabh Pant and Chris Gayle by scoring a century. Earlier, Pant had scored a century in 32 balls for Delhi against Himachal Pradesh at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi in 2018, while Chris Gayle had done this feat in 30 balls in 2013.
Urvil Patel Creates History in T20 Cricket
Playing for Gujarat, Urvil scored an unbeaten 113 runs off 35 balls against Tripura with the help of 7 fours and 12 sixes, helping Gujarat achieve the target of 156 runs with 58 balls to spare. Patel also scored the second-fastest century in T20.
Estonia’s Sahil Chauhan scored a century in 27 balls against Cyprus at the Happy Valley Ground earlier this year. At the same time, Urvil Patel missed breaking his record.
Urvil has broken Rishabh Pant’s record by scoring a century. Rishabh Pant was the fastest batsman to score a century in T20 cricket for India till now. He broke all records by scoring a century facing 32 balls in the Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament in the year 2018, but now Rishabh Pant has gone to second place.
Urvil Patel scored a century in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy He has scored a century in 28 balls. He has done this feat while playing for Gujarat against Tripura. The special thing is that Urvil Patel is also a wicketkeeper-batsman like Pant.
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Fastest Centuries in T20 Cricket
| Player | Balls | Match | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sahil Chauhan | 27 | Estonia vs Cyprus | 2024 |
| Urvil Patel | 28 | Gujarat vs Tripura | 2024 |
| Chris Gayle | 30 | RCB vs Pune Warriors | 2013 |
| Rishabh Pant | 32 | Delhi vs Himachal Pradesh | 2018 |
Who Is Urvil Patel?
Born in Mehsana, Gujarat, Urvil is 17 years old. He is a wicketkeeper batsman who made his T20 debut in the Zonal T20 League for Baroda in 2017-18. In the same year, he also made his debut in List-A cricket, but it took him 6 years to debut in first-class cricket.
Let us tell you that no franchise showed interest in buying Urvil Patel in the recently held IPL auction 2025. Urvil had come this time with a base price of Rs 30 lakh, but he remained unsold. He was bought by Gujarat Titans for Rs 20 lakh in IPL 2023, but he remained on the bench throughout the season.
After being released by Gujarat Titans in the next season, he did not find any buyer in the next season as well. If we talk about his cricket career, he scored 988 runs in 44 T20 matches. During this, his average was 23 and his strike rate was 164, which includes a century and 4 fifties to his name.
