Urvil Patel smashes India's fastest T20 century after getting unsold in IPL auction 2025
Published - 27 Nov 2024, 11:57 AM | Updated - 27 Nov 2024, 12:18 PM
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Gujarat wicketkeeper-batter Urvil Patel, who went unsold during the IPL 2025 mega auction, created history during the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024. Urvil Patel smashed the fastest century by an Indian cricketer during the match between Gujarat and Tripura in Indore on Wednesday, November 27.
Urvil scored his maiden T20I century during the chase of a 156-run target against Tripura. The Gujarat batter scored an unbeaten 113 runs off just 35 balls, with the help of seven fours and 12 sixes. He reached his century off just 28 balls. Gujarat completed the chase against Tripura in just 10.2 overs.
Urvil Patel Breaks Rishabh Pant's Fastest T20 Century Record
Urvil opened the innings with Aarya Desai and scored 100 runs through boundaries—28 from fours and 72 from sixes. He broke Rishabh Pant’s record for the fastest T20 century by an Indian. Pant had set the record with a 32-ball century against Himachal Pradesh in the 2018 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
Patel's century is the second-fastest in T20 cricket history, following Estonia's Sahil Chauhan, who scored a 27-ball century against Cyprus earlier this year.
Fastest Centuries in T20 Cricket ft. Urvil Patel
| Balls Faced | Player | Match | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Sahil Chauhan | Estonia vs Cyprus | 2024 |
| 28 | Urvil Patel | Gujarat vs Tripura | 2024 |
| 30 | Chris Gayle | Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Pune Warriors | 2013 |
| 32 | Rishabh Pant | Delhi vs Himachal Pradesh | 2018 |
| 33 | W Lubbe | North West vs Limpopo | 2018 |
| 33 | Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton | Namibia vs Nepal | 2024 |
Urvil Patel with Gujarat Titans in IPL 2023 Season
It's worth mentioning that Urvil Patel was signed by Gujarat Titans for Rs 20 lakh in the 2023 IPL auction. However, he was released before the 2024 auction and went unsold at his base price of Rs 30 lakh during the IPL 2025 Mega Auction, which took place in Saudi Arabia in a two-day event on November 24-25.
Before this match, Urvil had played 43 T20 matches, scoring 875 runs at an average of 20.83 and a strike rate of 154.32, including 115 boundaries and 26 sixes in the format. He has hit four half-centuries with a top score of 96.
In first-class cricket, Patel has featured in six matches, scoring 158 runs with a highest score of 60 and an average of 14.36.
On November 27, 2023, Patel scored a 41-ball century for Gujarat in the Vijay Hazare Trophy against Arunachal Pradesh in Chandigarh. He smashed the second-fastest List A century by an Indian.
Fastest List A hundreds by Indians (balls)
40 balls – Yusuf Pathan – Baroda v Maharashtra – 2009-10
41 – Urvil Patel – Gujarat vs Arunachal Pradesh – 2023*
42 – Abhishek Sharma – Punjab v Madhya Pradesh – 2020-21
50 – Suryakumar Yadav – Mumbai v Puducherry – 2020-21
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