5 Youngest Uncapped Players To Smash A Century In IPL History

The IPL has been an incredible platform over the years for young batters and bowlers to make an impact in the league and impress one and all. Umran Malik, Arshdeep Singh, and Mohsin Khan are some of the names who have impressed this season and will be playing for India in times to come.

Rahul Tripathi is another name who has been performing consistently in the IPL for several years now and waiting for his chance to don the India colours. Another name that made a mark in this year’s IPL was Rajat Patidar after he scored an unbeaten 112 in the IPL 2022 Eliminator against LSG and became the owned the fastest century by an uncapped player in the IPL. In this article, we take a look at 5 youngest players to hit an IPL ton.

5 Youngest Uncapped Players To Smash A Century In IPL History

1) Rajat Patidar – 28 Years

Patidar scored his first IPL ton at the age of 28 years and ranks fifth in this elite list. His knock of 112 of 49 balls at Eden Gardens included 12 fours and seven sixes at a strike rate of over 200. It can be very well said that his knock single-handedly was enough to take RCB to Qualifier 2 as LSG fell 14 behind in the end. Interestingly, Patidar skipped his marriage to join the RCB squad after he was called in as a replacement.

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2) Shaun Marsh – 25 Years

Shaun Marsh rose to prominence in the 2008 IPL scoring a hundred in the very first season of the league. The southpaw was 25 at the time when he scored that hundred against Rajasthan Royals. He played a knock of 115 including 11-fours and 7-sixes with strike rate of 166.66.

3) Rishabh Pant – 20 Years 218 Days

Pant who is now the captain of the Delhi Capitals played his first IL in 2018 as a rookie. He took the cricketing world by storm with a few knocks that he played that season. He scored 128 off just 63 deliveries taking Delhi to 187/5. However, SRH chased down the score and won by nine wickets with Shikhar Dhawan scoring an unbeaten 92 and Kane Williamson an unbeaten 83.

4) Devdutt Padikkal – 20 Years 289 Days

The youngster from Karnataka played his first two seasons for RCB which led him to make his T20I debut for India. In 2021, the southpaw scored 101 * off 52 balls as he and Virat Kohli scored 178 all by themselves against the Royals for whom he is playing in IPL 2022.

5) Manish Pandey – 19 Years

Pandey was the youngest uncapped player to score his maiden IPL ton when he scored 114 against Deccan Chargers in 2009. Pandey scored an unbeaten 114 runs off 73 deliveries while batting as an opener. With 10 boundaries and 4 sixes during his knock, he took RCB to 170/4 in the first innings. Deccan Chargers could only reach 158-6 in 20 overs later and lost the match by 12 runs.

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