In the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024 match at Rajkot, Punjab's batter Abhishek Sharma set the field alight and led his team to victory with an unbelievable 106 runs off 29 deliveries.
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Chasing 143 runs, Abhishek's innings was laced with 8 fours and 11 sixes as his team got home in just 9.3 overs.
The SRH batter himself reached his hundred off just 28 balls, which is the joint second-fastest century in T20 history and the joint-fastest by an Indian batter.
Who has scored the fastest T20 hundred?
The record for the fastest T20 hundred belongs to another Estonia batter, Sahil Chauhan, who scored a century off 27 balls against Cyprus in a bilateral series in 2024.
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He finished on 144 runs off 41 balls in an inning that included 18 sixes, at a massive 351.21 strike rate.
What are the top 10 fastest T20 hundreds?
Batting on 91 off 32 balls, Pooran would have fancied his chances of breaking into the top 10 for fastest T20 hundreds. 40 balls is the 10th fastest in terms of deliveries faced, but 24 players have scored a quicker hundred.
Here is the list of the top 10:
| Rank | Player | Balls | Venue | Year | Final Score | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sahil Chauhan | 27 | Episkopi | 2024 | 144* | 6 | 18 |
| 2 | Urvil Patel | 28 | Indore | 2024 | 113* | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Abishek Sharma | 28 | Rajkot | 2024 | 106* | 8 | 11 |
| 3 | Chris Gayle | 30 | Bangalore | 2013 | 175* | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | Rishabh Pant | 32 | Delhi | 2018 | 116* | 8 | 12 |
| 5 | Sikandar Raza | 33 | Nairobi | 2024 | 133* | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | Wihan Lubbe | 33 | Paarl | 2018 | 102 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton | 33 | Kirtipur | 2024 | 101 | 11 | 8 |
| 6 | Andrew Symonds | 34 | Maidstone | 2004 | 112 | 18 | 3 |
| 6 | Sean Abbott | 34 | The Oval | 2023 | 110* | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Kushal Malla | 34 | Hangzhou | 2024 | 137* | 8 | 12 |
| 7 | Louis van der Westhuizen | 35 | Windhoek | 2011 | 145 | 14 | 12 |
| 7 | David Miller | 35 | Potchefstroom | 2017 | 101* | 7 | 9 |
| 7 | Rohit Sharma | 35 | Indore | 2017 | 118 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | Martin Guptill | 35 | Northampton | 2018 | 102 | 12 | 7 |
| 7 | Khushdil Shah | 35 | Rawalpindi | 2020 | 100 | 8 | 9 |
| 7 | Dewald Brevis | 35 | Potchefstroom | 2022 | 162 | 13 | 13 |