Gujarat wicketkeeper 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 in the match between Gujarat and Tripura in Indore on Wednesday. 27.
Urvil scored his first T20I century while chasing a target of 156 runs against Tripura. The Gujarat striker scored an unbeaten 113 runs from just 35 balls with the help of seven fours and 12 sixes. He reached his century off just 28 balls. Gujarat finished the chase against Tripura in just 10.2 overs.
Urvil Patel Breaks Rishabh Pant’s Record for Fastest T20 Century
Urvil opened the innings with Aarya Desai and scored 100 runs from boundaries – 28 from fours and 72 from sixes. He broke Rishabh Pant’s record for fastest T20 century by an Indian. Pant scored a record 32-ball century against Himachal Pradesh in the 2018 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
Patel’s century is the second fastest century in T20 cricket history after Estonian Sahil Chauhan, who scored a 27-ball century against Cyprus earlier this year.
Fastest Centuries in T20 Cricket ft Urvil Patel
| Face balls | Player | Encounter | year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Sahil Chauhan | Estonia – Cyprus | 2024 |
| 28 | Urvil Patel | Gujarat vs Tripura | 2024 |
| 30 | Chris Gayle | Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Pune Warriors | 2013 |
| 32 | Rishabh pants | Delhi vs Himachal Pradesh | 2018 |
| 33 | In Lubbe | North West vs Limpopo | 2018 |
| 33 | Jean Nicole Lofty-Eaton | Namibia vs Nepal | 2024 |
Urvil Patel with Gujarat Titans in IPL 2023 Season
Notably, Urvil Patel was signed by Gujarat Titans for Rs 20 lakh in the 2023 IPL auction. However, he was released ahead of the 2024 auction and went unsold at the base price of Rs 30 lakh during the IPL 2025 Mega Auction which took place over a two-day event in Saudi Arabia from November 24-25.
Prior to 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. He scored four half-centuries with 96 points.
In first-class cricket, Patel played six matches, scoring 158 runs with a top score of 60 at an average of 14.36.
On 27 November 2023, Patel scored a 41-ball century for Gujarat in the Vijay Hazare Trophy against Arunachal Pradesh in Chandigarh. He broke the second fastest Century List by an Indian.
Indian Fastest List (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 – Puducherry – 2020-21
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