List of Men's T20 World Cup centuries

Chris Gayle was the first player to score a century and the only batsman to score multiple centuries in the Men's T20 World Cup.

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup is the international championship of Twenty20 (T20) cricket. A Twenty20 International (T20I) is an international cricket match between two teams, each having T20I status, as determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC), the sport's world governing body. ^[1] In a T20I, each team plays single innings, which is restricted to a maximum of 20 overs. ^[2] In cricket, a player is said to have completed a century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. ^[3] As of the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, the most recent to take place, there have been eleven centuries scored by ten players. ^[4]

The first century in an ICC Men's T20 World Cup match was scored by Chris Gayle of the West Indies. He achieved the feat in the inaugural match of the first Men's T20 World Cup (then called the World Twenty20) against the hosts South Africa on 11 September 2007. He scored 117 runs in 57 balls at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg. ^[5] This is the first and only instance in the championship of a player scored a century but his team lost the match. ^[4] This century also made him the first player to score a century in all three formats of international cricket. ^[6] Gayle's 100 runs in 50 balls remained the fastest Men's T20 World Cup century for almost nine years until he broke his own record during the 2016 ICC T20 World Cup when he scored an unbeaten 100 runs in 47 balls against England at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. ^{[7] [8] [9]} With his two centuries he remains the only batsman to have scored more than one century in the championship. ^{[4] [9]} Gayle's 117 runs remained the highest individual score in the Men's T20 World Cup for almost five years until Brendon McCullum of New Zealand broke it during the 2012 edition. He scored 123 runs in 58 balls against Bangladesh at Pallekele Stadium, Kandy, on 21 September 2012. ^[10] His 100 runs in 51 balls remains the third-fastest century in the Men's T20 World Cup after Gayle's centuries. ^[8] The second and third batsmen to score a century in the championship were Suresh Raina of India and Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka respectively, both during the 2010 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. Their respective centuries helped them to achieve the feat of scoring a century in all the international formats of the game, only previously achieved by Gayle and McCullum. ^{[a] [4] [6]}

Centuries

As of 2022, the most recent edition to take place, ten batsmen have scored ten centuries in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup. ^[4]

Brendon McCullum is the highest individual scorer in the Men's T20 World Cup, having scored 123 runs against Bangladesh.

Keys

Symbol	Description
Runs	denotes the number of runs scored by the player
Balls	denotes the number of balls faced by the player
Inns.	denotes the particular innings in which the century was scored
4s	denotes number of fours scored
6s	denotes number of sixes scored
S/R	denotes strike rate (runs scored per 100 balls)
Edition	refers to the edition of the Men's T20 World Cup
Result	refers to whether the player's team won or lost
D/L	refers to result of the match achieved through the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method
*	denotes that the batsman was not out
#	denotes the score is the highest individual score in the Men's T20 World Cup
‡	denotes the score is the fastest century in the Men's T20 World Cup

List of Men's T20 World Cup centuries

No.	Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	S/R	Inns.	Team	Opposition	Venue	Edition	Date	Result	Ref
1	Chris Gayle (1/2)	117 †	57	7	10	205.26	1	West Indies	South Africa	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	2007	11 September 2007	Lost	[12]
2	Suresh Raina	101	60	9	5	168.33	1	India		Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet	2010	2 May 2010	Won	[13]
3	Mahela Jayawardene	100	64	10	4	156.25	1	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	Providence Stadium, Providence		3 May 2010	Won (D/L)	[14]
4	Brendon McCullum	123 #	58	11	7	212.06	1	New Zealand	Bangladesh	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy	2012	21 September 2012	Won	[15]
5	Alex Hales	116*	64	11	6	181.25	2	England	Sri Lanka	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong	2014	27 March 2014	Won	[16]
6	Ahmed Shehzad	111* [b]	62	10	5	179.03	1	Pakistan	Bangladesh	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka		30 March 2014	Won	[17]
7	Tamim Iqbal	103 * [c]	63	10	5	163.49	1	Bangladesh	Oman	HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala	2016	13 March 2016	Won (D/L)	[18]
8	Chris Gayle (2/2)	100*‡	48	5	11	208.33	2	West Indies	England	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai		16 March 2016	Won	[19]
9	Jos Buttler	101 * [d]	67	6	6	150.74	1	England	Sri Lanka	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	2021	1 November 2021	Won	[20]
10	Rilee Rossouw	109 * [e]	56	7	8	194.64	1	South Africa	Bangladesh	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	2022	27 October 2022	Won	[21]
11	Glenn Phillips	104 * [f]	64	10	4	162.50	1	New Zealand	Sri Lanka			29 October 2022	Won	[22]

Footnotes

1. Brendon McCullum achieved the feat when he scored his first T20I century against Australia at AMI Stadium, Christchurch during the 2010 Australia tour of New Zealand on 28 February 2010. ^{[6] [11]}
2. Shezad's century helped him to become the first player from Pakistan to achieve the feat of scoring a century in all three international formats of the game. ^[6]
3. Iqbal's century helped him to become the first player from Bangladesh to achieve the feat of scoring a century in all three international formats of the game. ^[6]
4. Buttler's century helped him to become the first player from England to achieve the feat of scoring a century in all three international formats of the game. ^[6]
5. Rossouw's century helped him to become the first player from South Africa to achieve the feat of scoring a century in T20 world cups. ^[6]
6. Phillip's century helped him to become the second player from New Zealand to achieve the feat of scoring a century in T20 world cups. ^[6]

See also

• Cricket portal

• List of Cricket World Cup centuries
• List of centuries in women's Twenty20 International cricket

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External links

• Records / World T20 / High scores Archived 2016-11-22 at the Wayback Machine . ESPN Cricinfo
• Fastest T20 Hundreds (Balls Faced) Archived 2019-11-22 at the Wayback Machine HowSTAT