List of Men's T20 World Cup centuries

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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. ChrisGayle Cropped.jpg
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]

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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. England vs. New Zealand 2015 (3) (McCullum further cropped).jpg
Brendon McCullum is the highest individual scorer in the Men's T20 World Cup, having scored 123 runs against Bangladesh.
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SymbolDescription
Runsdenotes the number of runs scored by the player
Ballsdenotes the number of balls faced by the player
Inns.denotes the particular innings in which the century was scored
4sdenotes number of fours scored
6sdenotes number of sixes scored
S/Rdenotes strike rate (runs scored per 100 balls)
Editionrefers to the edition of the Men's T20 World Cup
Resultrefers to whether the player's team won or lost
D/Lrefers 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. TeamOppositionVenueEditionDateResult Ref
1 Chris Gayle (1/2)117 57710205.261WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 2007 11 September 2007Lost [12]
2 Suresh Raina 1016095168.331Flag of India.svg  India Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet 2010 2 May 2010Won [13]
3 Mahela Jayawardene 10064104156.251Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Providence Stadium, Providence 3 May 2010Won (D/L) [14]
4 Brendon McCullum 123 #58117212.061Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy 2012 21 September 2012Won [15]
5 Alex Hales 116*64116181.252Flag of England.svg  England Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong 2014 27 March 2014Won [16]
6 Ahmed Shehzad 111* [b] 62105179.031Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka 30 March 2014Won [17]
7 Tamim Iqbal 103 * [c] 63105163.491Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Flag of Oman.svg  Oman HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala 2016 13 March 2016Won (D/L) [18]
8 Chris Gayle (2/2)100*48511208.332WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Flag of England.svg  England Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 16 March 2016Won [19]
9 Jos Buttler 101 * [d] 6766150.741Flag of England.svg  England Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah 2021 1 November 2021Won [20]
10 Rilee Rossouw 1095678194.641Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 2022 27 October 2022Won [21]
11 Glenn Phillips 10464104162.501Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 29 October 2022Won [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]

See also

References

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