Fastest Century in T20: All-Time, T20I & League Records

Updated on September 13

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Chris Gayle holds the fastest century in all T20 cricket, reaching three figures in 30 balls for Bengaluru against Pune at the Chinnaswamy in the IPL. In T20 internationals, the quickest century belongs to Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton of Namibia, 33 balls against Nepal in Kathmandu.

The thrill of a T20 hundred lies in the contradiction. A batter doesn’t have the time for a long story, yet in a whirl of twenty overs they write one anyway. The very best versions of these innings don’t just race; they detonate. The bowler’s length disappears, the ground shrinks, and momentum takes over. For analysts and purists, the fastest century in T20 is the ultimate stress test of skill, nerve, matchup awareness, and boundary access. And for the rest of us, it’s pure joy — a blur of forearms, bat speed, and balls vanishing into the night.

What follows is a deep, practitioner’s view of the fastest T20 centuries: the all-time record, the T20I benchmark, the quickest in the IPL and other major leagues, the fastest by country, women’s records, and the tactical context that really explains how these freakish bursts happen. Records change quickly in this format. This page is maintained with a clear eye on both the numbers and the narrative that makes them matter.

Fastest T20 century (all T20s) — the benchmark that defines the format

• Record: 30 balls — Chris Gayle, for Bengaluru vs Pune, at the Chinnaswamy (IPL).
• What makes it singular: The combination of launchpad powerplay, short square boundaries, thin air, and Gayle’s match-up mastery. He lined up length, hit with the angle to the short side, and punished anything within his hitting arc. The century landed before bowlers could cycle through their contingency plans.

The physics of a 30-ball hundred starts before the first ball. Fielding teams set up for Gayle with fine-leg back, a square boundary rider, and a deepish long-on; he coolly accesses the pockets anyway. The first few overs bring information — the seamers’ length, the spin pace and release point — and he builds a menu. From then on, it’s about repeating a shape, not searching for shots.

Select fastest T20 centuries (all T20s)

• 30 balls — Chris Gayle (Bengaluru vs Pune, Bengaluru, IPL)
• 32 balls — Rishabh Pant (Delhi vs Himachal, North Zone T20)
• 33 balls — Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton (Namibia vs Nepal, Kathmandu, T20I)
• 34 balls — Andrew Symonds (Kent vs Middlesex, T20 Blast)
• 34 balls — Kushal Malla (Nepal vs Mongolia, Hangzhou, T20I)
• 37 balls — Yusuf Pathan (Rajasthan vs Mumbai, IPL)
• 39 balls — Craig Simmons (Perth vs Adelaide, BBL)
• 40 balls — Andre Russell (Jamaica vs Trinbago, CPL)
• 41 balls — Will Jacks (Pretoria vs Durban, SA20)
• 41 balls — Glenn Maxwell (Melbourne Stars vs Hobart, BBL)

Note: Ball counts and venues above are representative of the fastest tier and focus on verified, widely-cited benchmarks. Deeper lists change frequently across domestic circuits; the essence is the bar for “fastest” and the shapes of innings that clear it.

Player spotlights — why these innings happened

Chris Gayle, 30 balls, Bengaluru

The masterpiece many batters chase in their dreams. Gayle’s stance is still, the hands are loose, and the head barely moves through contact. He picks up length as if it’s being announced. The Chinnaswamy’s arc from backward square to long-on is an accomplice; mis-hits bully their way over. The mental game is equally ruthless: leave the low-risk four options for others, live in six-land, and draw the bowlers to his arc. Once he sensed the seamers couldn’t go full without disappearing, the short-of-a-length plan was doomed. The hundred arrived before the fielding side had a chance to get cute with match-ups.

Rishabh Pant, 32 balls, North Zone T20

Pant’s hundred is the modern Indian domestic T20 blueprint: furious bat speed through the line, an unapologetic extension of the arms to spread the field, and premeditated access to the short side. He didn’t wait for the game to come to him; he hit into the angles he wanted and turned good-length into a half-volley with his trigger and reach. Most telling: he never let the bowlers settle into cutters and cross-seam — the tempo forced pace-on, which is exactly what his swing loves.

Andrew Symonds, 34 balls, T20 Blast

Old-school brutality meets condensed modern T20 thinking. Symonds never overcomplicated, but he read fields brilliantly and hammered length like a carpenter on a deadline. The T20 Blast grounds often make you earn your sixes; his were authoritative, straight, and repeatable. That clarity is the secret: fewer moving parts, a strong base, and violent finishes.

Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, 33 balls, T20I

This one belongs to the never-against-the-script pile. Namibia’s left-hander walked in with intent and a tidy plan: make anything slot-length vanish and use the sweep belts against spin. There’s no fuss in his method — it’s repeatable, logical, and built on clean hitting zones. Once he cracked the pace, he advanced to length and drew the bowler into his hitting arc. The strike-rate wave carried him home.

Fastest century in T20 Internationals (T20I)

T20I cricket now has a diverse ecosystem: games in high-altitude venues, Associate-nation matchups, and lines between spin and pace that change with every tour. That’s why the T20I fastest-century list is constantly threatened by new conditions and innovators.

• Record: 33 balls — Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton (Namibia vs Nepal, Kathmandu)
• Close chasers:
  • 34 balls — Kushal Malla (Nepal vs Mongolia, Hangzhou)
  • 35 balls — David Miller (South Africa vs Bangladesh)
  • 35 balls — Rohit Sharma (India vs Sri Lanka)

What is distinctive about these T20I blasts? They are not random. Each has a strong tactical spine:

• Mismatch hunts: Hitters attack the weakest link early and repeatedly.
• Spin-ready shapes: A rehearsed range over midwicket and extra-cover denies captains their preferred stumps-to-stumps squeeze.
• Boundary access: Big swings create big margins — if the ball is struck hard and high, the fielder is a spectator.
• Pace manipulation: Against bowling lacking top-end speed, batters can hold shape longer and loft into pockets; against high pace, they use pace-on to clear straighter zones.

Short player cards — T20I pace-setters

Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton

Compact base, no wasted motion, and a high repeat count on lofted strokes. He doesn’t wait for mistakes; he manufactures them with depth in the crease and smart use of angles.

Rohit Sharma

Elegance disguises violence. The 35-ball T20I hundred felt inevitable after his early reading of spin pace. The trademark pick-up over long-on opened the gates; from there, a 360-degree clinic with minimal risk surfaces.

David Miller

The most clinical of the bunch. Miller doesn’t heckle the ball; he escorts it. A soft bottom hand, deadly high hands, and a microscopic eye for anything in the slot. Once he’s deep in, a yorker is your only friend — and even that is half a friend.

Fastest century in IPL

The IPL is a cauldron of world-class pace, mystery spin, and scouting sheets that drill down to a batter’s least favorite bouncer height. Fast hundreds here are doubly impressive because the opposition plans are elite and deep.

• Leader: 30 balls — Chris Gayle (Bengaluru vs Pune, Bengaluru)
• Also blazing:
  • 37 balls — Yusuf Pathan (Rajasthan vs Mumbai, a manic chase that almost stole the impossible)
  • 38 balls — David Miller (Punjab vs Bengaluru, a phoenix of an innings that lived off clean zones and power-to-spare)
  • 43 balls — AB de Villiers (Bengaluru vs Gujarat, the serenest bludgeoning you’ll see)

What makes IPL fast hundreds unique:

• Extreme matchup management: Teams spend nights cutting the pitch vertically — who bowls the eighth, to which end, with which field. To still blast a sub-40-ball hundred is to crack the code and run away from it.
• Powerplay leverage: One extra boundary in each of the first three overs changes the math. The best hitters convert that small edge into an avalanche.
• Spin handling under lights: Wrist-spin with a wet ball is a different creature; experienced hitters wait for this window.

Fastest century in PSL

The PSL’s quick hundreds often reflect Pakistan’s seam heritage and pitches that reward pace-on strokeplay once the ball skids.

• Leader: 36 balls — Usman Khan (Multan Sultans), a hitting spree that punished anything on a heavy length and turned good balls into even better launching pads.
• Chasers:
  • 41 balls — Rilee Rossouw (Multan Sultans), a left-hander using width like a chisel.
  • Around mid- to high-40s — several, including a handful of overseas hitters who solved the skiddy length and straightened up their hitting arc.

PSL quirk: If you can get into the cross-seam length early — before the cutters arrive — the tournament’s fast outfields and straight boundaries make reward immediate. The reverse is also true: once cutters grip, the window closes fast.

Fastest century in BBL

Australia’s Big Bash rewards clean, straight hitting more than any other league. Grounds are full-sized, boundaries meaningful, and overhead conditions can help the ball carry late.

• Leader: 39 balls — Craig Simmons (Perth Scorchers), a short-course masterclass in one-pace power.
• Right behind:
  • 41 balls — Glenn Maxwell (Melbourne Stars), a carnival of wristy lofts, reverse swing hits, and switch-powered leverage.

BBL truth: Backspin is everything. Australian tracks give true bounce; if you hit down the line with heavy backspin — the ball stays hit. Maxwell’s edge is that he adds deception to that base.

Fastest century in CPL

Caribbean pitches change personality every few miles: some are sticky, some skiddy, some glass. You earn fast hundreds here with adaptability and sheer turbocharged intent.

• Leader: 40 balls — Andre Russell (Jamaica Tallawahs), a cyclone of bat speed and swagger, devouring middle overs that others often tiptoe through.
• Bona fide threats:
  • Mid-40s — Evin Lewis, Chris Gayle in their best phases, each finding the shorter sides and drilling there mercilessly.

CPL theme: Hit square. The Caribbean’s short square boundaries are your friends if you can get the ball into that plane with power. Russell’s knee bend and vertical swing make that geometry look simple.

Fastest century in T20 Blast

England’s T20 Blast saw one of the earliest ultra-fast milestones.

• Leader: 34 balls — Andrew Symonds (Kent), the old hammer in a new format, showing that simplicity scales when you meet length on the rise.
• Rapid pace behind:
  • Low-40s — a cluster of domestic stalwarts and white-ball mercenaries; the Blast often gifts cool, dry evenings with a quick outfield and balls that skim.

What’s special about Blast hundreds: the variance in grounds. From postage-stamp square sides to long straight pockets, hitters have to read geometry in real time and aim accordingly. The best do.

Fastest century in SA20

South Africa’s rebooted T20 league arrived with heavy artillery. Centuries here feel like statements and scouting demonstrations.

• Front of the queue: Will Jacks and Heinrich Klaasen have each clocked in at roughly 41 balls, showing two different paths — Jacks with fast hands and tall-ball leverage square, Klaasen with low base, extreme bat speed, and surgical hitting down the ground.
• The lesson: Hard lengths travel if the batter holds shape. The bounce in South Africa is truer than it is cruel; if you pick up the back-of-a-length early, you can ride it like a lift.

Fastest century in ILT20

The UAE-based league brings together batters who love pace-on with grounds that reward clean, straight contact. The current pace-setters have been in the low-to-mid 40s bracket, with explosive top-order hitters turning strong powerplays into runaway trains. The trendline here is clear: once dew kicks in and cutters lose bite, the ball flies. Expect this table to keep moving.

Fastest century in T20 World Cup

Tournament pressure usually slows batters a touch, yet some nights break the mold.

• Leader: Chris Gayle, 47 balls, a World Cup hundred that felt inevitable from the moment he spotted the length and the wind.
• In the slipstream: Brendon McCullum’s blistering top-order template, Rilee Rossouw’s modern-day launch, others who hit the sweet spot when the biggest stage demanded audacity.

World Cup note: Captains protect their best bowlers; the quickest tournament hundreds often come when that best-over reserve is mistimed. One missed deployment and a hitter like Gayle or Maxwell runs wild.

Fastest T20 century by country

A country-by-country snapshot helps capture the spread of elite pace. These entries represent widely-recognized fastest benchmarks by nationals across all T20s (domestic and international combined). Where domestic verification is tricky, T20I marks are shown.

• India: Rishabh Pant — 32 balls (domestic T20). A pure bat-speed story with fearless range hitting.
• Pakistan: Usman Khan — 36 balls (PSL). The blend of timing and heavy-hitting straight down the V.
• Australia: Andrew Symonds — 34 balls (T20 Blast). Old-school muscle, new-format intent.
• England: Will Jacks — 41 balls (SA20). High hands through the line, ruthless on width.
• South Africa: David Miller — 35 balls (T20I). Cleanest finisher’s mechanics in the game.
• West Indies: Chris Gayle — 30 balls (IPL). The godfather of T20 acceleration.
• New Zealand: Colin Munro — 47 balls (T20I). Range-hitting expertise and a power-first mentality.
• Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai — low-40s (APL). Six-hitting as a lifestyle, not a phase.
• Nepal: Kushal Malla — 34 balls (T20I). A fearless leader of an Associate surge.
• Scotland: George Munsey — around low-40s (T20I). Left-hand leverage, square-side mastery.
• Ireland: Kevin O’Brien — sub-50s (T20I). White-ball nous and straight-line power.

The exact domestic leaderboards in some countries are alive and moving; this section reflects the most consistent, verified benchmarks. The spirit is the same: national styles shine through — India’s bat-speed inventiveness, Pakistan’s seam-punishing clarity, Australia’s straight hitting, West Indies’ high-sixes DNA.

Fastest T20 centuries in women’s cricket

Women’s T20 has engineered acceleration at a breathtaking pace. The most striking part is how much of it is skill-led rather than brute-force-led: timing, placement, and repeatable shapes are the engines.

• Fastest women’s T20 century (all T20s): Sophie Devine — 36 balls (New Zealand domestic). A surgical deconstruction of length with towering straight hits and vicious pick-ups over midwicket. When Devine locks into the slot, the game shortens.
• Fastest women’s T20I century: Deandra Dottin — 38 balls (West Indies). A transformational innings for the women’s game; audacity with structure, power with balance.
• WBBL pace-setter: The fastest in the league has come in the low-40s, with Grace Harris standing atop many lists thanks to an explosive, front-foot-heavy approach that flattens pace and lofts spin with a darting base.

Trendlines in women’s fast hundreds:

• Expanded hitting zones: Stronger core conditioning and bat paths that keep the face open longer through impact.
• Spin control: Sweep variants and pace manipulation to move fielders before attacking the deep pockets.
• Ground literacy: Knowing the shorter side and committing to it without apology.

Contextual angles that actually decide a “fastest century”

• Chasing vs setting: Chasing sharpens intent. Yusuf Pathan’s 37-ball IPL hundred might be the best template — a batter ignoring the scoreboard’s fear factor and playing like a thief with a fast getaway car. Chasing fast hundreds often come when the target looks impossible and frees the batter from run-a-ball illusions.
• Powerplay optimization: The fastest centuries typically involve a 60-plus by the end of the seventh — even if that’s 30 off 14 in the powerplay plus a 30-off-12 burst during overs six to eight. That second burst matters as much as the powerplay.
• Venue and wind: Short square boundaries plus a following breeze are not footnotes. They’re strategies. Elite hitters track wind in the warm-ups. A cross-wind invites the inside-out; a breeze behind midwicket turns a mis-hit into six.
• Match-up sequencing: The greatest hitters plan the next five balls, not the last. If they read the captain’s bowling rotation, they set traps — take 10 off the fifth over to tempt the part-timer in the seventh, then burn him for 25.
• Batting position: Openers own most of the fastest hundreds. But the freakish mid-order versions — the David Miller kind — are signature achievements because they burn through “dead overs” and still hit pace milestones.
• Ball type and surface: A new white Kookaburra skids; a slightly older one with a bit of dew skids more. On certain decks, cutters turn into floaters under lights. Hitters with strong wrists and late contact feast then.

Tactical blueprint — how the quickest T20 hundreds get built

• Phase one (overs 1–3): Identify the slot length and the best angle. Get one ball full and one short; map both. Keep your base quiet; feed yourself a boundary option each over.
• Phase two (overs 4–6): Attack the short side with choice. If the off-side has a shorter rope, drag pace across your body with a slight open stance; if leg-side’s shorter, square your shoulders and attack the arc.
• Phase three (overs 7–11): Hammer the weakest bowler. Call the bluff. If a captain hides the part-timer at the shorter end, take the turn away and hit with spin; if it’s seam, go deep in the crease and turn a good length into a slot.
• Phase four (overs 12–15): Preempt the yorker. Walk at pace. Or stand deep. But don’t stand still. Hitting the low full toss becomes a skill, not luck, if you commit your position early and keep the bat face long.
• Phase five (finish): You are not protecting a strike-rate; you are proving it. That means denying the dot at all costs. If the ball is un-hittable, drop and run — then take the fifth ball over the hospitality tent.

Coaching lens — what separates the outliers

• Swing plane management: The fastest hundreds have consistent swing planes. The bat doesn’t wander around the body; it travels on a repeatable arc that the batter can move a few degrees depending on line.
• Decision speed: A 30- to 40-ball hundred is really a decision-making record. The contact point is being chosen early. The mind is running a ball ahead. If the bowler bluffs, the batter already has the counter.
• Risk accounting: Fastest hundreds are not recklessness. They are aligned risk portfolios. Look for the horizontal bat shots on short balls and the controlled vertical lofts on over-pitched. The middle ground — the ugly cross-batted swing to a length ball — is minimized.
• Conditioning: Late-overs sixes are a conditioning marker as much as a technique marker. When forearms don’t fade and footwork stays crisp, the lofts still carry when most players’ shapes sag.

Most sixes in a T20 century innings — the quiet accelerants

Gayle’s IPL epic featured a tall stack of sixes; that’s obvious. Less obvious: many of the quickest hundreds have a similar ratio. Sixes compress time. Add just two more sixes to a century and you save four balls minimum — that’s the difference between sub-35 and sub-39.

Across leagues, the quickest centuries usually clear 10 sixes. Anything under 8 requires a freakish number of boundaries to compensate.

Highest strike rate in a T20 century — why it matters

A 100 off 35 balls sits at a strike rate near 285. Sustaining that for five overs requires not just power, but zero wasted deliveries. Dots are the enemy. Even elite hundreds that feel blistering often land at a strike rate closer to 200; the outliers creep near 300 because they bleed fewer dots and convert more “fours-or-nothing” balls into sixes.

League notes and evolving benchmarks

• IPL: Match-up depth makes breakthroughs more meaningful. Teams deploy match-ups early — off-spin into the left-hander, short midwicket and longer straight boundaries to bait the slog. The fastest IPL hundreds shrug all that off with field rotation and a refusal to play the bowler’s ego game.
• PSL: Pace-on paradise when the deck is flat. Once the cross-seam loses teeth under lights, the ball thumps into the stands. The new wave of Pakistani and Pakistan-origin hitters are experts at flipping hips late to keep the ball square.
• BBL: Honest pace, big pockets. The best hitters there deny bowlers the knee-high heavy length and play the bounce like a trampoline. Maxwell is the poster boy; his bottom-hand release makes clean contact look inevitable.
• CPL: Wind hunters. Many CPL grounds downwind one side; the smart hitters set up to launch that way even if they’re technically “going against” their usual field preference.
• SA20: Bounce reads decide the day. Hitting length on the up is a different skill from hitting floaty cutters. Klaasen’s genius is knowing the difference early.
• ILT20: Dew settlement transforms the second innings. If you bat second and get a wet ball, your mishits gain 10 meters. Hitters worth their paychecks know this and go up a gear at the first sign of a towel.

Fastest T20 century in World Cup knockouts and finals — the white whales

The rarest thing of all is a sub-45-ball hundred deep in a tournament. Pitches slow, captains hoard their best overs, and nerves test even rhythm players. The hitters who still make time disappear in knockouts tend to simplify even further: one hitting zone, one pace, one plan. They’ll gift the single to the deep point for nine balls if it buys the arc they want for the tenth. That patience-in-chaos is the difference between a daring fifty and a historic hundred.

Data corner — compact tables for quick reference

All T20 (overall) — fastest certified centuries (selected)

• Chris Gayle — 30 balls — Bengaluru vs Pune — Bengaluru — IPL
• Rishabh Pant — 32 balls — Delhi vs Himachal — Delhi — North Zone T20
• Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton — 33 balls — Namibia vs Nepal — Kathmandu — T20I
• Andrew Symonds — 34 balls — Kent vs Middlesex — Beckenham — T20 Blast
• Kushal Malla — 34 balls — Nepal vs Mongolia — Hangzhou — T20I

T20I — fastest certified centuries (selected)

• Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton — 33 balls — Namibia vs Nepal — Kathmandu
• Kushal Malla — 34 balls — Nepal vs Mongolia — Hangzhou
• David Miller — 35 balls — South Africa vs Bangladesh — Potchefstroom
• Rohit Sharma — 35 balls — India vs Sri Lanka — Indore

Major leagues — single-leader snapshot

• IPL — Chris Gayle — 30 balls — Bengaluru vs Pune — Bengaluru
• PSL — Usman Khan — 36 balls — Multan vs Quetta — Rawalpindi
• BBL — Craig Simmons — 39 balls — Perth vs Adelaide — Perth
• CPL — Andre Russell — 40 balls — Jamaica vs Trinbago — Port of Spain
• T20 Blast — Andrew Symonds — 34 balls — Kent vs Middlesex — Beckenham
• SA20 — fastest at approximately 41 balls — Will Jacks / Heinrich Klaasen
• ILT20 — current fastest sits in low-to-mid 40s bracket

Women’s T20 — fastest certified centuries

• Sophie Devine — 36 balls — Wellington vs Otago — Dunedin — Super Smash
• Deandra Dottin — 38 balls — West Indies vs South Africa — Basseterre — T20I
• WBBL benchmark — low-40s — Grace Harris (fastest widely credited)

The art and science of bowling against a 30-ball threat

• When to go full: Only if you own the yorker. Anything waist-high or even ankle-high with too much pace becomes a slot ball in disguise. Under lights with dew, risk doubles.
• What to hide: Your leg-cutter that looks gorgeous in training but floats under pressure. Hitters with elite decision speed see it early; it becomes a rise-ball begging for the grass banks.
• Fields that work: A short fine leg for the pick-up, a long-on who’s in early motion, and a sweeper that’s two steps finer than usual for the sliced hit. Above all: move early, not late.
• Traps that matter: Start with three balls wide of off to slow the batter’s hip fire, then sneak the skiddy in-dipper that hurries the toe. If you don’t own the in-dipper, don’t pretend. T20 hitters smell bluffs.

How batters rehearse for the fastest century

• Bucket reps: Fifty balls, all in the same zone, with a boundary as the minimum. The point is not variety; it’s repeatability.
• Wind rehearsal: Players literally hit with a fan in indoor nets to feel drag and flight. It’s about getting the brain in tune with a moving, invisible factor.
• Decision drills: Coaches call “slot,” “length,” or “bouncer” a split-second before release. The batter must set shape and trust the call. Decision-making speed gets trained like a muscle.
• Finisher’s heartbeat: Heart rate training so that the body stays calm at 175–185 bpm. Fastest hundreds spike the heart; the best keep their breath even as the roof lifts.

A note on record-keeping and context

T20 cricket moves fast. Associate nations are playing more, domestic leagues bloom, and batting explosions arrive from unexpected corners. That’s why a dyno-chart approach — all-time, T20I, league-by-league — is more useful than a single static table. It honors the fact that a 33-ball hundred in Kathmandu, a 39-ball blast in Perth, and a 30-ball legend in Bengaluru all belong to the same family of excellence, shaped by different winds and wickets.

Key facts, at a glance

• Fastest century in T20 (all T20s): Chris Gayle, 30 balls, IPL, Bengaluru vs Pune.
• Fastest century in T20I: Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, 33 balls, Namibia vs Nepal.
• Fastest century in IPL: Chris Gayle, 30 balls.
• Fastest century by an Indian in T20: Rishabh Pant, 32 balls (domestic T20); fastest T20I by an Indian — Rohit Sharma, 35 balls.
• Fastest century in PSL: Usman Khan, 36 balls.
• Fastest century in BBL: Craig Simmons, 39 balls.
• Fastest century in CPL: Andre Russell, 40 balls.
• Fastest century in SA20: around 41 balls (Will Jacks, Heinrich Klaasen among leaders).
• Fastest century in T20 World Cup: Chris Gayle, 47 balls.
• Fastest century in women’s T20: Sophie Devine, 36 balls (domestic); fastest women’s T20I — Deandra Dottin, 38 balls.

Why T20 and T20I both matter in the record conversation

T20 is a broad church. Franchise cricket brings specific conditions, team roles, and diverse match-ups that can supercharge — or strangle — a chase for a fast hundred. T20I cricket carries national weight, evolving Associate ecosystems, and unique pressure pockets. Both pools feed the story. If you care about the purest expression of fast scoring regardless of crest on the jersey, you track all T20s. If you prefer the international stage only, T20I lists tell you who carried their country with ultrafast intent. Together, they paint the full picture.

The future of the fastest century in T20

• Power-handles and bat tech evolve: Stronger, lighter bats with a slightly thicker toe and optimized balance allow late acceleration without losing shape.
• Intelligence at the crease: Batters will get savvier with wind, boundary geometry, and match-up prediction, turning “feel” into science.
• Associate surge: More internationals on true surfaces mean more nights where a fearless top-order player meets the perfect conditions. Expect more sub-35 threats in T20Is.
• Data-driven field-cracking: Pre-ball routines that encode line, length, and field into one decision. The hitter of the future will look calmer, because the choice was made before the run-up began.

Closing thoughts

The fastest century in T20 is not a carnival stunt. It’s the logical end of a thousand hours of swing integrity, decision speed, and courage. Gayle’s 30-ball epic, Loftie-Eaton’s 33-ball spark, Rohit’s velvet sledgehammer, Miller’s surgeon steel — each is a window into what this format does best. It compresses cricket into a test of nerve and geometry. It asks you to find your best self immediately, then better it again twelve balls later. And on certain nights, with the air warm and the ball shiny and the world tuned in, a batter answers that ask so ruthlessly that scoring a hundred in half an hour feels almost normal.

Those are the nights that define the format. Those are the nights that rewrite the math. And those are the nights this page exists to chronicle — with precision, context, and a little awe.