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Top five century scorers in T20 cricket history from Virat Kohli to Chris Gayle. Photo: x
Virat Kohli scored his eighth century in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and ninth overall in T20 cricket as he scored an unbeaten 113 during the 19th match against Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Saturday, April 6. Make it. IPL 2024.
With the help of this century, Kohli moved to third position in the list of most centuries by a male cricketer in the history of T20 cricket. Kohli’s former Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) teammate Chris Gayle tops the list with 22 centuries in T20 cricket.
Top five players who scored most centuries in T20 cricket history
|
player |
Duration |
mat |
Inn |
Run |
HS |
avenue |
sr |
100 |
50 |
|
CH Gail |
2005-2022 |
463 |
455 |
14562 |
175* |
36.22 |
144.75 |
22 |
88 |
|
Babar Azam |
2012-2024 |
290 |
280 |
10495 |
122 |
44.28 |
129.32 |
11 |
87 |
|
V Kohli |
2007-2024 |
380 |
363 |
12197 |
122* |
41.48 |
133.54 |
9 |
93 |
|
M Klinger |
2006-2019 |
206 |
198 |
5960 |
126* |
34.45 |
123.08 |
8 |
33 |
|
DA Warner |
2007-2024 |
374 |
373 |
12213 |
135* |
37.12 |
140.21 |
8 |
102 |
ahead of Babar Kohli
Gayle is miles away from any other batsman as the second player on the list is Pakistan’s Babar Azam who has scored 11 centuries, two more than his idol Virat Kohli. 29 year old Babar still has age and he can get Gayle’s number.
Kohli’s century in IPL
The 35-year-old RCB player has scored eight centuries in the history of IPL. Kohli scored his first century in the 2016 IPL. This was the same season in which he scored four centuries, an IPL record that has yet to be broken. The Indian maestro then scored two centuries in IPL 2022 and another century in 2019.
All centuries of Virat Kohli in IPL
|
Century no. |
Run |
balls |
4s |
6s |
sr |
Oppose |
Field |
Year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
100* |
63 |
11 |
1 |
158.73 |
GL |
Rajkot |
2016 |
|
2 |
108* |
58 |
8 |
7 |
186.21 |
rps |
Bengaluru |
2016 |
|
3 |
109 |
55 |
5 |
8 |
198.18 |
GL |
Bengaluru |
2016 |
|
4 |
113 |
50 |
8 |
4 |
226 |
Kings XI Punjab |
Bengaluru |
2016 |
|
5 |
100 |
58 |
9 |
4 |
172.41 |
KKR |
Kolkata |
2019 |
|
6 |
100 |
63 |
12 |
4 |
158.73 |
SRH |
Hyderabad |
2023 |
|
7 |
101* |
61 |
13 |
1 |
165.57 |
GT |
Bengaluru |
2023 |
| 8 | 113* | 72 | 12 | 4 | 156.9 | RR | Jaipur | 2024 |
Kohli’s century in T20 International
Kohli’s only T20 International century came against Afghanistan in the Asia Cup 2022 at the Dubai Intentional Cricket Stadium in UAE.
Virat Kohli has the most catches in IPL history
Kolhi did not make records just with a century. After completing a catch at short midwicket to catch Riyan Parag off the bowling of Yash Dayal, he became the record holder for most catches by a non-wicketkeeping fielder in the history of IPL. He left behind Suresh Raina who had taken 109 catches in 205 matches. Kohli now has 110 wickets in 242 matches.
Top five players with most catches in IPL
|
player |
Duration |
mat |
Inn |
whistle |
Maximum |
ct/in |
|
SK Raina (CSK/GL) |
2008-2021 |
205 |
204 |
109 |
3 |
0.534 |
|
V Kohli (RCB) |
2008-2024 |
242* |
240 |
109 |
3 |
0.454 |
|
KA Pollard (MI) |
2010-2022 |
189 |
189 |
103 |
2 |
0.544 |
|
RG Sharma (DC/MI) |
2008-2024 |
246 |
246 |
99 |
3 |
0.402 |
|
S Dhawan (DC/MI/PBKS/SRH) |
2008-2024 |
221 |
221 |
98 |
3 |
0.443 |
first published: 06 April 2024 | 11:59 pm First
