T20 World Cup: Pakistan's Sahibzada Farhan becomes 1st batter to score Multiple Centuries in a T20 WC Edition

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As of the 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, the record for the most centuries in a single edition is held exclusively by Pakistan's Sahibzada Farhan, who smashed two centuries in the very same tournament.

Prior to 2026, no batsman had ever managed to score more than one century during a single T20 World Cup campaign.

The legendary "Universe Boss" Chris Gayle holds the joint-record for the most centuries in overall T20 World Cup history (two), but his monumental hundreds came nine years apart-the first in the inaugural 2007 edition against South Africa, and the second in 2016 against England.

Sahibzada Farhan shattered this ceiling during a dream campaign in 2026. He registered his first century of the tournament against Namibia, scoring an unbeaten 100 off 58 balls in the group stages. Just days later, he replicated that magic during a high-stakes Super 8 clash against Sri Lanka, scoring exactly 100 off 60 deliveries.

Sahibzada Farhan becomes 1st Player to Unique Record

By doing so, Farhan not only equalled Gayle's lifetime record of two World Cup tons but became the very first player to achieve it within a single month-long edition. His incredible form also saw him surpass Virat Kohli's long-standing record for the most total runs in a single T20 World Cup (319 runs, set in 2014).

Before Farhan's breakthrough, the limit for any batter was a single century per edition. Several world-class players have etched their names onto this exclusive one-ton-per-edition list, including:

Full List of T20 World Cup Centuries

2010: Suresh Raina (India), Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)
2012: Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)
2014: Alex Hales (England), Ahmed Shehzad (Pakistan)
2016: Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh)
2021: Jos Buttler (England)
2022: Rilee Rossouw (South Africa), Glenn Phillips (New Zealand)
2026: Pathum Nissanka (Sri Lanka), Yuvraj Samra (Canada), Harry Brook (England)

While the list of World Cup centurions continues to grow, Sahibzada Farhan currently stands completely alone at the summit when it comes to dominating a single edition with multiple hundreds.