Who has hit fastest hundred in T20 World Cup? Pakistan batter in star-studded top-5 list

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Who has hit the fastest Hundred in T20 World Cup? With the ninth edition of the T20 World Cup set to kick off from June 1, the time is just apt to recall the batting superstars who slammed the fastest hundreds in the history of the tournament.

Hundreds in T20 leagues like IPL are good, a T20I hundred is better, but there is nothing like a hundred at the T20 World Cup. Only 10 batters have a T20 World Cup hundred to their name. In fact, T20 World Cups have witnessed only 11 centuries till date. Suresh Raina is the only India batter to achieve the feat. His hundred came off 59 balls.

Chris Gayle is the only batter in history to smash two T20 World Cup hundreds. The West Indies legend also holds the record for the two fastest hundreds in the history of T20 World Cup.

Gayle smashed a 47-ball hundred against England at the Wankhede Stadium in T20 World Cup 2016. The southpaw were berserk against South Africa in the inaugural 2007 T20 World Cup to hit a 50-ball hundred.

Former New Zealand cricketer and the inventor of 'Bazball' style of aggressive Test cricket, Brendon McCullum hit the third-fastest T20 World Cup hundred off just 51 balls in 2012. The knock came against Bangladesh in Pallekele, Sri Lanka.

South Africa batter Rilee Rossow, who has missed out on a T20 World Cup 2024 berth, smashed a 52-ball hundred against Bangladesh in Sydney during the last T20 World Cup. Out-of-favour Pakistan batter Ahmed Shehzad has the fifth fastest T20 World Cup hundred to his name.

Fastest T20 World Cup Hundred List

• Chris Gayle (WI): 47 balls vs England - March 16, 2016 - Mumbai
• Chris Gayle (WI): 50 balls vs South Africa - September 11, 2007 - Johannesburg
• Brendon McCullum (NZ): 51 balls vs Bangladesh - September 21, 2012 - Pallekele
• Rilee Rossouw (SA): 52 vs Bangladesh - October 27, 2022 - Sydney
• Ahmed Shehzad (PAK): 58 balls vs Bangladesh - March 30, 2014 - Mirpur

Hard-hitting batters like Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma, Henrich Klaasen, Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell, and Jos Buttler would be featuring in the T20 World Cup 2024. There is definitely a high chance of Gayle's record being broken this time around.