List of Men's T20 World Cup centuries

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, the most recent to take place, sixteen batsmen have scored eighteen centuries in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[4]

Chris Gayle in the field at the Telstra Dome during an ICC Super Series 2005 cricket match.
Chris Gayle is the first player to score a century in the Men's T20 World Cup.
Brendon McCullum playing in the third ODI between England and New Zealand in 2015.
Brendon McCullum is the highest individual scorer in the Men's T20 World Cup, having scored 123 runs against Bangladesh.

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][4] This century also made him the first player to score a century in all three formats of international cricket.[6] With his two centuries, he remains one of only two batsmen to have scored more than one century in the championship, along with Sahibzada Farhan of Pakistan.[4][7] 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.[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]

Key

More information Symbol, Description ...
Symbol Description
Runs denotes the number of runs scored by the player
Balls denotes the number of balls faced by the player
Inns. denotes the particular innings in which the century was scored
4s denotes number of fours scored
6s denotes number of sixes scored
S/R denotes strike rate (runs scored per 100 balls)
Edition refers to the edition of the Men's T20 World Cup
Result refers to whether the player's team won or lost
D/L refers 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
Close

Centuries

More information No., Player ...
List of Men's T20 World Cup centuries[4]
No. Player Runs Balls 4s 6s S/R Inns. Team Opposition Venue Edition Date Result Ref
1 Chris Gayle (1/2) 117 †57710205.261 West Indies South AfricaWanderers Stadium, Johannesburg200711 September 2007Lost[10]
2 Suresh Raina 1016095168.331 India South AfricaBeausejour Stadium, Gros Islet20102 May 2010Won[11]
3 Mahela Jayawardene 10064104156.251 Sri Lanka ZimbabweProvidence Stadium, Providence3 May 2010Won (D/L)[12]
4 Brendon McCullum 123 #58117212.061 New Zealand BangladeshPallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy201221 September 2012Won[13]
5 Alex Hales 116*64116181.252 England Sri LankaZohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong201427 March 2014Won[14]
6 Ahmed Shehzad 111* [b]62105179.031 Pakistan BangladeshSher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka30 March 2014Won[15]
7 Tamim Iqbal 103* [c]63105163.491 Bangladesh OmanHPCA Stadium, Dharamshala201613 March 2016Won (D/L)[16]
8 Chris Gayle (2/2) 100*48511208.332 West Indies EnglandWankhede Stadium, Mumbai16 March 2016Won[17]
9 Jos Buttler 101* [d]6766150.741 England Sri LankaSharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah20211 November 2021Won[18]
10 Rilee Rossouw 1095678194.641 South Africa BangladeshSydney Cricket Ground, Sydney202227 October 2022Won[19]
11 Glenn Phillips 10464104162.501 New Zealand Sri Lanka29 October 2022Won[20]
12 Pathum Nissanka 100*52105192.302 Sri Lanka AustraliaPallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy202616 February 2026Won[21]
13 Yuvraj Samra 11065116169.231 Canada New ZealandM. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai17 February 2026Lost[22]
14 Sahibzada Farhan (1/2) 100*58114172.411 Pakistan NamibiaSSC Cricket Ground, Colombo18 February 2026Won[23]
15 Harry Brook 10051104196.082 England PakistanPallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy24 February 2026Won[24]
16 Sahibzada Farhan (2/2) 1006095166.671 Pakistan Sri LankaPallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy28 February 2026Won[25]
17 Finn Allen 100* ‡33108303.032 New Zealand South AfricaEden Gardens, Kolkata4 March 2026Won[26]
18 Jacob Bethell 1054887218.752 England IndiaWankhede Stadium, Mumbai5 March 2026Lost[27]
Close

Footnotes

  1. [a]
    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][9]
  2. [b]
    Shehzad'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. [c]
    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. [d]
    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

External links

Related Articles

Wikiwand AI