IPL 2022 LIVE: 5 Indian Players With Most Hundreds in T20 Cricket

IPL 2022 LIVE: T20 cricket is almost a couple of decades old now. It is the newest and shortest format of cricket. Cricket has evolved over the years. It started with Test cricket, its traditional format, and a century later added a limited-overs format in the form of ODIs. Cricket was traditionally played over the course of five days. When ODIs started, it bifurcated into unlimited, limited-overs cricket. The approaches were different for different formats. Find the IPL match predictions and updates for the upcoming match here on our site.

However, no one had imagined any shorter version of the game. But when T20 cricket happened, it took the world by surprise. It consisted of only T20 overs in each innings. Players at the start failed to match the rhythm of the game and often approached the game with similar intent needed in the ODIs. However, there were some players who proved to be pioneers and started to maximize the 20 overs.

Centuries were a rare event in the T20s as there are only 120 balls to play in an innings. However, with the advent of the T20 World Cup and leagues like the IPL and BBL, batsmen started to utilize 120 balls to great effect and centuries soon became common in this format.

IPL 2022 LIVE: Indian players with the most hundreds in T20 cricket

5) Manish Pandey (3 hundreds)

Manish Pandey plays domestic cricket for Karnataka and is part of the Lucknow Super Giants this season. He holds the record for being the first Indian to hit a century in the IPL. He had brought up this feat while playing for RCB in 2009 in a game against the Deccan Chargers. Manish has been a part of the IPL since its inception and has also played for KKR and SRH. He has 3 hundred in T20 cricket, 1 in IPL, and 2 in domestic T20 tournaments.

In 257 innings of 280 matches, Manish has scored 6403 runs at an average of 31.85. Other players who have hit three T20 centuries are Sanju Samson and Murali Vijay. He is in the 5th spot as his stats are superior to the other two.

4) Suresh Raina (4 hundreds)

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The southpaw from Uttar Pradesh is a veteran of T20 cricket. Suresh Raina is fondly known as Mr. IPL for his unmatchable exploits in the league. Raina made his international debut in 2005 but was later dropped due to injuries and poor form. The start of the IPL in 2008 helped him regain his position on the national side. Raina was the mainstay of the Chennai Super Kings and was pivotal in their four title wins. He was also instrumental in CSK’s two title wins in the Champions League T20.

Raina was the first Indian to hit a century in a T20I. He brought his feat in the 2010 T20 WC. Raina has 4 T20 centuries to his name, one each in the T20I, IPL, Champions League T20, and Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy. Raina was the first Indian to hit centuries across three formats.

3) Virat Kohli (5 hundreds)

Former Indian captain Virat Kohli was the first Indian to score 10000 runs in T20 cricket. He aced the shortest version of the sport like he aced the other two. Kohli is one of the most prolific run-scorers in this format and has amassed 10392 runs at an average of 40.43 in 317 innings.

Kohli had not scored a hundred in this format until 2016. However, the modern great did the unthinkable in the IPL 216 season and scored an unprecedented 973 runs including 4 centuries that season. He scored another century in the 2019 season to take his tally to 5 centuries in this format.

2) Rohit Sharma (6 hundreds)

Rohit Sharma epitomizes modern-day greatness. He excels across formats. Rohit knows how to adapt to different situations and change his game to meet his need. After failures in the initial part of his career, he reinvented himself as an opener and has not looked back since. Many don’t know, but he was the first Indian to hit a century in T20. Way before Manish Pandey hit it in 2009 in the IPL, Rohit Sharma achieved this milestone in the 2006/07 season while playing for Mumbai. He smashed 101 runs off 45 balls against Gujarat, including 13 fours and 5 sixes.

Rohit has only one hundred in the IPL. He has scored the remaining five in T20Is. Thus, leading the chart for most centuries in T20Is. Rohit recently went past 10000 T20 runs, thus becoming the 2nd Indian to do so after Virat Kohli.

1) KL Rahul (6 hundreds)

KL Rahul embodies the right mix of composure and attack. He is technically sound and quite traditional in his batting approach. Yet scores at a brisk rate with minimal risk. KL Rahul’s strokeplay is quite soothing to the eyes. He is elegant and graceful but equally devastating when it comes to strokeplay. Rahul recently equalled Rohit Sharma’s tally of 6 centuries in T20 cricket. He achieved this milestone in the 37th game of IPL 2022 against the Mumbai Indians.

In 167 innings of 180 T20 matches, Rahul has scored 6110 runs at a staggering average of 44.27. He scored the highest score of an unbeaten 132 against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2020 season while playing for Kings XI Punjab. Rahul is leading the Lucknow Super Giants this season.

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