Urvil Patel Breaks Rishabh Pant’s Fastest T20 Century Record but Goes Unsold in IPL 2025 Auction

Urvil Patel, the wicketkeeper for Gujarat, smashed a century off just 28 balls, surpassing Rishabh Pant’s record for the fastest-ever T20 hundred by an Indian.

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Urvil Patel has experienced setbacks in the Indian Premier League (IPL) before. The Gujarat wicketkeeper-batter, however, is quick to turn these setbacks into victory on the field. On Wednesday, he broke the record established by another wicketkeeper, Rishabh Pant, by smashing the fastest-ever T20 hundred by an Indian batter.

Urvil crushed 100 off just 28 balls in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024 encounter against Tripura at the Emerald Heights International School Ground in Indore a few days after not being selected by any team at the IPL 2025 Mega Auction.

🚨 URVIL PATEL CREATED HISTORY 🚨

Urvil Patel smashed Hundred from just 28 balls in Syed Mushtaq Ali, fast hundred by an Indian in T20 history, breaking the record of Rishabh Pant 🙇

– Urvil Patel, WK batter was unsold in the auction. pic.twitter.com/K0Ju13pKFY

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) November 27, 2024

Only Estonia’s Sahil Chauhan, who got a century off just 27 balls against Cyprus, is faster than Urvil’s century in men’s T20 cricket. The 26-year-old stumper reached his first T20 century by smashing seven fours and twelve sixes as Gujarat chased a 156-run total. Gujarat reached the goal in just 10.2 overs because to his incredible 113 off 35 balls.

Urvil had failed to sell in the IPL 2025 big auction earlier in the week. His base price was Rs 30 lakh, and he was listed as player number 212.