Only Chris Gayle, Jos Butler and Virat Kohli have struck five or more centuries in the history of the IPL
In the Indian Premier League or T20 cricket in general, hitting 50 runs is not a humongous task. However, securing a century is a tough deal. After all, in T20, only 120 balls are delivered, and therefore, the task becomes incredibly challenging, especially when not all balls are faced by a single batsman. Nonetheless, in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL), some batsmen have managed to score a few centuries.
In the following paragraphs, we have listed the batsmen with the most centuries in the tournament.
Virat Kohli is the only other batsman to score seven centuries in the IPL. From 241 matches, Kohli has scored 7,466 runs at an average of 37.71 and a strike rate in excess of 130. He has struck 52 half-centuries with the help of 660 fours and 242 sixes.
Kohli announced his decision to step down as the captain of RCB after IPL 2021. Perhaps that marked the beginning of a new era when Kohli started scoring a lot more runs from his blade.
Chris Gayle is an absolute behemoth in T20 cricket. Having represented most of the franchises in almost every domestic T20 league across the world, Gayle remains a superstar despite being well past 40.
In the IPL, he has smoked 4,965 runs from 142 matches at an average of just under 40 and a strike rate of close to 150. He has the best of 175 not out and has struck six centuries, the most by any batsman in the history of the IPL.
Gayle also has 31 half-centuries to his name and has struck more than 400 boundaries and over 357 maximums in the IPL. Currently representing Punjab Kings, Gayle had some of his best years with Royal Challengers Bangalore, during which his skipper Virat Kohli also had his fair share of success.
Until a few years ago, Jos Butler was not a contender for this list, but his recent explosive batting has put him alongside some of IPL’s greatest. So far, Butler has scored five IPL centuries, scoring 3,223 runs from 95 innings with a best score of 124. Apart from five centuries, he has scored 19 half-centuries.
Butler celebrating one of his centuries
David Warner might seem like a persona non grata in the IPL at the moment. Regardless, David Warner remains one of the most successful batters in the history of the IPL. He has scored 6,545 runs from 180 IPL matches at a strike rate of almost 141. The southpaw has struck four centuries and 62 half centuries at an average of over 40 and is an absolute IPL superstar.
Australian all-rounder Shane Watson scored four centuries in the IPL, making 3,874 runs from 145 matches at an average of over 30. More than that, he scored when it counted, as Watto helped Chennai Super Kings win a couple of finals almost single-handedly.
Last but not least, KL Rahul is also on the list with four IPL centuries. So far, he has accumulated 4,163 runs in 103 IPL inning which includes 33 half –centuries as well.
