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Top 5 Captains with the Fastest T20 Centuries
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News18•07-10-2026, 18:46
Top 5 Captains with the Fastest T20 Centuries
- •Sikandar Raza holds the world record for the fastest T20 century as a captain, scoring it in just 33 balls for Zimbabwe.
- •Rohit Sharma sits in second place globally and first for India, having smashed a 35-ball century against Sri Lanka in Indore in 2017.
- •England's Harry Brook and India's Shreyas Iyer both share the third spot with identical centuries off 42 balls.
- •South Africa's Faf du Plessis rounds out the top five with a 46-ball century against the West Indies in Johannesburg in 2015.
- •Four out of the top five captains achieved these milestone centuries on their home grounds, with Rohit Sharma being the only opening batsman among them.
Key Questions Answered
Sikandar Raza holds the world record for scoring the fastest T20I century as a captain, achieving the milestone in just 33 balls.
Rohit Sharma smashed a T20I century in 35 balls against Sri Lanka in Indore in 2017, placing him second on the overall list.
Four of the captains—Rohit Sharma in Indore, Harry Brook in Southampton, Shreyas Iyer in Lucknow, and Faf du Plessis in Johannesburg—scored their fast centuries on home soil, while Sikandar Raza is the only exception who played in Kenya.
