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Since the introduction of T20 cricket, players have started taking more risks, and this has certainly given them the license to go after the bowling from the very first ball. Today, batters are scoring a hundred in 30–40 balls as well, which was impossible two decades ago. Even in the Indian Premier League, batters have slammed some of the quickest centuries.
But there are not just quick hundreds; the IPL has also seen some of the slowest hundreds as well. This article will also feature a list of the top ten slowest centuries in the Indian Premier League (IPL). This list will certainly amaze you because it has some incredible players.
Here are the ten slowest centuries in the Indian Premier League (IPL)
Top 10 Slowest centuries in the IPL 2024
11. KL Rahul (62 balls)
KL Rahul has been one of the best players in the IPL and a run-machine in particular. He won the “Orange Cap” in 2020 and slammed multiple hundreds. During that season, he smashed a century against RCB in Dubai, which helped his team win by 97 runs. PBKS made 206/3 as KL Rahul made an unbeaten 132 off 69, with 14 fours and seven sixes. He reached his hundred off 62 balls and scored 32 runs in the next 7 balls.
10. Ambati Rayudu (62 balls)
Former Indian batter Ambati Rayudu was one of the most consistent performers in the IPL. He retired in 2023 after winning the title with CSK. Rayudu scored one hundred in his IPL career, which came against Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2018 in Pune. It came in a chase. SRH batted first and made 179/4, and CSK made 180/2 to win it. Rayudu scored a 62-ball ton and made 100 not out from 62 balls, with seven fours and seven sixes.
9. Virat Kohli (62 balls)
Virat Kohli has seven centuries in IPL history. He slammed two in the 2023 edition, one of which came against SRH. It came in a chase in Hyderabad. SRH made a good total of 186/5 in the first innings. Virat gave a brilliant start and completed a 62-ball century. But he soon got out after his hundred. He made 100 off 63 balls, with 12 fours and four sixes. RCB made 187/2 and won by 8 wickets.
8. Virat Kohli (63 balls)
Virat Kohli was unstoppable in 2016 and single-handedly took his team to the final, but unfortunately lost against SRH. But individually, he was at his fiery best and smashed 973 runs with 4 centuries in that one season. His first of the four centuries in that season came against the Gujarat Lions in Rajkot. Batting first, RCB made 180/2, as Virat smashed a 63-ball 100 and made 100 not out with 11 fours and one six. But it ended in a losing cause as GL made 182/4 to win the game.
7. KL Rahul (63 balls)
KL Rahul has scored 4 centuries in the IPL, and three of them have come against MI. His maiden IPL ton came in 2019 against MI only at the Wankhede Stadium. It was the 24th game of the season between PBKS and MI. Batting first, Punjab made 197/4, and Rahul smashed a 63-ball unbeaten 100 with six fours and six sixes. Chasing the score, MI reached 198/7, courtesy of Kieron Pollard’s counter-attacking 31-ball 83.
6. Kevin Pietersen (64 balls)
Kevin Pietersen was one of the best strikers of the cricket ball and was among the first few batters to achieve success in the shorter format. He played a few IPL seasons and scored one century. His only hundred came for DC during the 2012 season. It was the match against the Deccan Chargers, and Delhi were chasing 158 to win. Pietersen hit a 64-ball hundred and made an unbeaten 103 with six fours and nine sixes. Delhi made 162/5 and won the game.
5. Jos Buttler (66 balls)
Jos Buttler had an incredible season in 2022, where he won the “Orange Cap” with 863 runs in the season and four centuries. His first hundred of that season came off 66 balls in a game against the Mumbai Indians at Dy Patil. RR made 193/8 in the first innings and Buttler scored 100 off 68 balls with 11 fours and five sixes. MI made 170/8 in reply and lost by 23 runs. It is Buttler’s slowed IPL hundred.
4. David Warner (66 balls)
David Warner has scored the third-most runs and the most half-centuries in the IPL. He is one of the best overseas batters to play in the league. He has scored four centuries in this league. His maiden ton came for the Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) in the 2010 season. He scored a 66-ball century against KKR. Warner made an unbeaten 107 off 69, with nine fours and five sixes. Delhi made 177/4 in the first innings and restricted KKR to 137/9 to win by 40 runs.
3. Sachin Tendulkar (66 balls)
Sachin Tendulkar retired with the most international centuries and even scored a hundred in the IPL. His only hundred came for MI during the 2011 edition. It was the match against the Kochi Tuskers Kerala but it ended in a losing cause. In the first innings, MI made 182/2, where Sachin scored a 66-ball hundred. He made 100 not out with 12 fours and 3 sixes. Kochi made 184/2 and won the game. It is the joint-second slowest IPL hundred.
2. Manish Pandey (67 balls)
Manish Pandey was the first Indian batter to score a hundred in IPL history, and it is the slowest of all time. It came in the 2009 season when RCB faced the Deccan Chargers at Centurion. Pandey, who was playing for RCB, scored a 67-ball hundred. He made 114 not out from 73 balls, with 10 fours and four sixes, and RCB made 170/4. In reply, Deccan scored 158/6 and lost by 12 runs. Though it is still the slowest IPL hundred, it was a perfect innings at that time.
1. Virat Kohli (67 Balls)
Virat Kohli brought up his record 8th century during the IPL 2024. It came against the Rajasthan Royals in match no. 19 at Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur. He hit his tonne off 67 balls and equalled an unwanted record for the slowest IPL century. Virat remained unbeaten on 113 of 72 balls, with 12 fours and four sixes.
