Over the years, the IPL has been the launching pad for the careers of many Indian and overseas stars. This is seen as a stage where if a player excels, then he is deemed to have greener pastures in their career going forward thanks to competitiveness.
There have been youngsters who made their mark in the league before establishing themselves at the international level. One can say the IPL presents players with a golden ticket to glory, and here we will see about the players who have utilised those opportunities to a large extent.
Here is a list of the top 10 youngest batters to hit a century in the IPL.
Youngest Batters to Score IPL Century
| Player | Age While Scoring IPL 100 | Score (Balls) | Against | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manish Pandey (Royal Challengers Bangalore) | 19y 253d | 114* (73) | Deccan Chargers | Centurion | 21 May 2009 |
| Rishabh Pant (Delhi Daredevils) | 20y 218d | 128* (63) | SRH | Delhi | 10 May 2018 |
| Devdutt Padikkal (Royal Challengers Bangalore) | 20y 289d | 101* (52) | RR | Wankhede | 22 Apr 2021 |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rajasthan Royals) | 21y 123d | 124 (62) | MI | Wankhede | 30 Apr 2023 |
| Sanju Samson (Delhi Daredevils) | 22y 151d | 102 (63) | Rising Pune Supergiant | Pune | 11 Apr 2017 |
| Sai Sudharsan (Gujarat Titans) | 22y 208d | 103 (51) | CSK | Ahmedabad | 10 May 2024 |
| Prabhsimran Singh (Punjab Kings) | 22y 276d | 103 (65) | DC | Delhi | 13 May 2023 |
| Quinton de Kock (Delhi Daredevils) | 23y 122d | 108 (51) | RCB | Bengaluru | 17 Apr 2016 |
| David Warner (Delhi Daredevils) | 23y 153d | 107* (69) | KKR | Delhi | 29 Mar 2010 |
| Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans) | 23y 249d | 101 (58) | SRH | Ahmedabad | 15 May 2023 |
Key Insights
12: The number of batters to have scored a century in the IPL before turning 24. The other two are David Miller, who scored a century aged 23 years and 330 days for the Punjab Kings, and Cameron Green, who scored a century for the Mumbai Indians aged 23 years and 352 days in the IPL.
Shubman Gill has scored a century before turning 24 three times, the only batter to have more than 1 IPL century before that age. The Gujarat Titans skipper made all 3 tons 11 days apart from each other.
129: One of Gill’s scores during those tons was 129 against the Mumbai Indians in Ahmedabad in the 2023 season, and this remains the highest score by a batter before crossing the 24-year mark.
As many as 4 batters on this list have made their maiden IPL tons at a young age for the Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals), the most for any team. The players are Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Quinton de Kock, and David Warner.
Manish Pandey’s 114* in the second season of the IPL held in South Africa was the first-ever ton scored in the tournament by an Indian, and he remains the youngest IPL centurion in history. However, Pandey took 67 deliveries to reach the three-digit figure, which is the joint slowest hundred in the IPL.
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