List of centuries in Twenty20 International cricket - wikipedia List of centuries in Twenty20 International cricket For centuries in women 's Twenty20 International cricket, see List of centuries in women 's Twenty20 International cricket. Brendon McCullum, Chris Gayle ( pictured here ) with Evin Lewis are the only batsmen to score two T20I centuries. In the sport of cricket, a century is a score of one hundred or more runs by a batsman in a single innings. A Twenty20 International ( T20I ) is an international match between two teams, each having T20I status, as determined by the International Cricket Council. In a T20I, the two teams play a single innings each, which is restricted to a maximum of 20 overs. The format was originally introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board for the county cricket competition with the first matches contested on 13 June 2003 between the English counties in the Twenty20 Cup. The first T20I took place on 17 February 2005 when Australia defeated New Zealand by 44 runs at Eden Park in Auckland, with Australian captain Ricky Ponting finishing not out on 98. As of 9 July 2017, from a total of 617 matches, 26 centuries have been scored by 23 different players in T20Is. New Zealander Brendon McCullum and two West Indians Chris Gayle and Evin Lewis are the only players to have achieved the feat twice. Of the 26 centuries, only six of them have not resulted in victories. Players from all the teams that have permanent T20I status -- with the exception of Zimbabwe -- have made centuries and of the teams that have temporary T20I status only Scotland, Afghanistan, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates have had a player reach triple figures. No players from teams that have previously held temporary T20I status have scored centuries, with Hiral Patel from Canada coming the closest with 88 not out against Ireland in 2010. New Zealand and West Indies lead the list with four centuries followed by South Africa, India, and the Australia all with three centuries. The first century in a T20I match was scored by Chris Gayle of the West Indies who scored 117 against South Africa at the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 in 2007. Gayle 's record stood for four and a half years until Richard Levi of South Africa also posted 117 but from fewer deliveries, playing in his second T20I match. Seven months later, Brendon McCullum of New Zealand eclipsed the record by six runs. In August 2013, Australia 's Aaron Finch in his seventh T20I made 156 from 63 balls, passing McCullum 's mark by 33 runs. As of January 2017, Levi holds the record for the fastest century, achieving this score from 45 deliveries. Contents 1 Key 2 Centuries 3 Notes 4 References Key Key Symbol Meaning Player The batsman who scored the century Runs Number of runs scored The batsman was named man of the match * Batsman remained not out Balls Number of balls faced 4s Number of fours scored 6s Number of sixes scored S / R Strike rate ( runs scored per 100 balls ) Inn Innings in which the score was made Team The cricket team the batsman was representing Opposition The team the batsman was playing against Venue The ODI cricket ground where the match was played Date The date when the match was played D / L The result was decided by the Duckworth -- Lewis method S / O The result was decided by a Super Over Centuries List of centuries in Twenty20 International cricket No. Player Runs Balls 4s 6s S / R Inn Team Opposition Venue Date Result Ref Gayle, Chris Chris Gayle ( 1 / 2 ) 7003117000000000000 ♠ 117 57 7 10 205.26 West Indies South Africa Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa 000000002007 - 09 - 11 - 0000 11 September 2007 Lost McCullum, Brendon Brendon McCullum ( 1 / 2 ) 7003116100000000000 ♠ 116 * 56 12 8 207.14 New Zealand Australia Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand 000000002010 - 02 - 28 - 0000 28 February 2010 Won ( S / O ) Raina, Suresh Suresh Raina 7003101000000000000 ♠ 101 60 9 5 168.33 India South Africa Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia 000000002010 - 05 - 02 - 0000 2 May 2010 Won Jayawardene, Mahela Mahela Jayawardene 7003100000000000000 ♠ 100 64 10 156.25 Sri Lanka Zimbabwe Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana 000000002010 - 05 - 03 - 0000 3 May 2010 Won ( D / L ) 5 Dilshan, Tillakaratne Tillakaratne Dilshan 7003104000000000000 ♠ 104 * 57 12 5 182.45 Sri Lanka Australia Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 000000002011 - 08 - 06 - 0000 6 August 2011 Won 6 Levi, Richard Richard Levi 7003117200000000000 ♠ 117 * 51 5 13 229.41 South Africa New Zealand Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand 000000002012 - 02 - 19 - 0000 19 February 2012 Won 7 Berrington, Richie Richie Berrington 7003100100000000000 ♠ 100 58 10 5 172.41 Scotland Bangladesh Sportpark Westvliet, Voorburg, the Netherlands 000000002012 - 07 - 24 - 0000 24 July 2012 Won 8 McCullum, Brendon Brendon McCullum ( 2 / 2 ) 7003123000000000000 ♠ 123 58 11 7 212.06 New Zealand Bangladesh Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 000000002012 - 09 - 21 - 0000 21 September 2012 Won 9 Guptill, Martin Martin Guptill 7003101200000000000 ♠ 101 * 69 9 6 146.37 New Zealand South Africa Buffalo Park, East London, South Africa 000000002012 - 12 - 23 - 0000 23 December 2012 Won ( D / L ) 10 Finch, Aaron Aaron Finch 7003156000000000000 ♠ 156 63 11 14 247.61 Australia England Rose Bowl, Southampton, England 000000002013 - 08 - 29 - 0000 29 August 2013 Won 11 Hales, Alex Alex Hales 7003116000000000000 ♠ 116 * 64 11 6 181.25 England Sri Lanka Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh 000000002014 - 03 - 27 - 0000 27 March 2014 Won 12 Shehzad, Ahmed Ahmed Shehzad 7003111000000000000 ♠ 111 * 62 10 5 179.03 Pakistan Bangladesh Sher - e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh 000000002014 - 03 - 30 - 0000 30 March 2014 Won 13 du Plessis, Faf Faf du Plessis 7003119000000000000 ♠ 119 56 11 5 212.50 South Africa West Indies Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa 000000002015 - 01 - 11 - 0000 11 January 2015 Lost 14 van Wyk, Morné Morné van Wyk 7003114000000000000 ♠ 114 * 70 9 7 162.85 South Africa West Indies Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban, South Africa 000000002015 - 01 - 14 - 0000 14 January 2015 Won 15 Sharma, Rohit Rohit Sharma 7003106000000000000 ♠ 106 66 12 5 160.60 India South Africa HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala, India 000000002015 - 10 - 02 - 0000 2 October 2015 Lost 16 Shahzad, Mohammad Mohammad Shahzad 7003118000000000000 ♠ 118 * 67 10 8 176.11 Afghanistan Zimbabwe Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 000000002016 - 01 - 10 - 0000 10 January 2016 Won 17 Watson, Shane Shane Watson 7003124000000000000 ♠ 124 * 71 10 6 174.64 Australia India Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia 000000002016 - 01 - 31 - 0000 31 January 2016 Lost 18 Hayat, Babar Babar Hayat 7003122000000000000 ♠ 122 60 9 7 203.33 Hong Kong Oman Fatullah Osmani Stadium, Fatullah, Bangladesh 000000002016 - 02 - 19 - 0000 19 February 2016 Lost 19 Iqbal, Tamim Tamim Iqbal 7003103000000000000 ♠ 103 * 63 10 5 163.49 Bangladesh Oman HCPA Stadium, Dharamshala, India 000000002016 - 03 - 13 - 0000 13 March 2016 Won ( D / L ) 20 Gayle, Chris Chris Gayle ( 2 / 2 ) 7003100300000000000 ♠ 100 * 48 5 11 208.33 West Indies England Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India 000000002016 - 03 - 16 - 0000 16 March 2016 Won 21 Lewis, Evin Evin Lewis ( 1 / 2 ) 7003100200000000000 ♠ 100 49 5 9 204.08 West Indies India Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill, United States 000000002016 - 08 - 27 - 0000 27 August 2016 Won 22 Rahul, K.L. K.L. Rahul 7003110000000000000 ♠ 110 * 51 12 5 215.68 India West Indies Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill, United States 000000002016 - 08 - 27 - 0000 27 August 2016 Lost 23 Maxwell, Glenn Glenn Maxwell 7003145000000000000 ♠ 145 * 65 14 9 223.07 Australia Sri Lanka Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 000000002016 - 09 - 06 - 0000 6 September 2016 Won 24 Munro, Colin Colin Munro 7003101100000000000 ♠ 101 54 7 7 187.03 New Zealand Bangladesh Bay Oval, Tauranga, New Zealand 000000002017 - 01 - 06 - 0000 6 January 2017 Won 25 Anwar, Shaiman Shaiman Anwar 7003117100000000000 ♠ 117 * 68 10 6 172.05 United Arab Emirates Papua New Guinea Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 000000002017 - 04 - 14 - 0000 14 April 2017 Won 26 Lewis, Evin Evin Lewis ( 2 / 2 ) 7003125500000000000 ♠ 125 * 62 6 12 201.61 West Indies India Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica 000000002017 - 07 - 09 - 0000 9 July 2017 Won - align = center 26 ! scope = `` row '' Lewis, Evin Evin Lewis ( 2 / 2 ) align = center 7003125500000000000 ♠ 125 * align = center 62 align = center 6 align = center 12 align = center 201.61 align = center 2 West Indies India Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica 000000002017 - 07 - 09 - 0000 9 July 2017 Won ) Notes Jump up ^ The teams are New Zealand, Australia, England, South Africa, West Indies, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and India. 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Lists of cricket centurions Test Australia Bangladesh England India New Zealand Pakistan South Africa Sri Lanka West Indies Zimbabwe ODI Australia Bangladesh England India Ireland New Zealand Pakistan South Africa Sri Lanka West Indies UAE Zimbabwe T20I T20I centurions List of international cricket centuries International men 's cricket ( Test, ODI and T20I ) Sachin Tendulkar ( 100 ) Ricky Ponting ( 71 ) Kumar Sangakkara ( 63 ) Jacques Kallis ( 62 ) Mahela Jayawardene ( 54 ) Brian Lara ( 53 ) Hashim Amla ( 53 ) Rahul Dravid ( 48 ) Virat Kohli ( 47 ) AB de Villiers ( 45 ) Sanath Jayasuriya ( 42 ) Shivnarine Chanderpaul ( 41 ) Younis Khan ( 41 ) Matthew Hayden ( 40 ) Mohammad Yousuf ( 39 ) Tillakaratne Dilshan ( 39 ) Chris Gayle ( 39 ) Mark Waugh ( 38 ) Sourav Ganguly ( 38 ) Virender Sehwag ( 38 ) Graeme Smith ( 37 ) Michael Clarke ( 36 ) Alastair Cook ( 36 ) Sunil Gavaskar ( 35 ) Viv Richards ( 35 ) Desmond Haynes ( 35 ) Steve Waugh ( 35 ) Inzamam - ul - Haq ( 35 ) Herschelle Gibbs ( 35 ) Gary Kirsten ( 34 ) David Warner ( 34 ) Adam Gilchrist ( 33 ) Ross Taylor ( 33 ) Kevin Pietersen ( 32 ) Javed Miandad ( 31 ) Aravinda de Silva ( 31 ) Saeed Anwar ( 31 ) Gordon Greenidge ( 30 ) Allan Border ( 30 ) Don Bradman ( 29 ) Mohammad Azharuddin ( 29 ) Graham Gooch ( 28 ) Steve Smith ( 28 ) Greg Chappell ( 27 ) Marvan Atapattu ( 27 ) Nathan Astle ( 27 ) Andrew Strauss ( 27 ) Garfield Sobers ( 26 ) David Boon ( 26 ) Marcus Trescothick ( 26 ) Ian Bell ( 26 ) Kane Williamson ( 26 ) David Gower ( 25 ) Note : Italics denote the players who are currently active at international level World Cup centuries World T20 centuries Champions Trophy centuries Asia Cup centuries Twenty20 International cricket centuries Women 's cricket Test cricket ODI cricket Twenty20 International cricket Cricket records Test records By team Australia Bangladesh England India New Zealand Pakistan Sri Lanka South Africa West Indies Zimbabwe Batting Most career runs Triple centuries Centuries in both innings Centuries on debut Bowling Most career wickets Five - wicket hauls on debut Double five - wicket hauls on debut Hat - tricks ODI records By team Australia Bangladesh England India New Zealand Pakistan Sri Lanka South Africa West Indies Zimbabwe Batting Most career runs Highest individual scores Double centuries Centuries on debut Bowling Most career wickets Hat - tricks Five - wicket haul on debut T20I records By team Australia Bangladesh England India Nepal New Zealand Pakistan Sri Lanka South Africa West Indies Zimbabwe Batting Centuries Bowling Five - wicket hauls Miscellaneous records 100 wickets in a season Wicket with first ball World Cup records First - class records Batsmen with 100 FC centuries FC quadruple centuries Ranji Trophy List - A records Centuries by ground Five - wicket hauls by ground Twenty20 records Under - 19 records Women 's cricket Test records ODI records T20I records Test centuries ODI centuries T20I centuries Hat - tricks Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_centuries_in_Twenty20_International_cricket&oldid=804193122 '' Categories : Lists of Twenty20 cricket records and statistics Lists of cricket centuries Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from June 2017 Use British English from June 2017 Articles containing potentially dated statements from July 2017 All articles containing potentially dated statements Articles with hCards Talk Contents About Wikipedia বাংলা Edit links This page was last edited on 7 October 2017, at 11 : 19. 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Question: who has the most centuries in t20 cricket
Answer: Chris Gayle