Gujarat keeper-batter has added the record for the second-fastest T20 century in the world to his record for the second-fastest century by an Indian in List A cricket

Gujarat wicket-keeper Urvil Patel has smashed the fastest T20 hundred by an Indian batter in 28 balls against Tripura in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Wednesday.

Urvil Patel has become the talk of the town after smashing a hundred off just 28 deliveries in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy tournament.

Urvil Patel's father, Mukesh, was more disheartened than his son when he went unsold at the recent IPL 2025 mega auction.In his younger days, Patel senior was a university-level sprinter. But the lack of resources and guidance meant he had to give up on his ambitions and settle for the job of a physical education teacher at a government school.

Gujarat wicketkeeper-batter Urvil Patel smashed the fastest T20 century hit by an Indian batter by smacking a 28-ball hundred in his side's 8-wicket win against Tripura ongoing Syed Mushtaq

Gujarat’s Urvil Patel smashed a 28-ball hundred in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy against Tripura on Wednesday at the Emerald Heights International School Ground in Indore. Urvil’s ton is the second-fastest in men’s T20 cricket, only behind Estonia’s Sahil Chauhan, who scored a hundred off just 27 balls against Cyprus.

He broke Rishabh Pant's record from 2018 with a 28-ball hundred against Tripura in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy | ESPN.in

Urvil Patelfaced 35 balls, smacking 113 balls, where he clattered seven fours and 12 sixes, and that too a few days after going unsold in Jeddah.

Urvil Patel, unsold in the recent IPL auction, smashed a 28-ball century in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament. This is the fastest T20 century by an Indian, the second-fastest ever, and a record for the Gujarat opener.