Yusuf Pathan (Rajasthan Royals) – 37 balls vs Mumbai Indians at Mumbai on 13th March 2010
Indian all-rounder Yusuf Pathan is famous for his aggressive batting. In the long IPL career, he played some valuable knocks, and most of those had high strike-rates.
During the second game of the IPL 2010, Rajasthan Royals’ (RR) star Yusuf Pathan recorded then fastest IPL century. It was the match against Mumbai Indians (MI) where his opposition scored 212/6 (20 overs) in the first innings.
In the second innings of that game, Yusuf came to bat when Rajasthan Royals were struggling on 40/3. Soon, they were battling on 66/4. Then Yusuf and Paras Dogra brilliantly built up the 107 runs partnership for the fifth wicket. Yusuf smashed the 37-ball century which he completed with a sixer, but he was run out on the next ball when he was at the non-striker-end. His 100 off 37 balls wasn’t enough for his team as they lost that high-scoring match by just four runs (208/7).