Youngest Indian Premier League centurions – 5 of the best since 2009
At just 13 years old, Vaibhav Suryavanshi has become the youngest cricketer to be listed in the Indian Premier League auction.
Whether he gets picked up by a franchise remains in the balance. If a team does purchase his services, it’ll be a tremendous opportunity with the bat for the teenager.
The IPL has boasted plenty of young centurions since the introduction of the tournament in 2008. Here, we remember some of the youngest players to score a century in the IPL.
David Warner
At 23 years and 153 days, Warner became the youngest Australia star to hit a ton in the Indian Premier League. He was with the Delhi Daredevils at the time. They outdid the Kolkata Knight Riders on the back of his player of the match performance in 2010.
While the Knight Riders have since secured three IPL titles, Delhi are still waiting on their first.
Quinton de Kock
Quinton de Kock is the youngest South Africa player to hit a century in the IPL. He did it for the Delhi Daredevils against the Royal Challengers Bangalore during the 2016 edition of the tournament.
De Kock was 23 years and 122 days old at the time and was named player of the match as the Daredevils completed victory in Bangalore.
Devdutt Padikkal
While the Royal Challengers Bangalore are still chasing their first IPL title, they do sport the third youngest IPL centurion.
Padikkal, associated to a franchise that has fielded several veteran batters such as Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers and Shane Watson in the past, was 20 years and 289 days when he hit a ton against the Rajasthan Royals in 2021.
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Rishabh Pant
Pant became the second youngest player to hit a century in the IPL in 2018, when he hit 128 not out from just 63 deliveries in the middle order against the Sunrisers Hyderabad. He was 20 years and 218 days old at the time.
Despite Pant’s big effort, Delhi failed to win the match. Hyderabad won on the back of Shikhar Dhawan’s impressive 92 not out.
Manish Pandey
The youngest player ever to hit an IPL century is Manish Pandey. It was 2009, in South Africa, after the tournament had been relocated from India. Pandey’s 114 not out gave Bangalore victory over the Deccan Chargers at SuperSport Park in Centurion.
He wasn’t even 20 years old at the time – 19 years and 253 days to be precise.
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