The one who was not bought by anyone in the IPL auction became the fastest Indian to score a T20 century and saved the world record by 1 ball.

What the 26-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman has done in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy is called a befitting reply. This reply has been given by Gujarat batsman Urvil Patel to the IPL franchises, who refused to buy him in the auction. Playing for Gujarat, Urvil scored a century against Tripura in just 28 balls. This is the fastest century from the bat of an Indian in T20 cricket. At the same time, it was the second-fastest T20 century overall in world cricket.

World record saved by 1 ball

The world record for scoring the fastest century in T20 is in the name of Estonia's Sahil Chauhan, who achieved this feat against Cyprus in just 27 balls. That means Urvil escaped from breaking his record by just 1 ball. Before Urvil, the Indian record was in the name of Rishabh Pant, who achieved this feat in 30 balls.

Urvil Patel became the fastest Indian to score a century in T20.

In the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy, Gujarat's team came out to chase the runs, Urvil Patel opened the innings for them and scored a record-breaking century. His total innings was 35 balls, in which he scored an unbeaten 113 runs with a strike rate of more than 322, 12 sixes, and 7 fours. He wrote the script of his stormy century on the 28th ball of the same innings. This is also the first century of Urvil's T20 career.

Was not sold in the IPL auction, now made a blast

The timing of this record-breaking century by Urvil Patel also deserves praise, whose script he wrote in the match played just two days after the auction. In this way, he has hurt not only the opposing team but also the IPL franchises. Despite the base price of Rs 30 lakh in the IPL 2025 auction, no franchise showed interest in buying Urvil.

A year ago he scored a century in 41 balls, now he scored it in 28 balls.

Thanks to this century of Urvil, Gujarat chased the target of 156 runs and won the match against Tripura by 8 wickets. The amazing thing is that Urvil became the fastest Indian to score a century in T20 just a year after becoming the second-fastest Indian to score a century in List A. He scored a century in 41 balls in List A.