Lucknow: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) opener Travis Head scored a century in the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) being played at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. Head played a historic innings for Hyderabad in this match and scored the fastest century for his team. Apart from this, he has made a big record in his name in scoring the fastest century in the history of Indian Premier League (IPL). Let us tell you that in the 30th match of IPL 2024, Head got out after playing an innings of 102 runs against Bengaluru.
In this match, RCB captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and decided to bowl first and his bowlers performed disappointingly from the beginning. SRH's openers made a flying start and made a partnership of 108 runs for the first wicket and during this, they got out after scoring a century. Bengaluru bowlers have performed like this in almost every match this year and that is why the team has been able to win only one match so far.
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Head completed his century in 39 balls in this match and he faced a total of 41 balls during his innings of 102 runs and during this he hit 9 fours and 8 sixes from his bat. With this, the left-handed batsman has reached fourth place in the list of batsmen who have scored the fastest century in the history of IPL. At the top of this list is former star player Chris Gayle, who completed his century in 30 balls against Pune Warriors in 2013.
Former all-rounder Yusuf Pathan is in second place in terms of scoring the fastest century in IPL, who completed his century in 37 balls against Mumbai Indians in 2010. So at the third place is David Miller, with whose bat he scored a century in 38 balls against RCB in the year 2013. Now Head has also been included in this list.
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