Top 5: Youngest Indian Batters to Score a T20I Century

Scoring a T20I century is always a big achievement because of the pace it requires to score, and doing that at a young age makes it even more special.

In this article, we will talk about the top 5 youngest Indian batters to score a T20I century.

5. KL Rahul | 24y 131d

KL Rahul scored his first T20I century when he was 24 years and 131 days old. The right-hander achieved this feat against the West Indies at Lauderhill, Florida, in 2016.

The West Indies, batting first, posted a huge total of 245/6, with Evin Lewis scoring a 49-ball century.

India, in the run chase, lost the wickets of Ajinkya Rahane and Virat Kohli early in the innings. When KL Rahul came out to bat, India were required to score 197 runs from 92 balls.

Rahul stitched a partnership with Rohit Sharma and took Sunil Narine to the cleaners. He completed his half-century from 27 balls and took only 18 more balls to complete the century, reaching the milestone by hitting a six off Andre Russell.

Rahul remained not out at 110 runs from 51 balls although India lost the match by just a single run.

4. Abhishek Sharma | 23y 307d

Abhishek Sharma, at the age of 23 years and 307 days, playing his just second T20I, smashed a hundred from 46 balls, a knock consisting of 8 sixes. He smashed 3 consecutive sixes to Wellington Masakadza to complete the century.

India were facing Zimbabwe in Harare and had lost the wicket of captain Shubman Gill at the score of 10, which was followed by a partnership of 137 runs between Abhishek Sharma and Ruturaj Gaikwad.

Abhishek reached his fifty from 33 balls and took only 13 more balls to complete his century. Abhishek was dismissed for 100 runs, and India won the match by the exact margin of 100 runs.

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3. Suresh Raina | 23y 156d

Suresh Raina scored 101 runs from 60 balls against South Africa in St Lucia in the 2010 T20 World Cup when he was 23 years and 156 days old. With this knock, Raina also became the first Indian to score a hundred in the T20 internationals.

The left-hander came out to bat in the first over itself, as India lost the wicket to Murali Vijay on the second ball of the match. Raina started cautiously, playing run a ball before shifting gears.

He took the charge against Albie Morkel and Rory Kleinveldt, completing his hundred from 60 balls with the help of 9 fours and 5 sixes. India won the match by 14 runs.

2. Shubman Gill | 23y 146d

Shubman Gill scored his first T20I century in his fifth T20I in 2023. At that time, he was 23 years and 146 days old.

Shubman scored 126* runs from 63 balls against New Zealand in Ahmedabad, which is also the highest individual score by an Indian batter in T20Is.

The opener scored his fifty from 36 balls and took 16 more balls to complete the century. Gill smashed Blair Tickner for 22 runs in the 17th over and then smashed a four and a six to reach his century.

India won the match by 168 runs, with Hardik Pandya picking up a 4-wicket haul.

1. Yashasvi Jaiswal | 21y 279d

At the 2023 Asian Games, Yashasvi Jaiswal became the youngest Indian to score a T20I hundred. He achieved the feat against Nepal in Hangzhou in the quarter-final match.

Jaiswal started very aggressively by smashing Dipendra Singh and Karan KC in the powerplay. He completed his half-century from just 22 balls, but he slowed down post-powerplay as India lost two quick wickets of captain Ruturaj Gaikwad and Tilak Varma.

The left-hander scored 100 runs from 49 balls with the help of 7 sixes and 8 fours. India won the match by 23 runs, with Ravi Bishnoi and Avesh Khan picking up 3 wickets each.