Harry Brook smashed a sensational century to help England beat Pakistan by two wickets in the Super 8 match of the 2026 WT20. This was the first century by any England captain in T20I. Harry Brook completed his century in just 50 balls. He also made history by becoming the only captain to score a T20I century in a WT20. The previous best was Chris Gayle who had scored 98 as captain. Harry Brook reached the 100-run mark by hitting Shaheen Shah Afridi for a four on the fifth ball of the 17th over of England’s innings in the 165-run chase. He brought up his century with a boundary over mid off to Shaheen Afridi.
Harry Brook equals Chris Gayle at the second position as he completed his century in just 50 balls. In this article we look at the list of fastest hundreds in T20I cricket World Cups.
Chris Gayle tops the list as he smashed a 47 ball century against England in 2016 WT20 which was played in India. Gayle also is in the second position as he smashed a 50 ball century against South Africa in the inaugural edition of the WT20. Harry Brook with his 50 ball century today becomes the joint second fastest.
Fastest Hundreds in T20I Cricket - T20 World Cup
|
Player |
Balls |
Match |
Date |
|
CH Gayle |
47 |
West Indies v England |
16/03/2016 |
|
CH Gayle |
50 |
West Indies v South Africa |
11/09/2007 |
|
Harry Brook |
50 |
England vs Pakistan |
24/02/2026 |
|
BB McCullum |
51 |
New Zealand v Bangladesh |
21/09/2012 |
|
RR Rossouw |
52 |
South Africa v Bangladesh |
27/10/2022 |
|
RR Rossouw |
52 |
South Africa v Bangladesh |
27/10/2022 |
|
Pathum Nissanka |
52 |
Sri Lanka v Australia |
16/02/2026 |
|
Sahibzada Farhan |
57 |
Pakistan v Namibia |
18/02/2026 |
|
Ahmed Shehzad |
58 |
Pakistan v Bangladesh |
30/03/2014 |
Chris Gayle comfortably holds the top two spots while Harry Brook is joint second in the list. Brendon McCulum who is currently England’s coach has also smashed a 51 ball century against Bangladesh. Rilee Rossouw, Pathum Nissanka have scored 52 balls hundreds. Nissanka scored it in this WT20. In the list of fastest T20I centuries at T20 World Cup. This edition itself features Harry Brook with 50, Nissanka with 52 ball, Farhan with 57 ball and Yuvraj Samra with a 58 ball century.
