who hit the fastest century in test cricket
Century (cricket) Accordingly, reaching 50 runs in an innings is known as a half-century; if the batsman then goes on to score a century, the half-century is succeeded in statistics by the century.[1] Chris Gayle holds the record of fastest hundred in the history of cricket when he smashed 100 in just 30 balls and scored 175* runs off 66 balls overall in 20 overs in IPL against Pune Warriors India in 2013.
2008 Indian Premier League Final In reply, the Royals lost its first batsman as N. Patel went out after scoring two runs in 11 balls.[1] Manpreet Gony bowled a full length ball outside the off stump, which hit the leg stump after getting an inside edge as N. Patel opted to pull it.[14] He went out in the first ball of the fourth over, leaving his team at 19 runs with loss of one wicket.[1] The Royals lost its second opener when Raina caught Asnodkar as he hit a full and wide ball by Morkel to point.[1][14] He made 28 runs facing 20 balls.[1] In the same over, Makhaya Ntini ran out Akmal with a direct hit. Akmal played the ball to mid-on, but Ntini glided downwards and threw the ball at the stumps.[1][14] After the fall of Akmal's wicket, Watson and Pathan started playing more aggressively, and scored 65 runs for a fourth wicket partnership at a run rate of 8.66; this was also the highest partnership of the match.[15] In the eleventh over, Raina dropped Pathan on Murlitharan at deep midwicket.[9] At the end of the thirteenth over, the Royals reached a score of 100 runs.[1] In the fifteenth over, Muralitharan broke the partnership as he bowled Watson; the ball hit the leg stump.[1][14] The next wicket was of Kaif, who was caught by Dhoni on Muralitharan. Kaif pushed a flat doosra, and Dhoni took a simple catch at cover.[1][14] In the next ball, Jadeja went out for a golden duck.[1] Morkel bowled a short ball, and Jadeja tried to pull it. However the ball went to mid-on, and Kapugedera caught the ball after running towards his left.[14] In the same over, Raina ran out Pathan with a direct hit at the stumps. Morkel bowled a full ball which was pushed by Warne to point. He ran for a single, but Raina hit the stumps, running out off-striker Pathan.[14] Pathan went out scoring a half-century; he made 56 runs out off 39 balls with a strike rate of 143.58 and hit three fours and four sixes.[1] The Royals needed 18 runs at the end of the eighteenth over.[9] The second last over was bowled by Ntini, in which he gave up ten runs.[9] In the last ball of the over, Ntini bowled a good length ball, and Warne hit a four by Warne at cover.[9] In the last over, the Royals required eight runs, and Dhoni gave the ball to Lakshmipathy Balaji.[9] Six runs were required from the last three balls, but Balaji bowled a wide outside off stump, which was missed by the wicket-keeper P. Patel. This resulted in two extra runs.[9] In the next ball, Warne hit a full ball for a run.[9] The Royals needed three runs from the last two balls.[9] Tanvir played the fifth legal delivery of the over, which was an angling full toss. Tanvir hit the ball at the long leg, and ran two runs.[9] The Royals needed one more run off the last ball, with Tanvir on strike; Balaji bowled him a short ball. Warne had already covered the half distance of the pitch when Tanvir hit the ball. The two batsmen ran for a single and the Royals won the match.[9] Both of them remained not out with nine runs each.[1] Morkel and Muralitharan got two wickets each, giving 25 and 39 runs respectively.[1] Gony got one wicket, whereas Ntini and Balaji had none.[1]
Sachin Tendulkar Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (/ˌsʌtʃɪn tɛnˈduːlkər/ ( listen); born 24 April 1973) is a former Indian international cricketer and a former captain of the Indian national team, regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time.[4] He is the highest run scorer of all time in International cricket. Tendulkar took up cricket at the age of eleven, made his Test debut on 15 November 1989 against Pakistan in Karachi at the age of sixteen, and went on to represent Mumbai domestically and India internationally for close to twenty-four years. He is the only player to have scored one hundred international centuries, the first batsman to score a double century in a ODI, the holder of the record for the most number of runs in both Test and ODI, and the only player to complete more than 30,000 runs in international cricket [5]. Cricket world calls him Little Master or Master Blaster[6][7][8][9] and often referred to as the God of Cricket by Indian cricket followers,[10][11] Despite his reputation, he is known for his modesty and humility, once stating "I am not the God of cricket. I make mistakes, God doesn’t" [12].
Sunil Gavaskar Sunil Manohar "Sunny" Gavaskar  pronunciation (help·info) (born 10 July 1949) is a former Indian international cricketer who played from the early 1970s to late 1980s for the Bombay cricket team and Indian national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest Test batsmen and best opening batsmen in Test cricket history, Gavaskar set world records during his career for the most Test runs and most Test centuries scored by any batsman. He held the record of 34 Test centuries for almost two decades before it was broken by Sachin Tendulkar in December 2005. He was the first person to score centuries in both innings of a Test match three times. He was the first Test batsman to score 10,000 Test Runs in a Career and now stands at number 12 on the group of 13 players with 10,000+ Test Runs.