IPL 2024 has already seen seven centuries so far in the competition, and twice it happened that two of the centuries came in the same game. Virat Kohli and Jos Buttler are the first centurions of the season 17. Buttler became the first batsman to score two centuries in IPL 2024 as he smashed unbeaten 107 as RR chased down highest successful total in IPL history. Rohit Sharma scored the third century of the competition. Rohit scored a century in IPL after 12 years. Travis Head scored the fourth hundred of the season when he smashed 102 off 41 balls against RCB. The fifth one to score the century was Sunil Narine, who brought it up in 49 balls. The same game saw Jos Buttler score a match-winning century too, his second of the competition. Rajasthan Royals batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal joined the list after scoring a brilliant ton against the Mumbai Indians. The newest addition to the list is Ruturaj Gaikwad, who brought up is first century of the season in just 56 deliveries.
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Scoring a century in any format of the game is tough and specially in the shortest format of the game, with limited resources, it poses even a greater challenge. With the game moving forward towards more intentful batting , hundreds are not considered as the greater achievement in T20s, Yet, there are batters who have multiple gears in their game and they can adjust to situations by stepping on the accelerators and are able to score stunning centuries making the best use of the resources. Over the years, plenty of batters have risen to the occasion and breached the century mark in the Indian Premier League, getting their names registered into the record books. IPL 2024 New Rules: From Two Bouncers Per Over to Smart Replay System, Updated Playing Conditions Come Into Effect in Indian Premier League Season 17.
List of Centuries in IPL 2024
| Player | Team | Hundreds |
| Virat Kohli | RCB | 1 |
| Jos Buttler | RR | 1 |
| Rohit Sharma | MI | 1 |
| Travis Head | SRH | 1 |
| Sunil Narine | KKR | 1 |
| Jos Buttler | RR | 1 |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | RR | 1 |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad | CSK | 1 |
Manish Pandey is the first-ever Indian batter to score a hundred in the Indian Premier League. The record for most centuries in a season is jointly held by Virat Kohli (2016) and Jos Buttler (2022), with four hundreds apiece. Universe Boss Chris Gayle, part of JioCinema’s commentary panel for IPL 2023, has the most IPL hundreds to his name (6)
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