List of centuries in Twenty20 International cricket

Brendon McCullum of New Zealand is the only player to score two T20 international centuries.

In the sport of cricket, a century is a score of hundred or more runs by a batsman in one innings.^[1] A Twenty20 International (T20I) is an international match between two teams, each having T20I status, as determined by the International Cricket Council.^[2] In a T20I, the two teams play a single innings each, which is restricted to a maximum of 20 overs.^[3] The format was originally introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board for the county cricket competition with the first matches contested on 13 June 2003 between the English counties in the Twenty20 Cup.^[4] The first T20I took place on 17 February 2005 when Australia defeated New Zealand by 44 runs at Eden Park in Auckland, with Australian captain Ricky Ponting finishing not out on 98.^[5]

As of 1 February 2016, from a total of 480 matches,^[6] only 16 cricketers from 10 nations have scored a total of 17 centuries.^[7] New Zealander Brendon McCullum is the only player to have achieved the feat twice.^[8] Of the 17 centuries only four of them have not resulted in victories. Players from all the teams that have permanent T20I status – with the exception of Bangladesh and Zimbabwe – have made centuries^{[lower-alpha 1]} and of the teams that have temporary ODI status only Scotland and Afghanistan have had a player reach triple figures.^{[lower-alpha 2]} The New Zealanders and the South Africans lead the list with three centuries each, followed by Sri Lanka, India and Australia with two.

The first century was scored by Chris Gayle of the West Indies who scored 117 against South Africa at the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 in 2007.^[9] Gayle's record stood for four and a half years until Richard Levi of South Africa also posted 117 but from fewer deliveries, playing in his second T20I match.^[10] Seven months later, Brendon McCullum of New Zealand eclipsed the record by six runs.^[8] In August 2013, Australia's Aaron Finch in his seventh T20I made 156 from 63 balls, passing McCullum's mark by 33 runs.^[11] As of January 2016, Levi holds the record for the fastest century, achieving this score from 45 deliveries.^[12]

Key

Symbol	Meaning
	Score was a world record at that time
Runs	Number of runs scored
*	Batsman remained not out
Balls	Number of balls faced
4s	Number of fours hit
6s	Number of sixes hit
S/R	Strike rate (Runs scored per 100 balls)
Inn	Innings in which the score was made
D/L	The result was decided by Duckworth–Lewis method
S/O	The result was decided by a Super Over

Centuries

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List of centuries in Twenty20 International cricket

No.	Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	S/R	Inn	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Result	Ref
1	Gayle, ChrisChris Gayle	7003117000000000000♠ 117	57	7	10	205.26	1	West Indies	South Africa	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	000000002007-09-11-000011 September 2007	Lost	[13]
2	McCullum, BrendonBrendon McCullum	7003116100000000000♠ 116*	56	12	8	207.14	1	New Zealand	Australia	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	000000002010-02-28-000028 February 2010	Won (S/O)	[14]
3	Raina, SureshSuresh Raina	7003101000000000000♠ 101	60	9	5	168.33	1	India	South Africa	Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet	000000002010-05-02-00002 May 2010	Won	[15]
4	Jayawardene, MahelaMahela Jayawardene	7003100000000000000♠ 100	64	10	4	156.25	1	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	Providence Stadium, Providence	000000002010-05-03-00003 May 2010	Won (D/L)	[16]
5	Dilshan, TillakaratneTillakaratne Dilshan	7003104500000000000♠ 104*	57	12	5	182.45	1	Sri Lanka	Australia	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy	000000002011-08-06-00006 August 2011	Won	[17]
6	Levi, RichardRichard Levi	7003117500000000000♠ 117*	51	5	13	229.41	1	South Africa	New Zealand	Seddon Park, Hamilton	000000002012-02-19-000019 February 2012	Won	[18]
7	Berrington, RichieRichie Berrington	7003100100000000000♠ 100	58	10	5	172.41	1	Scotland	Bangladesh	Sportpark Westvliet, Voorburg	000000002012-07-24-000024 July 2012	Won	[19]
8	McCullum, BrendonBrendon McCullum (2)	7003123000000000000♠ 123	58	11	7	212.06	1	New Zealand	Bangladesh	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy	000000002012-09-21-000021 September 2012	Won	[20]
9	Guptill, MartinMartin Guptill	7003101500000000000♠ 101*	69	9	6	146.37	1	New Zealand	South Africa	Buffalo Park, East London	000000002012-12-23-000023 December 2012	Won (D/L)	[21]
10	Finch, AaronAaron Finch	7003156000000000000♠ 156	63	11	14	247.61	1	Australia	England	Rose Bowl, Southampton	000000002013-08-29-000029 August 2013	Won	[22]
11	Hales, AlexAlex Hales	7003116000000000000♠ 116*	64	11	6	181.25	2	England	Sri Lanka	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong	000000002014-03-27-000027 March 2014	Won	[23]
12	Shehzad, AhmedAhmed Shehzad	7003111500000000000♠ 111*	62	10	5	179.03	1	Pakistan	Bangladesh	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	000000002014-03-30-000030 March 2014	Won	[24]
13	du Plessis, FafFaf du Plessis	7003119000000000000♠ 119	56	11	5	212.50	1	South Africa	West Indies	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	000000002015-01-11-000011 January 2015	Lost	[25]
14	van Wyk, MornéMorné van Wyk	7003114000000000000♠ 114*	70	9	7	162.85	1	South Africa	West Indies	Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban	000000002015-01-14-000014 January 2015	Won	[26]
15	Sharma, RohitRohit Sharma	7003106000000000000♠ 106	66	12	5	160.00	1	India	South Africa	HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala	000000002015-10-02-00002 October 2015	Lost	[27]
16	Shahzad, MohammadMohammad Shahzad	7003118500000000000♠ 118*	67	10	8	176.11	1	Afghanistan	Zimbabwe	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	000000002016-01-10-000010 January 2016	Won	[28]
17	Watson, ShaneShane Watson	7003118500000000000♠ 124*	71	10	6	174.64	1	Australia	India	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	000000002016-01-31-000031 January 2016	Lost	[29]

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