{"id":93,"date":"2026-04-21T13:13:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T13:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/?p=93"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:13:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T13:13:03","slug":"tilak-varma-equals-jayasuriyas-fastest-century-record-in-ipl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/2026\/04\/21\/tilak-varma-equals-jayasuriyas-fastest-century-record-in-ipl\/","title":{"rendered":"Tilak Varma Equals Jayasuriya\u2019s Fastest Century Record in IPL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"71\" data-end=\"285\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Tilak Varma<\/span><\/span> produced a sensational performance in the IPL, scoring a blistering century off just 45 balls against <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Gujarat Titans<\/span><\/span> in a league match held in Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"287\" data-end=\"562\">With this innings, Tilak Varma has equalled the long-standing record set by <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Sanath Jayasuriya<\/span><\/span>, who scored a 45-ball century for <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Mumbai Indians<\/span><\/span> against <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Chennai Super Kings<\/span><\/span> in 2008. The record had stood for 18 years.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"564\" data-end=\"611\"><strong data-start=\"564\" data-end=\"611\">Fastest Centuries for Mumbai Indians (IPL):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"612\" data-end=\"776\">\n<li data-section-id=\"1o7fbux\" data-start=\"612\" data-end=\"658\"><strong><em>Tilak Varma &amp; Sanath Jayasuriya \u2013 45 balls<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1tlzhh3\" data-start=\"659\" data-end=\"718\"><strong><em><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Cameron Green<\/span><\/span> \u2013 47 balls (2023)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"mpg3kp\" data-start=\"719\" data-end=\"776\"><strong><em><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Suryakumar Yadav<\/span><\/span> \u2013 49 balls (2023)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"778\" data-end=\"930\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Tilak Varma\u2019s explosive knock has drawn widespread attention, further strengthening his reputation as one of the most exciting young talents in the IPL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tilak Varma produced a sensational performance in the IPL, scoring a blistering century off just 45 balls against Gujarat Titans in a league match held in Ahmedabad. With this innings, Tilak Varma has equalled the long-standing record set by Sanath Jayasuriya, who scored a 45-ball century for Mumbai Indians against Chennai Super Kings in 2008. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93\/revisions\/95"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}