New Delhi, 17 July 2026: Chris Gayle's record of the fastest century in franchise T20 cricket narrowly escaped being broken. Gayle, playing for Royal Challengers in IPL 2013, scored a century in just 30 balls against Pune Warriors. West Indies' explosive batsman Nicholas Pooran came very close to this record; However, he missed equaling Gayle's achievement by just one ball.
Nicholas Poore, playing for 'MI New York' in Major League Cricket, created a stir by scoring a century in just 31 balls. He played an innings of 106 runs in 33 balls against 'Washington Freedom'.
Meanwhile, Purna called out the chaos of Chagga-Chagga. In this innings, the right handed batsman hit 5 fours and 13 excellent sixes. This is the fastest century in Major League Cricket (MLC). Talking about T20 cricket overall, in 2024, Sahil Chauhan of Estonia scored a century in 27 balls against Cyprus.
Fastest century in franchise T20 cricket
30 balls: Chris Gayle
31 balls: Nicholas Pooran
35 balls: Finn Allen
35 balls: Vaibhav Suryavanshi
35 balls: Usman Khan
36 balls: Vaibhav Suryavanshi
MI New York team out of the tournament
Talking about the match, with the help of Nicholas Pooran's century, MI New York scored a total of 266 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. Quinton de Kock (51) and Kieron Pollard (64) also scored half-centuries, while Rachin Ravindra took four wickets. In reply, Washington Freedom achieved the target with eight balls to spare and won by six wickets.
Captain Steve Smith and Andreas Ghaus scored centuries for Washington Freedom. Smith remained unbeaten on 110 runs in 48 balls, while Ghouse scored 132 runs in 51 balls. With this defeat in the eliminator, MI New York team is out of the tournament.