Classen’s Tornado: The third fastest century in IPL history, Yusuf Pathan’s record was equal

Classen’s Tornado: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) wicketkeeper-batsman Heinrich Klassen has created history in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. In a match played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Klassen scored a stormy century off just 37 balls. With this, he has become the batsman to score the third fastest century jointly in IPL history. During this explosive innings, he equaled the 15 -year -old record of Indian veteran Yusuf Pathan, who scored a century in the same balls against Mumbai Indians for Rajasthan Royals in 2010.

In his unbeaten 105 -run innings, Klassen faced 7 fours and 9 sixes, facing 39 balls. Thanks to his fiery batting, Sunrisers Hyderabad scored a huge score of 278 runs in front of KKR, which is also the third largest team score in IPL history.This was Klassen’s second century in the IPL. With this century, he also became the batsman to score the fastest century for Sunrisers Hyderabad, he broke the record of Travis Head (39 balls). ,[

After winning the toss in the match, SRH came out to bat first by Travis Head (76 runs in 40 balls) and Abhishek Sharma (32 runs in 16 balls) gave a great start.After this, Klassen, who came out to bat at number three, took an aggressive stance from the beginning and beat the KKR bowlers fiercely. Experienced bowlers like Andre Russell, Sunil Naren and Varun Chakraborty could not escape their attack.

The fastest century in IPL is the name of Chris Gayle, who scored a century in just 30 balls against Pune Warriors India while playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in 2013. At the same time, in the current IPL season, Vaibhav Suryavanshi of Rajasthan Royals scored the second fastest century by scoring a century in 35 balls against Gujarat Titans.

Klassen also equaled a record of Suryakumar Yadav with this innings. He has reached equal to Suryakumar in terms of scoring the most centuries (two) while batting three or below in IPL. AB de Villiers and Sanju Samson are jointly at the top with three-three centuries in this list. ,[