Centuries by uncapped Indian batsmen in IPL

There have been only instances when an uncapped Indian batsman scored a century in Indian Premier League over the first 15 editions. All the four centuries came in a winning cause for their respective teams. Out of the four, three were recorded in league stage of the tournament while one was recorded during the playoffs.

Three of the four batsmen registered these centuries were representing Royal Challengers Bangalore while the lone batsman representing Kings XI Punjab is Paul Valthaty!

Here are the 4 IPL centuries by uncapped batsmen in chronological order:

Manish Pandey 114* vs DC

Venue: SuperSport Park, Centurion

In the 2009 edition of IPL in South Africa, 19-year-old Manish Pandey who played his first match for RCB hit a brilliant unbeaten 114 runs off 73 balls to power RCB to 170/4 in 20 overs against Deccan Chargers.

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the match by 12 runs.

Paul Valthaty 120* vs CSK

Venue: Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali.

In the 2011 edition of IPL, Paul Valthaty was the name on every one’s lips. Chasing 189 against CSK, Kings XI Punjab opener Valthaty smacked a 63-ball 120 and remained unbeaten as he saw his team through with 5 balls to spare. He smacked 19 fours & 2 sixes during his stay. The next highest score in the innings is Dinesh Karthik’s 21* off 11 balls.

Devdutt Padikkal 101* vs RR

Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

In Match 16 of the 2021 edition of IPL, chasing 178 runs to win – RCB openers Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal put on an unbeaten stand of 181 runs to chase down the target with 3.3 overs remaining. This was Padikkal’s second season with RCB.

Kohli remained unbeaten on 72 off 47 balls, while Devdutt Padikkal scored 101* off 52 balls with the help of 11 fours & 6 sixes.

Rajat Patidar 112* vs LSG

Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata

In the eliminator match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2022 – Rajat Patidar recorded his maiden T20 century. He walked in to bat when his team lost their captain Faf du Plessis for a golden duck. He steered his knock in a majestic way to pump his team to over 200 runs!  He became the first ever uncapped batsman to score a century in IPL Playoffs and the first ever batsman to record a century in a Eliminator match in Indian Premier League history.

Patidar remained unbeaten on 112 runs off 54 balls studded with 12 fours & 7 sixes. RCB scored 204 runs in their full quota of overs while LSG could only manage 193 runs and were eliminated from the tourney.