List of Bangladesh Premier League centuries

In cricket, a batsman reaches a century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. A century is regarded as a landmark score for a batsman, and his number of centuries is generally recorded in his career statistics.[1] The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh which has been held annually since its first season in 2012.[2] Though Following the match fixing scandal, the league was not played in the year 2014. It started again at year 2015, the third season of this tournament.[3] In the five seasons played, twelve centuries has been made by eight different players. Thirteen players of the sixteen teams have scored centuries; Barisal Burners, Khulna Royal Bengals, Dhaka Gladiators, Barisal Bulls, Rajshahi Kings, Rangpur Riders and Comilla Victorians are the franchises for which a player has scored a century.[4]

Chris Gayle holds the record of scoring most number of centuries (5) in BPL

The first century in the BPL was scored in the first match on 10 February 2012 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka by Chris Gayle for Barisal Burners against Sylhet Royals.[5] The highest score in the competition was made by Chris Gayle, who scored 146 runs not out for Rangpur Riders against Dhaka Dynamites.[6][7][8] The fastest century in terms of balls was scored by Chris Gayle, who scored 101 runs not out in 44 balls while playing for Barisal Burners.[4][5] The slowest century was scored by Dwayne Smith for Khulna Royal Bengal against Sylhet Royals. He scored his century in 70 balls while his final score was 103 runs not out in 73 balls at a strike rate of 141.09.[4][9]

The highest number of centuries have been scored by Chris Gayle with five centuries. Dhaka Dynamites have conceded the highest number of centuries, with four centuries against them. Rangpur Riders has the highest number of centuries with six.[4]

Among the eighteen centuries only four of them are made by the player of the hosting country. Fourteen centuries has been scored by the foreigner players with eight from West Indies players. The other century was scored by Ahmed Shehzad from Pakistan.

Mohammad Ashraful and Shahriar Nafees and are the only players to score a century while captaining their team. Ashraful was the captain of Dhaka Gladiators side while Nafees was the captain of Khulna Royal Bengal side.[10][11] 2019 BPL, also known as BPL6 has seen the most number of centuries. Six centuries had been scored on that season. While 2015 and 2016 has the lowest number of centuries with one each.[4]

Key
Symbol Meaning
* Remained not out
player was selected Man of the Match
Balls Balls faced during the innings
4s Number of fours hit by the batsman
6s Number of sixes hit by the batsman
S/R. Strike rate during the innings
Inn. The innings of the match
Won The match was won by the team for which the player played
Lost The match was lost by the team for which the player played

Centuries
Bangladesh Premier League centuries
No.PlayerScoreBalls4s6sS/RTeamOppositionInn.VenueDateResult
1 Chris Gayle (1/5) 101* 44 7 10 229.54 Barisal Burners Sylhet Royals 2 Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka 10 February 2012 Won[5]
2 Chris Gayle (2/5) 116 61 6 11 190.16 Dhaka Gladiators 14 February 2012 Lost[12]
3 Dwayne Smith 103* 73 6 6 141.09 Khulna Royal Bengals Sylhet Royals 1 27 February 2012 Won[13]
4 Ahmed Shehzad 113* 49 12 6 230.61 Barisal Burners Duronto Rajshahi 2 28 February 2012 Won[14]
5 Shahriar Nafees 102* 69 12 2 147.82 Khulna Royal Bengal 1 Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium, Khulna 24 January 2013 Won[15]
6 Mohammad Ashraful 103* 58 14 2 177.58 Dhaka Gladiators Khulna Royal Bengals 2 Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka 11 February 2013 Won[16]
7 Chris Gayle (3/5) 114 51 5 12 223.52 Sylhet Royals 1 15 February 2013 Won[17]
8 Evin Lewis (1/2) 101* 65 7 6 155.38 Barisal Bulls Dhaka Dynamites 2 Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong 1 December 2015 Won[18]
9 Sabbir Rahman 122 61 9 9 200.00 Rajshahi Kings Barisal Bulls Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka 13 November 2016 Lost[19]
10 Chris Gayle (4/5) 126* 51 6 14 247.05 Rangpur Riders Khulna Titans 8 December 2017 Won[20]
11 Johnson Charles 105* 63 9 7 166.66 Comilla Victorians 1 10–11 December 2017 Won[21]
12 Chris Gayle (5/5) 146* 69 5 18 211.59 Dhaka Dynamites 12 December 2017 Won[22]
13 Laurie Evans 104* 62 9 6 167.74 Rajshahi Kings Comilla Victorians 21 January 2019 Won[23]
14 Alex Hales 100 48 11 5 208.33 Rangpur Riders Chittagong Vikings Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong 25 January 2019 Won[24]
15 Rilee Rossouw 100* 51 8 6 196.07
16 Evin Lewis (2/2) 109* 49 5 10 222.44 Comilla Victorians Khulna Titans 28 January 2019 Won[25]
17 AB de Villiers 100* 50 8 6 200.00 Rangpur Riders Dhaka Dynamites 2 Won[26]
18 Tamim Iqbal 141* 61 10 11 231.14 Comilla Victorians 1 Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka 8 February 2019 Won[27]
19 Andre Fletcher 103* 57 11 5 180.70 Sylhet Thunder Khulna Tigers Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong 21 December 2019 Won[28]
20 Dawid Malan 100* 54 9 5 185.18 Cumilla Warriors Rajshahi Royals 24 December 2019 Lost[29]
21 Nazmul Hossain Shanto 115* 57 8 7 201.75 Khulna Tigers Dhaka Platoon 2 Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka 11 January 2020 Won[30]

Season overview
Season wise statistics for century scores
YearNo. of centurionsNo. of centuriesHighest scoreStrike rateHighest scorer
2012[31] 3 4 116 190.16 Chris Gayle (Barisal Burners)
2013[32] 3 3 114 223.52 Chris Gayle (Dhaka Gladiators)
2015[33] 1 1 101* 226.78 Evin Lewis (Barisal Bulls)
2016[34] 1 1 122 200.00 Sabbir Rahman (Rajshahi Kings)
2017[35] 2 3 146* 211.59 Chris Gayle (Rangpur Riders)
2019[36] 66141*231.14 Tamim Iqbal (Comilla Victorians)

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