LPL 2024: The Lanka Premier League started on July 1 with a match between the Kandy Falcons and Dambulla Sixers. Almost all the teams showcased their talent throughout the tournament. Apart from the LPL, just like batsmen dominate bowlers in other tournaments in this tournament too batsmen take on bowlers fiercely.
In the fourth match of Lanka Premier League 2024, Dambulla Sixers wicketkeeper-batsman Kusal Perera created history by scoring the fastest century of the tournament while batting aggressively and thrashing the bowlers of the Jaffna Kings.
We are going to tell you about those 5 players in the Lanka Premier League who have the record of scoring the fastest century in the LPL tournament.
Riley Russo
Sri Lanka Premier League 2024 An exciting match was played between Colombo Strikers and Jaffna Kings. In the match, Riley Russo, who came to bat at team number 1 for Jaffna, started thrashing the bowlers as soon as he came and scored the fastest century in LPL 2024 history in a stormy manner. Russo scored an unbeaten 108 runs with the help of 12 fours and 6 sixes in 44 balls.
Kushal Perera
The record for scoring the fastest century in the Lanka Premier League is in the name of Sri Lankan player Kushal Perera. Who scored a century in just 50 balls with fast batting in the match between Jaffna Kings and Dambulla Sixers. In his unbeaten innings of 102 runs, he hit 10 fours and 5 skyscraper sixes. Kushal Perera plays as a wicketkeeper batsman for Dambulla Sixers in LPL 2024.
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Riley Russo
Playing for Jaffna Kings in the final match of Lanka Premium League 2024, Russo scored a century in just 53 balls and has come in second place in terms of scoring the fastest century in LPL. The Lanka Premier League final match was played between the Jaffna Kings and Galle Titans. In this exciting matchs Russo batted aggressively and hit 9 fours and 7 long sixes, making his team the Jaffna Kings, the champion of the LPL 2024 by scoring a brilliant century in this tournament.
Babar Azam
The name of Pakistan’s legendary player Babar Azam is also included in this list. In the tenth match of the last edition of the Lanka Premier League, Babar did this feat while playing for the Colombo Strikers. In the match between the Colombo Strikers and the Galle Titans Babar Azam performed brilliantly and scored his century in just 57 balls. During this innings Babar Azam hit 8 fours and 5 sixes.
Laurie Evans
Laurie Evans scored a century off 60 balls against the Jaffna Stallions while playing for the Colombo Kings in the Lanka Premier League 2020 edition. In his innings, he scored an unbeaten 108 off 65 balls which included 9 fours and 5 sixes. The Kings won this match by 6 runs.
A Look at LPL 2024 Final
Lanka Premier League 2024 had a great start and finish. The final match of this tournament was played between two great teams. In a thrilling match between Jaffna Kings and Galle Titans, Jaffna Kings won this match by 9 wickets due to Russo’s aggressive batting by Him.
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In this match, chasing the target of 184 runs given by Galle Titan, the Jaffna Kings won the title of LPL 2024 due to the tremendous batting of Russo and wicketkeeper-batsman Kushal Mendis. In this match, Russo scored an unbeaten 102 runs in 53 balls and has come in second place in terms of scoring the fastest century in the LPL tournament.
