CPL Stats – Dasun Shanaka makes fastest century, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots have biggest win

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The previous high was Trinbago Knight Riders’ 133-run win over Barbados Royals in the 2023 CPL.

39 – The balls it took Shanaka to reach his century – one fewer than the previous one Hundred faster At the CPL, held jointly by Andre Russell (2018), Tim Seifert (2025) and Shimron Hetmeyer (2025).

281.39 – Shanaka’s strike rate per innings is 121* – the highest in a century in the Premier League. This improved upon Hetmyer’s batting average of 258.13 in 111 matches for the unbeaten Knight Riders earlier in the season.

4 – Number of hundreds for Shanaka in T20s. This makes him one of only four batsmen with four or more centuries Multiplying by number 4 Or less coordination.

Glenn Maxwell, with six hundreds, is ahead of Shanaka at the table, while David Miller and Suryakumar Yadav also have four hundreds from those positions.

9.3 – The point at which Shanaka got out before scoring 121* in 43 balls. This is the century maker’s latest entry point into the CPL. Before that, Andre Russell’s record was 9.2 kills against the Knight Raiders in the 2016 playoff finals.

As wicket fall information is available in all T20s, Shanaka’s entry point is at least six. Scott Styris hit a 37-ball 100 after coming on at 11.3 for Sussex against Gloucestershire in 2012 – and this is the century-maker’s most recent entry point in T20s where information is available.

9 – Shanaka has struck six runs in the last four overs of a Patriots innings – a joint-high in the last four overs of a T20 innings where ball-by-ball information is available.

This is the second time Shanaka has accomplished this feat. He has hit nine sixes in the last four overs vs Rangpur Rangers While playing for Cumilla Warriors in the 2019 Bangladesh Premier League as well. Sikandar Raza (for Zimbabwe against Gambia in 2024) and Yuvraj Singh (for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Delhi Daredevils in 2014) are the other batsmen to have achieved this.

0 – The number of five-pointers made by Patriots players in the Premier League before Jeremiah Lewis‘5 for 10 in this match. Their previous best performance was Tabrez Shamsi’s 4-for-10 goal against Barbados Tridents in 2015.

Lewis numbers are The third best In the league after Shakib Al Hasan won 6-6 for the Tridents against Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel in 2013 and Sohail Tanvir scored 5-3 for the Guyana Amazon Warriors against the Tridents in 2017.

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