Urvil Patel owns three centuries in SMAT: Decoding his stats
What's the story
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) batter Urvil Patel smashed the second-fastest T20 century by an Indian in Gujarat's Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) 2025 Round 1 match against Services. The record-breaking innings came on Wednesday at Hyderabad's Gymkhana Ground, where Patel scored an unbeaten 119 off just 37 balls. His explosive knock included 12 fours and a whopping 10 sixes. Notably, this was his third century in SMAT.
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Patel and Desai floor Services with 174-run opening stand
Batting first, Services scored 182/9 in 20 overs. Thereafter, chasing 183, Patel and his opening partner Aarya Desai added 174 runs for the opening wicket. This is now the 2nd-highest opening stand in SMAT history, as per ESPNcricinfo. Gujarat scored 183/2 in just 12.3 overs to win by 8 wickets.
Record breaker
Patel owns two of the fastest centuries in SMAT
Interestingly, Patel had also registered the joint-fastest T20 century by an Indian just a year ago, scoring a 28-ball ton against Tripura on November 27. He shares this record with Abhishek Sharma, who scored his century in December 2024 during SMAT. Rishabh Pant was India's second-fastest T20 centurion with a 32-ball ton against Himachal Pradesh in January 2018 but has now been pushed down to third place after Patel's explosive innings against Services where he hit a 31-ball ton.
Centuries
A look at Patel's SMAT stats
As mentioned, Patel now owns three centuries in SMAT. In 48 SMAT matches, Patel has racked up 1,281 runs at 29.11. Apart from three tons, he has hit 4 fifties. He owns a strike rate of 178.16 with 146 fours and 64 sixes smoked to date. The former Baroda player owns the joint-2nd-most tons in SMAT. Notably, all three of his SMAT tons have come for Gujarat.
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Here are his 3 SMAT tons
Before this knock of 119* from 37 balls against Services, Patel hammered a knock of an unbeaten 115 against Uttarakhand in on December 3, 2024. Meanwhile, his first ton came in November 2024 for Gujarat against Tripura. He scored an unbeaten 113 in that contest.