Sakibul Gani hits record-breaking 32-ball century, Ishan Kishan gets there in 33

Sakibul Gani hit the fastest century in men's List A cricket by an Indian, on the first day of the 2025-26 Vijay Hazare Trophy on Wednesday, and Ishan Kishan soon took the second position on that table - Gani getting to his milestone off 32 balls and Kishan off 33. All of that followed Vaibhav Suryavanshi's electric 190 off 84 balls, which included a 36-ball ton.

All of that added up to it being a record-breaking day overall, as three of the four fastest List A hundreds by Indians have all now been brought up on the same day, across two different venues, Ahmedabad and Ranchi. Only two batters have scored quicker centuries than Gani's in List A cricket: Jake Fraser-McGurk and AB de Villiers.

A week after slamming a match-winning century during the course of a title-winning Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy season with Jharkhand, where he also topped the run-scoring charts, Kishan slammed the blazing hundred in their Vijay Hazare Trophy opener against Karnataka in Ahmedabad.

Gani etched his name in the record books a few minutes prior to Kishan reaching the milestone, when he brought up his century off just 32 balls as Bihar slammed 574 against Arunachal Pradesh in a Plate League fixture in Ranchi.

Kishan, who forced his way back into India's T20I squad for the New Zealand series and the T20World Cup next month, slammed seven fours and 14 sixes in his knock, finishing with 125 off 39 balls as Jharkhand finished with a mammoth 412 for 8 after being put into bat by Karnataka.

He walked out at No. 6, at the fall of Kumar Kushagra's wicket at the 38-over mark, and got to his half-century off 20 balls. Then he slammed seven sixes off his two fours off his next 13 deliveries to bring up his century.

"When I was not selected in the Indian team, I felt quite bad because I was doing well," Kishan had said after helming Jharkhand to the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy title last week. "But I told myself that If I am not selected with this sort of performance, then maybe I have to do more. Maybe, I have to make my team win. Maybe we have to do well as a unit."

Kishan finished the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy season with 517 runs, becoming only the second player to score a century (off 45 balls) in the tournament final. He also hit an incredible 33 sixes, the most in the tournament.