Archive · 4 Sep 2025
Ravi Bopara Breaks Record; Becomes Oldest Player to Score Century
Ravi Bopara, a 40-year-old cricketer, has made history in a T20 match!
He broke Chris Gayle's record.
Playing for Northamptonshire, he scored an amazing 103 runs in just 46 balls.
This made him the oldest player ever to score a century in a T20 knockout match.
He hit 12 boundaries and 5 sixes during his innings.
Bopara hasn't played international cricket in 10 years.
This amazing performance happened at the Oval Cricket Ground.
Bopara holds the longest T20 career in history.
Ravi Bopara set a record at the Oval.
Bopara broke Chris Gayle's world record.
Bopara scored a century in a knockout T20 match after turning 40.
He is the fourth-oldest player to score a T20 century overall.
Bopara has the longest T20 career.
- Who
- Ravi Bopara
- What
- Broke Chris Gayle's record and became the oldest player to score a century in a knockout T20 match.
- When
- 2025
- Where
- The Oval Cricket Ground in London
- Why
- To achieve a world record in T20 cricket.
- Record Achieved
- Oldest player to score a century in a knockout T20 match
- Age at Record
- 40 years, 122 days
- Runs Scored
- 105*
- Strike Rate
- 228.26
- Boundaries
- 12
- Sixes
- 5
- Tournament
- England T20 Blast
- Team
- Northamptonshire