Ravi Bopara creates history, breaks Chris Gayle's massive T20 record with stunning century

September 5, 2025 Credit: Getty

Bopara's heroic knock

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Boundaries everywhere

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A POTM worthy performance

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Bopara in Vitality Blast 2025

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Topping Gayle's record

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Ravi Bopara

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Chris Gayle

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Chris Gayle

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Shahid Afridi

[{"selector":"#anim-9ae47398-52a1-49e4-9873-3b0b200ab762","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3fb24e63-a5a5-4d32-9de7-7c2e5356ed82","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 98.97499%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":600,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a147c996-0028-4147-b7c0-c7c53ae7bd36","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c63e2c9d-d6ee-4f25-9725-85fb16b29521","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -649.22222%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-71d433a9-6833-4d62-b7a4-4e8bc785e49e","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1e1336d5-8d90-4330-874d-3dae8b100bc8","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 166.85661%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":600,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7c208e9a-9cee-48e3-a749-1fca5e9c6b23","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c1409463-8790-4c8b-99e7-3e77507ac5f5","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-360deg) translate3d(0px, 897.11989%, 0) rotate(360deg)","rotate(-360deg) translate3d(0px, 0px, 0) rotate(360deg)"]},"delay":600,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-26939e74-47e2-49b1-838b-9a31067d9757","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":1200,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f6286c88-472c-4e2e-b4bf-da5e1f63e853","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-360deg) translate3d(0px, 463.88837%, 0) rotate(360deg)","rotate(-360deg) translate3d(0px, 0px, 0) rotate(360deg)"]},"delay":1200,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] The former Pakistan all-rounder scored a century at the age of 37 years, 147 days for Hampshire in T20 Blast in 2017. Credit: Getty

Scott Styris

[{"selector":"#anim-7bde0ff4-55fc-435d-8fd2-0038c84bf08a","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ca2b6168-46d1-4a81-9190-259d0e6cd00c","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 98.97499%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":600,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-245e2b06-27fc-4e32-bbaa-4fca39964106","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-45b3c01b-7e76-45c6-a137-c2a7256f7d39","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -635.22223%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d30a7d8a-45c1-49d8-9bcd-b5103db4cb9b","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c5d83f53-5e55-4100-bd11-551faba2d4e2","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 175.40360%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":600,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-023d6d09-ae08-4701-82bd-897f5738367f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a30f18ec-10df-4ad1-81b3-96fd150b5ac9","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-360deg) translate3d(0px, 952.67537%, 0) rotate(360deg)","rotate(-360deg) translate3d(0px, 0px, 0) rotate(360deg)"]},"delay":600,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-6ac92bfe-a283-4b3f-9000-b8570dc898f8","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":1200,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3a119b20-a8be-4103-a317-a9f77ec80903","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-360deg) translate3d(0px, 420.13828%, 0) rotate(360deg)","rotate(-360deg) translate3d(0px, 0px, 0) rotate(360deg)"]},"delay":1200,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] The former New Zealand all-rounder scored a century at the age of 37 years, 13 days for Sussex in T20 Blast in 2012. Credit: Getty

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