WATCH: Yuzvendra Chahal beats AB de Villiers' record to score 29-ball 100 and completes Kevin Pietersen's challenge, but with a twist
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- Yuzvendra Chahal completed Kevin Pietersen's 'Score 100' YouTube challenge in 29 balls, breaking AB de Villiers' record.
- Chahal got out twice on his way to the century, making it the challenge's most chaotic successful attempt.
- In 14 IPL seasons, Chahal has scored exactly 37 runs with a highest of 8 and has never hit a four or six.
Yuzvendra Chahal beats AB de Villiers' record to score 29-ball 100 and completes Kevin Pietersen's challenge, but with a twist
Yuzvendra Chahal is the greatest wicket-taker in IPL history, having made a career of dismantling batting lineups for over a decade. On Kevin Pietersen's YouTube channel, the leg-spinner took on the 'Score 100' challenge, completed it in 29 balls, and broke AB de Villiers' existing record in the process.
The twist, however, requires acknowledgement. Chahal reached the milestone having been dismissed not once but twice along the way.
The challenge's format allows batting to continue after dismissals with a run penalty, meaning the 29-ball total was spread across three separate attempts rather than one unbroken assault.
Pietersen's challenge involves facing 50 balls with delivery speed increasing by 1 mph per ball, designed to test even the world's best batters at their limit. De Villiers, regarded by many as the most destructive batter of his generation, had previously set the benchmark before Chahal arrived and claimed it.
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Yuzvendra Chahal's IPL batting record
For context on just how absurd this achievement is, consider Chahal's IPL batting numbers. In 14 seasons and 188 matches, he has batted 16 times and accumulated exactly 37 runs, with a highest score of 8.
The IPL's all-time leading wicket-taker has never hit a four or a six in T20 franchise cricket. In 14 years of professional T20 cricket, this has never happened.
MatchesRunsAvg.S.RH.S100s50s188375.2943.028*00MORE: Why were India A penalised 10 runs against Sri Lanka A? Nigam's offense explained
Yuzvendra Chahal's international batting record
Chahal's international batting record is equally sparse. In 73 ODIs and 80 T20Is, he has contributed negligible runs while batting at number eleven across a career spanning nearly a decade. His finest moment with the bat came in the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy, where he managed his highest first-class score of 48 off 152 balls for Haryana against Uttar Pradesh.
The contrast with his bowling record makes the whole episode all the more spectacular. His 6/25 in Bengaluru ranks as the third-best T20I bowling performance in cricket history. His 6/42 at the MCG made him the first spinner to take a six-wicket haul on Australian soil. On KP's channel, he now holds a batting record too.
The video has drawn millions of views since being posted, with cricket fans worldwide reacting with the kind of delight that only arrives when cricket delivers something genuinely unexpected from someone utterly unlikely.
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