Who is Urvil Patel?
Urvil Mukesh Patel is an Indian cricketer born on 17 October 1998 in Mehsana, Gujarat. He is a right-handed wicketkeeper-batter who plays domestic cricket for Gujarat and represents the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the Indian Premier League.
He is widely recognised as the holder of the record for the fastest T20 century by an Indian batsman scored in 28 balls against Tripura in the 2024 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and the first cricketer to score consecutive T20 centuries in under 40 balls.
He has a T20 strike rate exceeding 179 across his domestic career, has scored three T20 centuries and four half-centuries, and is considered one of the most explosive domestic T20 openers in Indian cricket.
As of 10 May 2026, his most recent match was CSK vs Lucknow Super Giants at Chennai in the IPL 2026, in which he scored a joint-record equalling 13-ball fifty.
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| Full Name: | Urvil Mukesh Patel |
| Born: | October 17, 1998 |
| Age: | 27 years old |
| Birthplace: | Khipur Village, Mehsana, Gujarat, India |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Occupation: | Wicketkeeper-Batter |
| Height: | 5 feet 9 inches (175 cm) |
| Religion: | Hinduism |
| Parents: | Mukesh Patel (Physical Training Teacher at a High School) |
| Net Worth: | ₹1.5 crore – ₹5 crore |
Early Life
Urvil Mukesh Patel was born on 17 October 1998 in the village of Khipur, near the city of Mehsana in the northern reaches of Gujarat, India. Mehsana is a mid-sized city and the headquarters of Mehsana district an agricultural and industrial zone known for its dairy industry, chemical plants, and the vast network of farming communities that surround it.
Gujarat, as a state, has an extraordinarily rich cricketing tradition: it is the home of legends including Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, and Cheteshwar Pujara, among dozens of other contributors to Indian cricket across generations. However, Mehsana had not historically been a primary conveyor belt for international-standard cricket talent making Patel’s emergence from the city all the more noteworthy.
His family background was deeply sporting, if not cricketing in the elite academy sense. His father, Mukesh Patel, is a physical training (PT) teacher at a high school a role that combines a formal understanding of physical fitness, athletic development, and the discipline of regular training with a community-embedded awareness of sport as a pathway for young people.
Growing up with a father who taught physical education meant that Urvil was surrounded not merely by a love of sport but by an understanding of what structured, systematic athletic development actually involves.
He has described his parents as his most important sources of strength, noting that he seeks their blessings before every match a practice that reflects both his personal faith and the centrality of family in his motivation.
Outside of cricket, Urvil is known for a gentleness that contrasts with his explosive batting style. He loves spending time in nature and is known for feeding birds and ants a reflection of a quietly spiritual and caring personality beneath the aggressive cricketer. He speaks Gujarati as his mother tongue and is fluent in Hindi and English.
Education
Urvil Patel completed his schooling in Mehsana, attending local schools where his cricketing abilities began to attract attention from coaches and selectors.
The specific names of his schools and any college education he may have pursued have not been widely documented in public sources a common feature of the profiles of domestic cricketers who entered the professional cricket system through the Baroda and Gujarat state association pathways in their mid-teens and have been focused primarily on the game ever since.
His cricketing education, however, has been as thorough and multi-faceted as any formal academic curriculum could be: years of age-group cricket representing Baroda at Under-14, Under-16, and Under-19 levels, followed by professional domestic competition across all three formats with both Baroda and Gujarat an education in the realities of competitive Indian domestic cricket that has prepared him for the demands of the IPL and the national stage.
Career
Early Development: Baroda Age-Group Cricket (2014–2018)
Urvil Patel’s formal entry into competitive cricket came through the Baroda Cricket Association‘s youth development pathway.
He represented Baroda at Under-14, Under-16, and Under-19 levels, progressing through the age-group system and refining both his batting and wicketkeeping skills under the Baroda coaching structure. These formative years built the technical foundation and competitive mental hardness that would later manifest in his record-breaking senior performances.
Baroda Senior Debut: T20 and List A (January–February 2018)
Patel made his senior professional debut for Baroda in the 2017–18 Zonal T20 League on 7 January 2018 his T20 debut. Just one month later, on 7 February 2018, he made his List A debut for Baroda in the 2017–18 Vijay Hazare Trophy against Karnataka in Bengaluru. Both debuts came in his nineteenth year, reflecting his rapid progression from age-group cricket to senior professional competition.
His debut T20 innings for Baroda a 50 off 28 balls immediately signalled the extraordinary strike rate and power-hitting capabilities that would define his career. The innings announced him as a player capable of changing the complexion of a T20 game from the first ball he faced.
Transfer to Gujarat (2018–19 Season)
Ahead of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy season, Urvil Patel made the career-defining decision to transfer from Baroda to Gujarat a move that would prove pivotal in his development.
Gujarat’s domestic cricket programme offered him greater opportunity, a more supportive development environment, and the chance to establish himself as a first-choice wicketkeeper-batter in one of India’s stronger domestic cricket setups.
The transfer unlocked new opportunities, and he soon established himself as a dependable wicketkeeper and a dynamic middle-order and opening batter.
First-Class Debut: Gujarat vs Tamil Nadu (January 2024)
Despite his established presence in T20 and List A cricket, Urvil Patel’s first-class debut came relatively late in his career on 5 January 2024, when Gujarat faced Tamil Nadu at Valsad in the Ranji Trophy.
His delayed first-class debut was a function of the strong wicketkeeping options already available to Gujarat in the four-day format, rather than any deficiency in his own abilities. He has since gone on to establish himself in the first-class setup, with his most recent first-class match being Gujarat vs Railways at Nadiad on 22–25 January 2026.
Vijay Hazare Trophy Century: Second Fastest List A Century by an Indian (November 2023)
On 27 November 2023, Patel scored the second-fastest List A century by an Indian batter reaching the landmark in just 41 balls during a Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Arunachal Pradesh.
This performance was a harbinger of the even more extraordinary T20 achievements that were to follow, demonstrating that his power-hitting was not merely a T20 trick but a genuine multi-format capability.
The Historic 28-Ball Century: SMAT 2024 (November 2024)
The innings that changed everything that transformed Urvil Patel from a respected domestic performer into a national sensation came on 27 November 2024 in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) match at Indore.
Gujarat were chasing a target of 156 runs against Tripura, and Patel opened the batting. What followed was one of the most extraordinary individual batting performances in the history of Indian cricket in any format.
Patel’s onslaught was so total that Gujarat reached the target in just 10.2 overs. His final score of 113* off 35 balls included 12 sixes and 7 fours, resulting in a strike rate of 322.86.
Crucially, his century came off just 28 balls shattering the previous Indian record for the fastest T20 century, which had been held by Rishabh Pant (32 balls). Globally, only one T20 century in men’s cricket history had ever been faster: that of Chris Gayle (30 balls off 12 deliveries) a world record that Patel missed by just two balls.
The innings went viral across Indian and global cricket media. Analysts described it as “jaw-dropping.” ESPNCricinfo dedicated a feature video to it. The record was undeniable and historic: the fastest T20 century by any Indian batsman ever recorded, and the second fastest T20 century in men’s cricket history.
The 31-Ball Century: SMAT 2025 (November 2025)
In a demonstration that November 2024 had been no fluke, Patel returned to the SMAT stage in November 2025 with an equally devastating performance.
In November 2025, during a SMAT Group C match in Hyderabad, he captained Gujarat to an eight-wicket victory over Services. Opening the chase of 183, Patel reached his century in just 31 balls, finishing with an unbeaten 119 off 37 deliveries. This innings featured 12 fours and 10 sixes.
This second century scored in consecutive SMAT seasons made Urvil Patel the first cricketer in history to score consecutive T20 centuries in under 40 balls. He now holds two of the three fastest T20 centuries ever recorded by an Indian player.
The consistency of his power-hitting at this extreme level delivering record-breaking performances in back-to-back seasons silenced any remaining doubters and confirmed that his 2024 innings was not a statistical aberration but a reliable expression of his genuine batting capability.
36-Ball Century vs Uttarakhand
Between his two SMAT centuries, Patel also scored a 36-ball century against Uttarakhand further underscoring his extraordinary ability to score T20 centuries at a pace that almost no other Indian batsman has demonstrated. His three T20 centuries have all come in under 40 balls, a consistency that is unprecedented in Indian domestic cricket.
IPL Career
Gujarat Titans IPL 2023 (Signed but Unused)
Patel was picked up by Gujarat Titans in the auction ahead of the 2023 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) for his base price of ₹2 million (US$21,000).
However, he did not play a game for the Titans, and was released in November 2023 ahead of the auction for the 2024 IPL season. Being part of the 2022 IPL champions’ squad even without playing was a valuable environmental education for a young cricketer, but the lack of game time was a frustration.
Unsold at IPL 2025 Auction
In a result that surprised many observers given his record-breaking SMAT performances, Patel went unsold at the IPL 2025 auction held in November 2024.
The timing was particularly striking: the auction took place just days before he smashed his historic 28-ball century against Tripura. Had the auction been held a week later, his price might have been very different. It was one of cricket’s more notable auction-day ironies.
Chennai Super Kings IPL Debut (May 2025)
In May 2025, the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) were in the midst of one of their most difficult IPL campaigns in history, ultimately finishing at the bottom of the table. They required a replacement for Vansh Bedi, who had been ruled out with a ligament tear in his left ankle.
After getting unsold in the auction for the 2025 season of the IPL held in November 2025, he was signed by the Chennai Super Kings as a replacement for Vansh Bedi who was ruled out of the season due to injury. He was signed by the Super Kings for his base price of ₹3 million (US$32,000).
Patel made his IPL debut on 7 May 2025 against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at Eden Gardens. In his first ever IPL innings, he scored 31 runs off just 11 balls before losing his wicket an instant injection of energy at the top of the CSK order that made an immediate impression despite the brevity of his stay.
In another IPL 2025 match, he scored a flamboyant 37 off 19 balls against Gujarat Titans the team that had signed him for 2023 without giving him a game, adding a personal narrative footnote to an already dramatic innings.
Chennai Super Kings IPL 2026: Record-Equalling 13-Ball Fifty
CSK retained Patel for IPL 2026 at his base price of ₹30 lakh, and he has continued to deliver explosive performances in a CSK lineup that has been rebuilding following a difficult 2025 season.
His most spectacular IPL 2026 performance came against the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in Chennai, where he scored a 50 off just 13 balls equalling the record for the fastest fifty in IPL history, previously held by Yashasvi Jaiswal (13 balls for RR vs KKR, 2023).
The innings featured a sequence of 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 4, 6 off seven consecutive deliveries, in a power-display that left the Chennai crowd and millions of cricket viewers across India utterly transfixed. CSK chased down a 200-plus target their first since 2018 with Patel’s innings providing the foundation.
His most recent match on record is CSK vs LSG at Chennai on 10 May 2026 as of the date of this biography in which he continued to make his mark as one of the most exciting young batting talents in the IPL.
Playing Style
Urvil Patel is a right-handed opening batter and wicketkeeper whose primary weapons are extraordinary ball-striking power, a high hand speed that generates bat speed, and the fearlessness to attack from the first ball of an innings. His key attributes include:
- Extreme power-hitting: His ability to hit sixes off deliveries that most batters would merely defend or push for ones is the defining feature of his batting. In his 28-ball century, he struck 12 sixes and 7 fours a ratio that demonstrates both his power and his clear-eyed ability to identify scoring opportunities.
- Strike rate above 179 in T20 career: This sustained strike rate across 57+ T20 matches is among the highest of any regular T20 opener in Indian domestic cricket history.
- Composure under pressure: His record-breaking innings have largely come in chase situations demonstrating that his power-hitting is not random aggression but calculated, target-conscious batting.
- Sharp glovework: Beyond the bat, he is a technically sound and agile wicketkeeper with 45+ catches and 7+ stumpings in his T20 career.
- Consistency: The ability to reproduce record-breaking performances across consecutive seasons not a single flukish innings but a pattern is the quality that has elevated him above the category of domestic novelty and into genuine national contention.
Career Statistics
| Format | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | Strike Rate | 100s | 50s | Highest |
| T20 (overall) | 57+ | 54+ | 1,425+ | 179.47+ | 3 | 4 | 119* | |
| IPL | 6+ | 6+ | 113+ | 18.83 | 0 | 37 | ||
| List A (overall) | ||||||||
| First-Class | 122 |
Records and Milestones
- Fastest T20 Century by an Indian Batsman 28 balls (113* off 35 balls vs Tripura, SMAT, Indore, November 27, 2024; surpassing Rishabh Pant’s previous record of 32 balls)
- Second Fastest T20 Century in Men’s Cricket History 28 balls (one ball from Chris Gayle’s world record)
- Fastest T20 Century in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy History
- First Cricketer to Score Consecutive T20 Centuries in Under 40 Balls (28 balls in 2024; 31 balls in 2025)
- Two of the Three Fastest T20 Centuries by Indian Players (28 balls and 31 balls)
- Second Fastest List A Century by an Indian 41 balls (Vijay Hazare Trophy vs Arunachal Pradesh, November 27, 2023)
- Joint Fastest Fifty in IPL History 13 balls (vs LSG, Chennai, IPL 2026; equalling Yashasvi Jaiswal’s record of 13 balls for RR vs KKR, 2023)
- T20 Career Strike Rate of 179.47+ among the highest sustained rates for any regular domestic T20 opener in India
- Guardian Next Generation listing (prior recognition) domestically, recognised as one of India’s premier emerging white-ball talents
Social Media
Urvil Patel maintains social media accounts primarily on Instagram, where he shares cricket-related updates, personal milestones, and team moments.
His following grew substantially following his record-breaking 28-ball century in November 2024, as cricket fans across India discovered his name and profile simultaneously. He also has a presence on Twitter/X, primarily used for cricket-related communication.
His social media activity is relatively modest compared to more commercially prominent cricketers he appears to prefer letting his performances on the field generate his public profile rather than cultivating a personal media brand.
Personal Life
Urvil Patel is deeply family-oriented, often citing his parents particularly his father Mukesh Patel as his most important sources of inspiration and support.
Before every match, he seeks his parents’ blessings, a practice that reflects both his personal faith as a Hindu and his grounded, family-centred values. His father’s career as a physical training teacher has given him a structured approach to athletic development that complements his natural talent.
Outside cricket, he is known for his gentleness and care for nature he loves spending time outdoors and feeding birds and ants, a reflection of a personality that is quietly thoughtful and spiritually grounded beneath the explosive cricketer that the world sees on the pitch. His personal romantic life has not been publicly documented or confirmed in any available source, and he appears to maintain privacy in this area.
He has not yet received an India call-up as of May 2026, but his sustained record-breaking domestic performances have made him one of the most widely discussed candidates for an India T20I debut. His selection for the Indian national team is considered a matter of “when” rather than “if” by most Indian cricket analysts and commentators who follow domestic cricket closely.
Net Worth
Urvil Patel’s net worth is estimated at between ₹1.5 crore and ₹5 crore (approximately $180,000 to $600,000 USD), reflecting a career that is still in its relatively early commercial stages despite his growing domestic and IPL profile.
His income streams include his IPL contract with CSK (₹30 lakh per season), BCCI domestic match fees and retainership for his Gujarat domestic contracts, and growing brand endorsement opportunities that have followed his record-breaking performances.
His net worth is expected to grow significantly as his IPL profile develops and as his performances continue to attract commercial interest from brands targeting cricket’s vast and passionate Indian audience.
Awards and Recognition
- Fastest T20 Century by an Indian Batsman (28 balls) November 27, 2024; SMAT vs Tripura, Indore
- Second Fastest T20 Century in Men’s Cricket History
- Fastest SMAT Century of All Time
- Two of Three Fastest T20 Centuries by Indians 28 balls (2024) and 31 balls (2025)
- First Cricketer to Score Consecutive T20 Centuries Under 40 Balls
- Second Fastest List A Century by an Indian (41 balls) November 27, 2023
- Joint Fastest IPL Fifty (13 balls) May 2026, vs LSG at Chennai for CSK
FAQs
Who is Urvil Patel?
Urvil Mukesh Patel is an Indian cricketer born on October 17, 1998, in Mehsana, Gujarat. He is a right-handed wicketkeeper-batter who plays domestic cricket for Gujarat and represents Chennai Super Kings in the IPL. He holds the record for the fastest T20 century by an Indian (28 balls) and the joint-fastest fifty in IPL history (13 balls).
What is Urvil Patel’s most famous record?
His most famous record is the fastest T20 century by an Indian batsman scored in 28 balls (finishing on 113* off 35 balls with 12 sixes and 7 fours) against Tripura in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on November 27, 2024. It is also the second fastest T20 century in men’s cricket history globally.
Does Urvil Patel play for India?
As of May 2026, he has not yet been selected for the Indian national team. He plays domestic cricket for Gujarat and represents CSK in the IPL. His performances have made him one of the most discussed candidates for an India T20I call-up.
Which IPL team does Urvil Patel play for?
He plays for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the IPL signed initially in May 2025 as a replacement for the injured Vansh Bedi and retained for IPL 2026.
What is Urvil Patel’s IPL price?
He was signed by CSK for his base price of ₹30 lakh (approximately $32,000 USD) in both 2025 and 2026 a modest figure relative to his domestic record-breaking performances.
What was Urvil Patel’s debut performance in IPL?
He made his IPL debut on May 7, 2025, against KKR at Eden Gardens, scoring 31 off 11 balls before losing his wicket an explosive introduction to the IPL stage.
What is the 13-ball IPL fifty record?
In IPL 2026 against Lucknow Super Giants in Chennai, Urvil Patel scored a 50 off 13 balls equalling the IPL record for the fastest fifty, previously held jointly by Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR vs KKR, 2023). The innings included a sequence of six consecutive sixes and a four.
Who is Urvil Patel’s father?
His father is Mukesh Patel, a physical training teacher at a high school. Mukesh Patel has been described as a central support figure in Urvil’s cricketing journey, and Urvil seeks his parents’ blessings before every match.
What is Urvil Patel’s T20 strike rate?
Across his T20 domestic career, he maintains a strike rate of approximately 179.47 one of the highest sustained rates for any regular domestic T20 opener in Indian cricket.
What is Urvil Patel’s net worth?
His net worth is estimated at between ₹1.5 crore and ₹5 crore ($180,000 to $600,000 USD), primarily from his IPL contract, domestic cricket fees, and emerging brand endorsement opportunities.
Conclusion
Urvil Patel’s cricket story is, at its heart, a story about patience, persistence, and the extraordinary things that become possible when ability meets opportunity.
He spent years developing in Baroda’s youth system, made a bold transfer to Gujarat that opened new doors, built a reputation across List A and T20 cricket that was not matched by IPL recognition going unsold at one auction and unused at another and then, in the space of two back-to-back seasons, rewrote the Indian record books so completely that no selector or commentator in the country could any longer pretend not to have noticed him.
His 28-ball century against Tripura will be studied and replayed as long as Indian T20 cricket exists. His 31-ball century against Services confirmed it was no fluke. His 13-ball IPL fifty against LSG brought his extraordinary striking ability to the awareness of the entire cricket-watching world. And he has done all of this while remaining, by all accounts, a quiet, grounded, spiritually-oriented person who feeds birds, seeks his parents’ blessings before matches, and lets the bat do the speaking.
India’s national selectors are watching. The cricket world is watching. Urvil Mukesh Patel the boy from Khipur village in Mehsana is not yet done rewriting records. And he is not yet done surprising us.
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