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Urvil Patel: IPL Stats and T20 Records

Urvil Patel is an Indian wicketkeeper-batter from Mehsana who represents Gujarat and Chennai Super Kings. He reached a senior T20 hundred in an Indian-record 28 balls and equalled the IPL record with a 13-ball fifty in 2026. Born on 17 October 1998, he was 27 on 23 August 2026, and his checked IPL record stands at 197 runs from ten matches.

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Right-hand batterDoes not bowlBorn 17 October 1998

Current squadChennai Super KingsIndian Premier League · 2026

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Full nameUrvil Mukesh Patel

Age27As of 23 August 2026

Date of birth17 October 1998Mehsana, Gujarat, India

Batting styleRight-hand batter

Bowling styleDoes not bowl

Career overview

Urvil Patel cricket career

Urvil Mukesh Patel was born in Mehsana on 17 October 1998 and was 27 on 23 August 2026.

He is a right-handed wicketkeeper-batter who developed through Baroda age-group cricket before representing Baroda and Gujarat at senior level.

He scored 113 not out against Tripura in 2024 and reached the hundred in 28 balls, the fastest senior T20 century by an Indian at that point.

He followed with an unbeaten 119 from 37 balls as Gujarat captain against Services in the 2025 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Chennai Super Kings signed him as an injury replacement for ₹30 lakh in 2025 and retained the same season price in the checked 2026 reporting.

His 65 from 23 balls against Lucknow in 2026 included a joint-record IPL fifty from 13 balls.

Career story

Urvil Patel career and playing journey

Who is Urvil Patel?

Urvil Patel is a right-handed Indian wicketkeeper-batter whose fastest-scoring innings moved him from Gujarat domestic cricket into Chennai Super Kings' IPL plans. His full name is Urvil Mukesh Patel. He was born in Mehsana, Gujarat, and is uncapped at senior international level on the checked date. His career is therefore best measured through first-class, List A, senior T20 and IPL records rather than international aggregates.

His Baroda age-group record, Gujarat senior career, earlier Gujarat Titans contract and Chennai Super Kings appearances all belong to the same player born on 17 October 1998. The team history needs that continuity because a move between domestic associations or IPL squads does not reset a career. Each competition total remains separate so his domestic hundreds are not added to his IPL record.

Urvil Patel age, birthplace and playing role

Patel was born on 17 October 1998 and was 27 on 23 August 2026. Official franchise and major statistical profiles place his origin in Mehsana. He bats right-handed and keeps wicket. Current records do not show a senior bowling return, so his playing role is defined by batting and wicketkeeping rather than an unverified part-time bowling style.

His role has developed into an attacking top-order option, although a wicketkeeper-batter can be selected as a specialist batter when another player takes the gloves. Chennai used him for rapid runs, including appearances as a replacement signing and in a middle-order entry point against Lucknow. The role label describes his cricket skill set; it does not claim he kept wicket in every match.

Baroda age-group cricket and senior debuts

Patel's organised pathway began with Baroda at Under-14, Under-16 and Under-19 level. He made his senior T20 debut for Baroda in January 2018 and entered List A cricket the following month. He later moved to Gujarat, the side connected with the largest white-ball and first-class innings in his current record. The transfer is retained in the timeline so older Baroda scorecards resolve to the same person.

Early senior selection did not produce an immediate IPL debut. Patel needed several domestic seasons to turn his boundary-hitting into repeatable results. BCCI's archive preserves an 84 from 37 balls for Gujarat in the 2022 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. That innings predates his record hundreds and shows that the later acceleration was supported by recognised domestic competition rather than only training-ground reputation.

The 41-ball List A hundred in 2023

In the 2023 Vijay Hazare Trophy, Patel reached a List A hundred from 41 balls against Arunachal Pradesh. Contemporary and franchise records described it as the second-fastest List A century by an Indian at that time. A List A innings uses one-day rules and belongs in a different statistical line from his T20 hundreds, even though all three performances demonstrate his ability to score rapidly.

The innings mattered because it expanded the evidence beyond short T20 bursts. List A cricket asks a batter to manage a longer allocation of overs while still responding to the match situation. Patel's hundred showed that his range could alter a 50-over game. It also gave selectors and franchises a senior domestic performance with a clear opponent, competition and milestone rather than an unsourced description of him as an explosive player.

Gujarat Titans contract before his IPL debut

Gujarat Titans bought Patel for ₹20 lakh before the 2023 IPL season. He remained in the squad without making his league debut and was released later that year. Being contracted and playing are separate facts: the Gujarat period belongs in his team history, but it contributes zero matches and zero runs to his IPL batting total.

The distinction protects the career record from a common profile error. Squad lists are often mistaken for appearance lists, which can create a fictional debut date or add a season to a match count. Patel's actual IPL debut came for Chennai in 2025. The Gujarat Titans profile remains useful for identity, date of birth and a later career summary, but the team membership should not be described as an on-field IPL stint.

Fastest T20 hundred by an Indian: 28 balls

Patel produced his defining domestic T20 innings against Tripura in the 2024 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Chasing 156, he reached his hundred in 28 balls and finished unbeaten on 113 from 35. The innings contained seven fours and 12 sixes, and Gujarat completed the chase in 10.2 overs. At the time, the 28-ball hundred was the fastest by an Indian in senior T20 cricket, improving on Rishabh Pant's 32-ball mark.

The record is specific to an Indian batter in senior T20 cricket. It should not be inflated into the fastest hundred by any player worldwide, nor mixed with IPL records because the innings occurred in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The opponent, target and final score explain the achievement more clearly than a bare record label: Patel personally supplied most of the runs in a chase completed with almost ten overs unused.

Chennai Super Kings injury-replacement signing

Chennai Super Kings signed Patel in May 2025 after Vansh Bedi was ruled out with an ankle ligament injury. The official IPL announcement recorded a ₹30 lakh replacement price. That is the first fully traceable Chennai contract amount attached to his profile. It is a season fee under IPL rules, not a guaranteed measure of take-home income after tax or a statement of personal wealth.

The signing arrived late enough that Patel had limited time to establish a role. Chennai nevertheless gave him an immediate top-order opportunity. The official replacement notice and player page bind the signing to the same Urvil who had made the 28-ball domestic hundred. This avoids treating the replacement as a separate newcomer merely because an injury transaction added him after the original squad announcement.

IPL debut: 31 from 11 balls against Kolkata

Patel made his IPL debut against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens on 7 May 2025. He scored 31 from 11 balls, and IPL published a dedicated innings video. The cameo supplied an immediate example of the high strike-rate role Chennai had recruited. It should still be described as 31, not upgraded into a fifty because of its pace.

The checked season table records three IPL matches and 68 runs in 2025 at a strike rate of 212.50. That is a small sample, so the rate is reported with the match count. Patel did not turn the three appearances into a full-season aggregate, but the debut and subsequent opportunities were enough to establish an official league record before the larger 2026 innings.

Another rapid hundred as Gujarat captain

In November 2025, Patel captained Gujarat against Services in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and reached another hundred in 31 balls. He finished on 119 not out from 37 deliveries, with 12 fours and ten sixes. Gujarat chased 183 to win by eight wickets. The innings did not break his 28-ball personal record, but it proved that the earlier hundred was not his only extreme scoring performance.

Captaincy adds context without changing the batting total. Patel was responsible for leading the side and opening the chase, yet the record remains 119 not out in one T20 innings. The repeated hundred also supports a more precise description of his strength: he can reduce large chases quickly through boundary volume. It does not establish selection for India or guarantee the same output in every IPL match.

First-class hundreds: 140 and 109 not out

Patel's 2025 first-class record gave his profile depth beyond white-ball hitting. He scored 140 from 197 balls for Gujarat against Saurashtra in a Ranji Trophy quarter-final at Rajkot. BCCI also published his unbeaten 109 from 124 balls against Bengal in the 2025-26 Ranji Trophy. Those innings account for the two hundreds in the checked first-class snapshot.

The first-class table lists 837 runs from 16 matches and 27 innings, with a highest score of 140 and an average of 32.19. The sample shows a player who has kept wicket and made long-form hundreds, not only a T20 specialist. It also keeps the achievements in proportion: his first-class average is a dated career figure, while the two specific hundreds are match performances that can be linked to their BCCI records.

Joint-fastest IPL fifty in 13 balls

Patel equalled the IPL record for the fastest fifty when he reached the mark from 13 balls against Lucknow Super Giants at Chennai in May 2026. He finished with 65 from 23 balls, hitting two fours and eight sixes. The official IPL video labels it a joint-fastest league fifty, while Indian Express, India Today and Hindustan Times independently record the 13-ball milestone.

The innings came in a chase of 204. Patel arrived with Chennai 45 for one and left at 126 for two, reducing the remaining requirement to 78 from 64 balls. That match context explains why the innings mattered beyond the record. The fifty remains joint-fastest rather than an exclusive record, and the final score of 65 is the high score in his checked IPL career table.

Urvil Patel IPL stats through 2026

The checked IPL snapshot lists ten matches, ten innings and 197 runs, with a high score of 65 and one fifty. His overall strike rate is 205.21, supported by 11 fours and 20 sixes. The season split records 68 runs from three matches in 2025 and 129 from seven matches in 2026. These figures come from the current franchise statistical profile and are cross-checked against Cricbuzz.

An older secondary snapshot showed nine matches, while the updated official IPL page and Cricbuzz record show ten. The complete ten-match line is therefore used rather than combining the appearance count from one cutoff with runs from another. His 197 runs, 65 high score and one fifty all belong to the same completed 2026 snapshot.

How Mukesh Patel supported his cricket development

Public reporting identifies Mukesh Patel as Urvil's father and a physical-training teacher. The Gujarat Titans biography connects that background to Urvil's early athletic development, while coverage of the 13-ball IPL fifty records the batter dedicating the achievement to him. Those details explain a part of the player's cricket pathway without turning the section into an unrelated personal biography.

The sporting link is also visible in Urvil's role. Wicketkeeping, repeated sprinting and high-intensity boundary hitting place unusual physical demands on a top-order batter. That context does not prove that one training influence caused every later result, but it helps explain why Mukesh is mentioned in accounts of both Urvil's development and his record-equalling night for Chennai.

How to read Urvil Patel's IPL contract figures

Patel's confirmed Chennai price is ₹30 lakh, first recorded when he joined as an injury replacement in 2025. The official IPL 2026 squad document also lists Urvil Patel at 30 lakh, supporting the same retained value for the following season. The two records describe specific league contracts, not an estimate derived from his strike rate or a later match performance.

Gujarat Titans had previously acquired him for ₹20 lakh before the 2023 season. That earlier amount belongs to a different team and season and should not be added to the Chennai figure as though it were one current contract. Auction and squad values are useful only when the franchise, season and amount are stated together; they do not reveal taxes, bonuses or other financial arrangements.

Urvil Patel records

Urvil Patel career statistics and records

Batting, bowling and fielding figures are kept separate by competition and format.

First-class through 2025-2616matches

Batting

Innings: 27
Runs: 837
High score: 140
Average: 32.19
Strike rate: 77.07
Not outs: 1

Bowling & fielding

Catches / stumpings: 38 catches / 5 stumpings

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

List A through 2025-2629matches

Batting

Innings: 28
Runs: 942
High score: 116
Average: 39.25
Strike rate: 119.70
Not outs: 4

Bowling & fielding

Catches / stumpings: 33 catches / 4 stumpings

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

Indian Premier League through 202610matches

Batting

Innings: 10
Runs: 197
High score: 65
Average: 19.70
Strike rate: 205.21
Not outs: 0
100s / 50s: 0 / 1

Bowling & fielding

Catches / stumpings: 8 catches / 0 stumpings

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

Career chronology

Debut and last listed match

Senior T20 cricket

Debut

Baroda, January 2018

Last listed match

Gujarat domestic record checked 23 August 2026

List A cricket

Debut

Baroda, February 2018

Last listed match

Gujarat domestic record checked 23 August 2026

First-class cricket

Debut

Gujarat, Ranji Trophy

Last listed match

Gujarat, 2025-26 Ranji Trophy

Indian Premier League

Debut

Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 7 May 2025

Last listed match

Chennai Super Kings vs Gujarat Titans, 21 May 2026

Career achievements

Career achievements and milestones

Scored 84 from 37 balls for Gujarat in the 2022 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
Reached a List A hundred from 41 balls against Arunachal Pradesh in 2023.
Made 113 not out and reached the fastest senior T20 hundred by an Indian in 28 balls against Tripura in 2024.
Joined Chennai Super Kings as a ₹30 lakh injury replacement in May 2025.
Scored 31 from 11 balls on IPL debut against Kolkata Knight Riders.
Made an unbeaten 119 from 37 balls as Gujarat captain against Services in 2025.
Scored first-class hundreds of 140 against Saurashtra and 109 not out against Bengal.
Equalled the IPL fastest-fifty record by reaching 50 from 13 balls against Lucknow in 2026.
Completed the checked IPL snapshot with 197 runs from ten matches at a strike rate of 205.21.

Reader questions

Urvil Patel FAQ

How old is Urvil Patel?

He was born on 17 October 1998 and was 27 on 23 August 2026.

Where is Urvil Patel from?

He is from Mehsana in Gujarat and developed through Baroda age-group cricket.

What is Urvil Patel's fastest IPL fifty?

He reached fifty from 13 balls against Lucknow Super Giants in 2026, equalling the IPL record.

What is Urvil Patel's fastest T20 hundred?

He reached a senior T20 hundred from 28 balls for Gujarat against Tripura in 2024.

What is Urvil Patel's IPL contract value?

Chennai Super Kings signed him for a confirmed season price of ₹30 lakh.

Who is Urvil Patel's father?

Public reports identify his father as Mukesh Patel, a physical-training teacher connected with his early athletic development.

How many IPL runs has Urvil Patel scored?

The completed 2026 snapshot records 197 runs from ten matches, with a high score of 65 and a strike rate of 205.21.

Did Urvil Patel play for Gujarat Titans?

He was part of the Gujarat Titans squad after a ₹20 lakh acquisition but did not make an IPL appearance for the team. His IPL debut came for Chennai in 2025.

Conclusion

Urvil Patel's record combines long-form hundreds with exceptional white-ball acceleration. The 28-ball domestic T20 hundred, 31-ball follow-up century and joint-record 13-ball IPL fifty are supported by named match sources, while his completed ten-match IPL snapshot records 197 runs. Chennai's confirmed ₹30 lakh 2026 value belongs beside the season and squad evidence, not as a substitute for judging his batting record.