Miller smashed the fastest century in Champions Trophy history on Wednesday, breaking the previous record set by Virender Sehwag. The 100 runs from the bat of Miller against the New Zealand team came off 67 balls in the semifinals of the Champions Trophy 2025 played at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
He completed his hundred by running two runs on the last ball of the match. Sehwag has scored his century against England in a span of 77 balls in a match played in R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, for the Champions Trophy 2002.
Fastest 100s in Champions Trophy
- David Miller (South Africa): 67 balls vs New Zealand in Lahore (2025)
- Virender Sehwag (India): 77 balls vs England in Colombo (2002)
- Josh Inglis (Australia): 77 balls vs England in Lahore (2025)
- Shikhar Dhawan (India): 80 balls vs South Africa in Cardiff (2013)
- Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka): 87 balls vs South Africa in Centurion (2009)
Josh Inglis equalled Sehwag’s record scoring a century in 77 balls against England in the 2025 Champions Trophy Group B played at Gaddafi Stadium on February 22.The batting display of Miller against New Zealand saw him slam 10 fours and four sixes, but South Africa failed to win the match, losing it by 50 runs.
While needing 363 runs in That was in 50 overs, the Proteas made only 312 runs for the loss of nine wickets.Miller certainly assured that the margin of defeat was not that much bigger by scoring quickly in the last four overs, besides adding an unbeaten 66 runs for the last wicket with Lungi Ngidi, where the latter had only one run off two balls, by the way.
In addition to Miller, captain Temba Bavuma and Rassie van der Dussen also made half-centuries for the South African team.The captain of Kiwis, Mitchell Santner, picked up three wickets for 43 runs in his quota of 10 overs and two South African batsmen each were sent to the pavilion by Matt Henry and Glenn Phillips.
Rachin Ravindra and Kane Williamson scored centuries in the first half before Kiwis managed to put up total 363 runs for loss of six wickets in 50 overs. The century in Lahore was Rachin’s fifth in ICC tournaments for the Black Caps and also helped him break multiple batting records. The 25-year-old cricketer also picked up one wicket in the match, and for his superb all-round show, he won the Player of the Match award.
