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Priyansh Arya’s 39-ball century helped Punjab Kings secure a dominating win over Chennai Super Kings in front of home fans and rise to the No. 4 position in the IPL 2025 points table.
Punjab Kings beat Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2025 match. (Picture Credit: AP)
Uncapped Indian opening batter Priyansh Arya played one of the best IPL knocks of all time on Tuesday (April 8) to seal a memorable win by 18 runs for Punjab Kings in match No. 22 of IPL 2025, played against Chennai Super Kings at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, Chandigarh. The 24-year-old cricketer from Delhi, who earned a deal worth Rs 3.80 crore from Punjab Kings in the IPL 2025 mega auction, was on fire from the first ball of the match on Tuesday.
Riding on Arya’s maiden IPL century, PBKS, after opting to bat first, posted a total of 219 runs on the board for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs and then successfully defended it by restricting CSK to 201 for five.
Fans had high hopes from legendary Indian wicketkeeper-batter and former captain MS Dhoni in the 220-run chase, and after coming out to bat at No. 5 for Ruturaj Gaikwad & Co., he tried his best as well to take the five-time champions closer to the target, but it didn’t prove to be enough.
Dhoni, who scored 27 from 12 balls (1 four, three sixes), hammered Lockie Ferguson for back-to-back sixes on the last two balls of the 18th over when CSK needed 55 runs from 14 balls to bring down the equation to 43 from the last two overs and Arshdeep Singh for a four and six on the fourth and fifth balls of the 19th over. But he was sent back to the pavilion by Yash Thakur on the first ball of the 20th over when CSK needed 28 runs to win.
Earlier, in the first half of the match, after becoming only the fourth batter in IPL history to hit six on the first ball of the match, Arya completed his maiden IPL fifty in just 19 balls and needed 20 more balls to slam his maiden century in the world’s richest franchise cricket league.
Batters to hit six on first ball of IPL match
| PLAYER | TEAM | BOWLER | OPPOSITION | VENUE | DATE |
| Naman Ojha | Rajasthan Royals | Brad Hodge | Kolkata Knight Riders | Durban | May 20, 2009 |
| Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Varun Aaron | Rajasthan Royals | Bengaluru | April 30, 2019 |
| Phil Salt | Kolkata Knight Riders | Nuwan Thushara | Mumbai Indians | Kolkata | May 11, 2024 |
| Priyansh Arya | Punjab Kings | Khaleel Ahmed | Chennai Super Kings | Mullanpur | April 8, 2025 |
The 39-ball century in Punjab Kings’ second home game of the ongoing IPL season helped Arya break the record for the fastest century in IPL history by an uncapped player, and he also became the joint-fourth fastest batter to score a century in the Indian Premier League.
Fastest centuries in IPL
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | BALLS | OPPOSITION | VENUE | DATE |
| 1. | Chris Gayle | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 30 | Pune Warriors India | Bengaluru | April 23, 2013 |
| 2. | Yusuf Pathan | Rajasthan Royals | 37 | Mumbai Indians | Mumbai (Brabourne Stadium) | March 13, 2010 |
| 3. | David Miller | Punjab Kings | 38 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Mohali | May 6, 2013 |
| 4. | Travis Head | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 39 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Bengaluru | April 15, 2024 |
| 5. | Priyansh Arya | Punjab Kings | 39 | Chennai Super Kings | Mullanpur | April 8, 2025 |
| 6. | Will Jacks | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 41 | Gujarat Titans | Ahmedabad | April 28, 2024 |
Fastest centuries by uncapped players in IPL
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | BALLS | OPPOSITION | VENUE | DATE |
| 1. | Priyansh Arya | Punjab Kings | 39 | Chennai Super Kings | Mullanpur | April 8, 2025 |
| 2. | Rajat Patidar | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 49 | Lucknow Super Giants | Kolkata | May 25, 2022 |
| 3. | Devdutt Padikkal | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 51 | Rajasthan Royals | Mumbai (Wankhede Stadium) | April 22, 2021 |
| 4. | Paul Valthaty | Punjab Kings | 52 | Chennai Super Kings | Mohali | April 13, 2011 |
| 5. | Yashasvi Jaiswal | Rajasthan Royals | 53 | Mumbai Indians | Mumbai (Wankhede Stadium) | April 30, 2023 |
| 6. | Shaun Marsh | Punjab Kings | 58 | Rajasthan Royals | Mohali | May 28, 2008 |
| 7. | Prabhsimran Singh | Punjab Kings | 61 | Delhi Capitals | New Delhi | May 13, 2023 |
| 8. | Manish Pandey | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 67 | Deccan Chargers | Centurion | May 21, 2009 |
He faced a total of 42 balls on Tuesday and, with the help of seven fours and nine sixes, scored 103 runs. He added 71 runs for the sixth wicket with Shashank Singh (52 runs from 36 balls) after the Shreyas Iyer-led side was reduced to 83 for 5 in eight overs.
Arya was sent back to the pavilion by star Afghanistan spinner Noor Ahmad on the fourth ball of the 14th over, and after his dismissal, Shashank joined hands with South African all-rounder Marco Jansen (34 from 19 balls) to add an unbeaten 65 runs from 38 balls for the seventh wicket and take Punjab Kings total to 219 for 6 in 20 overs.
For Chennai Super Kings, which looked like the home team for the majority of the game due to the presence of MS Dhoni in the side, former PBKS skipper Ravichandran Ashwin and Khaleel Ahmed picked up two wickets each, and one PBKS batter each was sent back to the pavilion by Mukesh Choudhary and Noor.
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