Shane Watson scores 2nd IPL 2018 century - and does it faster than Chris Gayle

A day after Chris Gayle scored the first century of IPL 2018, Chennai's Shane Watson hit another hundred in their match against Rajsthan. This was Watson's his 3rd IPL century. 

Watson's knock was even faster than Gayle's with the Australian reaching the hundred off just 51 balls. 

Watson was dropped twice during the innings and made Rajasthan pay for the chances they have given him. 

Watson hit 9 sixes and six fours four to reach the three-figure mark. 

Watson brought up his half-century in 28 deliveries before going onto reach a fine century. 

Courtesy of his knock, CSK reached a total of 204/5. They were 150/2 after 13 overs and looked set for a total of above 220 but RR came back well to concede 54 runs in the last seven overs and kept the game in the balance.

Watson, 36, has a phenomenal IPL record, where he has played 106 matches and scored more than 2700 runs at an average of 32.07. Apart from the three hundreds, he has also hit 15 fifties.

Watson now joins the likes of David Warner and AB De Villiers in the elusive list of most centuries in IPL.

Shane Watson #CSK registers #IPL's 49th hundred!
Individual 100s by IPL sides..
12 - RCB
10 - KXIP
7 - DD
6 - CSK
4 - MI/RR
2 - DC/RPS
1 - KKR/SRH
Note: Top three sides yet to win the #IPL #IPL2018#CSKvRR

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 20, 2018

Fewer sixes than Gayle in his century, but also fewer balls to reach three-figure mark. This is a top class century by Shane Watson...

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 20, 2018