HM Amla of Punjab scored 104 against Gujarat at Mohali  on 07.05.17. His effort was in a losing cause to provide the eighth occasion a batman’s hundred going in vain in the Indian Premier League. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	A Symonds	117*	Deccan	Rajasthan	Hyd-RGS	24.04.08
2	YK Pathan	100	Rajasthan	Mumbai	Mum-BS	13.03.10
3	*SR Tendulkar	100*	Mumbai	Kochi	Mumbai	15.04.11
4	+WP Saha	115*	Punjab	Kolkata	Bangalore	01.06.14
5	*V Kohli	100*	Bangalore	Gujarat	Rajkot	24.04.16
6	SPD Smith	101	Ris Pune	Gujarat	Pune-MCA	29.04.16
7	HM Amla	104*	Punjab	Mumbai	Indore	20.04.17
8	HM Amla	104	Punjab	Gujarat	Mohali	07.05.17

HM Amla’s 104 which went in vain provides the third occasion of a Punjab batsman’s hundred in a  losing cause.  All such occasions are listed below

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	+WP Saha	115*	Punjab	Kolkata	Bangalore	01.06.14
2	HM Amla	104*	Punjab	Mumbai	Indore	20.04.17
3	HM Amla	104	Punjab	Gujarat	Mohali	07.05.17

HM Amla’s 104 which went in vain provides the third occasion of a  batsman’s hundred in a  losing cause against Gujarat.  All such occasions are listed below

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	*Kohli	100*	Bangalore	Gujarat	Rajkot	24.04.16
2	SPD Smith	101	Ris Pune	Gujarat	Pune-MCA	29.04.16
3	HM Amla	104	Punjab	Gujarat	Mohali	07.05.17

HM Amla became the first batsman in the history of the tournament to witness his two centuries in losing  cause in the same edition of the Indian Premier League. Both the occasions are listed below 

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	HM Amla	104*	Punjab	Mumbai	Indore	20.04.17
2	HM Amla	104	Punjab	Gujarat	Mohali	07.05.17

HM Amla’s 104 which went in vain provides the fourth occasion of an overseas  batsman’s hundred in a  losing cause in the tournament.  All such occasions are listed below

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	A Symonds	117*	Deccan	Rajasthan	Hyd-RGS	24.04.08
2	SPD Smith	101	Ris Pune	Gujarat	Pune-MCA	29.04.16
3	HM Amla	104*	Punjab	Mumbai	Indore	20.04.17
4	HM Amla	104	Punjab	Gujarat	Mohali	07.05.17

CH Gayle {05}, HM Amla {02}, M Klinger {02}, SR Watson {02} and UBT Chand {02} are the five batsmen who have witnessed two or more centuries in a losing cause in the history of T20 games.  The following table  lists the performance of these five batsman

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	1	CH Gayle	151*	2	Somerset	Kent	Taunton	31 May 2015
	2	CH Gayle	122*	1	Jamaica	Guyana	Gros Islet	19 Jan 2013
	3	CH Gayle	117	1	West Indies	South Africa	Johannesburg	11 Sep 2007
	4	CH Gayle	116	2	Barisal	Dhaka	Dhaka	14 Feb 2012
	5	CH Gayle	109*	1	Tuskers	Rhinos	Harare	29 No2011
2	1	HM Amla	104*	1	Punjab	Mumbai	Indore	20 Apr 2017
	2	HM Amla	104	1	Punjab	Gujarat	Mohali	07 May 2017
3	1	M Klinger	104*	2	Gloucs	Essex	Chelmsford	11 Jun 2015
	2	M Klinger	104*	2	Gloucs	Glamorgan	Bristol	12 Jun 2015
4	1	SR Watson	124*	1	Australia	India	Sydney	31 Jan 2016
	2	SR Watson	101	1	Rajasthan	Chennai	Chennai	22 Apr 2013
5	1	UBT Chand	105	1	Delhi	Kerala	Indore	26 Mar 2013
	2	UBT Chand	103	1	Delhi	Gujarat	Mumbai	15 Jan 2016