C Munro’s 100 not out for Trinidad Knight Riders was in a losing cause against Guyana Amazon Warriors at Port of Spain on 02.07.16 in the ongoing Caribbean Premier League in West Indies provides the 56^th occasion of a batsman’s century going in vain in the history of Twenty20 games. All such occasions are listed below in the order of descending runs scored by the batsmen

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	CH Gayle	151*	2	Somerset	Kent	Taunton	31.05.15
2	CL White	141*	1	Somerset	Worcs	Worcester	09.07.06
3	DT Christian	129	2	Middlesex	Kent	Canterbury	06.06.14
4	SR Watson	124*	1	Australia	India	Sydney	31.01.16
5	DA Warner	123*	1	NSW	RCB	Bangalore	07.10.11
6	CH Gayle	122*	1	Jamaica	Guyana	Gros Islet	19.01.13
7	Babar Hayat	122	2	Hong Kong	Oman	Fatullah	19.02.16
8	F du Plessis	119	1	South Africa	West Indies	Johannesburg	11.01.15
9	SP Wakaskar	118	1	Railways	Delhi	Vadodara	02.01.16
10	CH Gayle	117	1	West Indies	South Africa	Johannesburg	11.09.07
11	A Symonds	117*	1	Chargers	Royals	Hyd-RGS	24.04.08
12	CH Gayle	116	2	Barisal	Dhaka	Dhaka	14.02.12
13	LJ Wright	116*	2	Sussex	Hampshire	Southampton	18.07.14
14	WP Saha	115*	1	Kings XI	KKR	Bangalore	01.06.14
15	L Klusener	111*	2	Northants	Worcs	Kidderminster	29.06.07
16	LRPL Taylor	111*	1	Central D	Northern D	Hamilton	25.01.08
17	WJ Durston	111	1	Derbyshire	Notts	Nottingham	11.06.10
18	LPC Silva	110*	1	Col CC	Badureliya	Colombo (NCC)	07.04.15
19	CH Gayle	109*	1	Tuskers	Rhinos	Harare	29.11.11
20	T Westley	109*	1	Essex	Sussex	Chelmsford	25.07.14
21	DJ Harris	108*	1	South Aust	RCB	Bangalore	05.10.11
22	IR Jaggi	108*	1	Jharkhand	Andhra	Bhubaneswar	04.04.15
23	MN Samuels	106*	2	Hawksbills	Amazon	Basseterre	07.08.14
24	RG Sharma	106	1	India	South Africa	Dharamsala	02.10.15
25	GC Smith	105	1	Somerset	Northants	Taunton	02.07.05
26	RS Bopara	105*	1	Essex	Somerset	Chelmsford	11.07.10
27	UBT Chand	105	1	Delhi	Kerala	Indore	26.03.13
28	DR Smith	104*	2	Tridents	Amazon	Bridgetown	26.07.14
29	M Klinger	104*	2	Gloucs	Essex	Chelmsford	11.06.15
30	M Klinger	104*	2	Gloucs	Glamorgan	Bristol	12.06.15
31	BJ Hodge	103	1	Leics	Notts	Leicester	04.07.10
32	RR Patel	103	1	Kenya	Nepal	ICCA 2 Dubai	16.11.13
33	HE van der Dussen	103*	2	North West	Gauteng	Potchefstroom	19.10.14
34	UBT Chand	103	1	Delhi	Gujarat	Mumbai	15.01.16
35	MW Goodwin	102*	1	Sussex	Essex	Chelmsford	22.06.07
36	RN ten Doeschate	102	2	Essex	Middlesex	Lord’s	13.06.10
37	GP Smith	102	2	Leics	Notts	Leicester	19.06.14
38	BB Samantray	102	1	Odisha	Maharashtra	Cuttack	04.01.16
39	CB Gaffaney	101	1	Otago	Central D	Dunedin	27.01.06
40	BRM Taylor	101*	1	Wellington	Otago	Queenstown	31.12.11
41	Sharjeel Khan	101*	2	Hawks	L Eagles	Lahore	01.12.12
42	SR Watson	101	1	Royals	Super Kings	Chennai	22.04.13
43	CA Lynn	101	2	Heat	Hurricanes	Brisbane	29.12.15
44	SPD Smith	101	1	Supergiants	Guj Lions	Pune	29.04.16
45	Khurram Manzoor	100	1	Zebras	Tigers	Karachi	27.02.06
46	CZ Harris	100	2	Canterbury	Auckland	Christchurch	21.01.07
47	J Eugene	100*	2	St Maarten	St Vi & Gren	Coolidge	01.02.08
48	YK Pathan	100	2	Royals	Mum Indians	Mumbai (BS)	13.03.10
49	SR Tendulkar	100*	1	Mum Indians	Kochi	Mumbai	15.04.11
50	JL Denly	100	2	Kent	Indians	Canterbury	26.08.11
51	CO Obuya	100*	1	Kenya	Namibia	Windhoek	06.11.11
52	Azhar Mahmood	100*	1	Auckland	Canterbury	Auckland	17.01.12
53	K Zondo	100*	2	Impi	Cape Cobras	Paarl	22.02.12
54	TB de Bruyn	100	1	Knights	Dolphins	Kimberley	06.11.15
55	V Kohli	100*	1	RCB	Guj Lions	Rajkot	24.04.16
56	C Munro	100*	1	Trinbago KR	Guy Amazon	Port of Spain	02.07.16

The following table furnishes the list of four batsmen who have witnessed two or more centuries scored by them have gone in vain. CH Gayle has witnessed five centuries in a losing cause. His 151 not out for Somerset against Kent at Taunton on 31.05.15 represent not only the highest score by a batsman  in a losing cause but also provides the only score of 150 plus runs going in vain in the history of Twenty20 games

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	1	CH Gayle	151*	2	Somerset	Kent	Taunton	31.05.15
	2	CH Gayle	122*	1	Jamaica	Guyana	Gros Islet	19.01.13
	3	CH Gayle	117	1	West Indies	South Africa	Johannesburg	11.09.07
	4	CH Gayle	116	2	Barisal	Dhaka	Dhaka	14.02.12
	5	CH Gayle	109*	1	Tuskers	Rhinos	Harare	29.11.11
2	1	M Klinger	104*	2	Gloucs	Essex	Chelmsford	11.06.15
	2	M Klinger	104*	2	Gloucs	Glamorgan	Bristol	12.06.15
3	1	SR Watson	124*	1	Australia	India	Sydney	31.01.16
	2	SR Watson	101	1	Royals	Super Kings	Chennai	22.04.13
4	1	UBT Chand	105	1	Delhi	Kerala	Indore	26.03.13
	2	UBT Chand	103	1	Delhi	Gujarat	Mumbai	15.01.16