In cricket, a batter reaches a century when he scores 100 runs or more in a single innings. A century is regarded as a landmark score for a batter, and his number of centuries is generally recorded in his career statistics. The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket in India, which has been held annually since its first edition in 2008. In the fifteen seasons played so far, 74 centuries have been scored by 40 different batsmen out of which 20 are Indian players and the rest are overseas players. Players from eleven of the fifteen franchises have scored centuries, with the four franchises that have not had a player score a century for them being Pune Warriors India, Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Gujarat Lions & Gujarat Titans.