Ireland's Kevin O'Brien will hope for more good news from Bangalore when the Indian Premier League players' auction takes place in the southern Indian city on Saturday.

It was in Bangalore last year where O'Brien scored the fastest World Cup century of all time during Ireland's sensational win over England.


Ireland's Kevin O'Brien. Pic/AFP.

O'Brien got to three figures in just 50 balls and finished with 113, including six sixes and 13 fours, in a magnificent display of clean hitting as Ireland won by three wickets with seven balls to spare.

And he proved that innings was no one-off by scoring a 44-ball hundred for Gloucestershire against Middlesex in a Twenty20 match -- the same format as used in the lucrative IPL. Having not registered in the auction for last year's IPL only to find out Kochi were interested in having him in their side, O'Brien made sure his name was on the list for the fifth edition. "It's an exciting time, waiting for Saturday," O'Brien told AFP on Wednesday.