AB de Villiers fastest Century ODI Cricket- 100 Runs in 31 Balls (Video)
South Africa batsman AB de Villiers hit a century off 31 balls to record the fastest ever one-day international ton.
The century for AB de Villiers came up off just 31 balls (8 x 4, 10 x 6) to make the World Record for the fastest century ever on ODI cricket his own by a long margin. He fell just 1 run short of a well-deserved 150 which would’ve been another World Record. His final figures reads 149 runs off 44 balls which included 9×4 and 16×6. By hitting 16 sixes in his innings, he also equaled the record for the most sixes in and ODI innings.
Fastest ODI centuries |
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| 1. AB de Villiers (South Africa) – 31 balls against West Indies in Johannesburg on 18 January, 2015. |
| 2. Corey Anderson (New Zealand) – 36 balls against West Indies in Queenstown on 1 January, 2014. |
| 3. Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) – 37 balls against Sri Lanka in Nairobi on 4 October, 1996. |
| 4. Mark Boucher (South Africa) – 44 balls against Zimbabwe in Potchefstroom on 20 September, 2006. |
| 5. Brian Lara (West Indies) – 45 balls against Bangladesh in Dhaka on 9 October, 1999. |
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