Sachin Tendulkar is known as the God of cricket. He has scored 100 centuries in his cricket career, which is the most by any cricketer at the international level. There are many more cricketers trying to break the record of Sachin's 100 centuries, but no one has done it. Virat Kohli is trying his best to make things happen, but he is also behind there by some margin. Now we will see the list of the top 10 cricketers who scored the fastest century in ODIs cricket.
Here is the list of the top 10 fastest 100 scoring players in ODIs cricket:-
1. Ab De Villiers, the iconic player from South Africa, is the player who is holding the record for the fastest century in ODIs cricket. He scored the century in just 31 balls which is the fastest ever in ODIs cricket. He has done this miracle against West Indies in the year 2015. After scoring the century, he scored 149, which included 9 fours and 16 jaw-dropping sixes. He has taken just one more ball than Chris Gayle, who holds the record of fastest century in International Cricket.
2. Corey Anderson, who plays for New Zealand, is at no 2 positions in this list. He has completed his century in just 36 balls which is the second-fastest ever in ODIs cricket. He has also achieved this milestone against West Indies in the year 2014. He went on to score 132 off 47 balls. His inning included 6 fours and 14 monstrous sixes.
3. Shahid Afridi, also known as Boom Boom Afridi, is third on this list. He did this against Sri Lanka in 1996. He has smashed 6 fours and 11 sixes in that inning. one more good thing about his record is that his record stood for 18 years.
4.Mark Boucher, who plays for South Africa, is at no 4 on this list. He has completed his century in just 44 balls against Zimbabwe in the year 2006. He ended up scoring 147 of just 68 balls in that inning. He was promoted at no 4 in that match, and he has proved it right by playing a gem of an inning. His inning includes 8 fours and 10 sixes.
5. Brian Lara, the legend cricketer from West Indies, is at no 5 on the list. He has scored his fastest century in just 45 balls which is just one ball more than Mark Boucher's record of 44 ball century. He achieved this feat against Bangladesh in 1999. He scored a total of 117 runs which includes 18 fours and 4 sixes.
6. At no 6 and the last but not the least of our list is the Cricketer from Pakistan who is also at no 3 in this list, Shahid Afridi. He has scored his century in just 45 balls, which equals Brain Lara's century record in just 45 balls. He has scored this against India in the year 2005. He has taken on the bowlers by slamming 10 fours and 9 sixes and provided a great start for his team while chasing 250 against India.
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