brian lara has hit the fastest century in odi cricket.
who has hit the fastest century in odi cricket?
brian lara
in october 1996, afridi was drafted into the odi team during the four-nation sameer cup 1996–97 as a leg spinner as a replacement for the injured mushtaq ahmed. he made his debut on 2 october against kenya; however, he didn't bat and went wicketless. in the next match against sri lanka, afridi batted at number three in the role of a pinch-hitter. in his first international innings, afridi broke the record for fastest century in odi cricket, reaching his hundred from 37 balls. the eleven sixes he struck also equaled the record for most in an odi innings. pakistan posted a total of 371, at the time the second-highest in odis, and won by 82 runs; afridi was named man of the match. the record for fastest century in odi was broken by new zealand cricketer corey anderson on 1 january 2014 who hit 131* runs from 36 balls and is now held by south-african cricketer ab de villiers who made a century from 31 balls on 18 january 2015 against west indies.
shahid afridi
sehwag holds multiple records including the highest score made by an indian in test cricket (319 against south africa at m. a. chidambaram stadium in chennai), which was also the fastest triple century in the history of international cricket (reached 300 off only 278 balls) as well as the fastest 250 by any batsman (in 207 balls against sri lanka on 3 december 2009 at the brabourne stadium in mumbai). sehwag also holds the distinction of being one of four batsmen in the world to have ever surpassed 300 twice in test cricket, and the only one to score two triple centuries and take a five-wicket innings haul. in march 2009, sehwag smashed what was till then the fastest century ever scored by an indian in odi cricket, from 60 balls. on 8 december 2011, he hit his maiden double century in odi cricket, against west indies, becoming the second batsman after sachin tendulkar to reach the landmark. his score became the highest individual score in odi cricket – 219 off 149 balls which was later bettered by rohit sharma – 264 off 173 balls on 13 november 2014. he is one of only two players in the world to score a double hundred in odi and a triple hundred in test cricket, the other being chris gayle.
virender sehwag