South Africa skipper AB de Villier’s scored 149 runs off just 44 balls against the West Indies in the second ODI at Johannesburg. In the process, he broke the ODI records for the fastest century and half century. He reached his fifty in 16 balls and his ton in 31 balls. He also equalled Rohit Sharma’s record of 16 sixes in an innings as he helped South Africa to 439/2.
Fastest ODI centuries
1. AB de Villiers in 31 balls vs West Indies (2015)
2. Corey Anderson in 33 balls vs West Indies (2014)
3. Shahid Afridi in 37 balls vs Sri Lanka (1996)
4. Mark Boucher in 44 balls vs Zimbabwe (2006)
5. Brian Lara in 45 balls vs Bangladesh (2006)
6. Shahid Afridi in 45 balls vs India (2005)
