Know the top 10 batsmen with fastest ODI tons

New Delhi: It was AB de Viliiers with a blistering knock of 149 runs of 44-balls who made the pulp of West Indian bowlers to register a record breaking fastest ODI ton. De Villiers fastest ODI century came in 31-balls.There were many records broken by Ab de Villiers but there are others as well who have broken the records and have set the standards high for the fiture generations.The first ODI was played on 5 January 1971 between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.When the first three days of the third Test were washed out, officials decided to abandon the match and, instead, opted to play a one-off one day game consisting of 40 eight-ball over per side.Australia won the game by 5 wickets.Thus ODI cricket was introduced to make cricket a shorter game. An ODI is an exciting event to watch rather than watching five days of play in a Test.Here is the list of 10 batsmen with fastest ton in ODIs:1. AB de Villiers: AB de Villiers hit the fastest ton and reached the three figure mark in just 31 balls to record the fastest ton in cricketing history. De Villiers took South Africa to 439, the second highest total in ODIs. He scored his fastest on 18/01/2015.2. Corey Anderson: Corey Anderson opened the year 2014 with a thunderous hundred off 36 balls and hammered the West Indies at Queenstown. He scored his fastest on 01/01/2014.3. Shahid Afridi: Pakistan's Shahid Afridi hammered the fastest ODI hundred in 37 balls against Sri Lanka. A record that stood for nearly 18 years. He scored his fastest on 04/10/1996.4. Mark Boucher: Mark Boucher scored his hundred in 44 balls at Potchefstroom in 2006. He scored his fastest on 20/09/2006.5. Brian Lara: Brian Lara hit the fastest ton by a West Indian batsman as his 45-ball century set up his side's win against Bangladesh at Dhaka in 1999. He scored his fastest on 09/10/1999.6. Shahid Afridi: Shahid Afridi hammered 102 off 45 balls against India in what was the fastest ton ever scored in India. Afridi hammered 10 fours and nine sixes. He scored his fastest on 15/04/2005.7. Jesse Ryder: Jesse Ryder hit a hundred off 46 balls against West Indies on January 1, 2014, when he played second fiddle to Corey Anderson's 36-ball ton. Ryder hit 12 fours and 5 sixes in his knock at Queenstown. He scored his fastest on 01/01/2014.8. Sanath Jayasuriya: Sanath Jayasuriya hit 11 fours and 11 sixes in his 134 off 65 balls as he reached his hundred off 48 balls to set the then record for the fastest ODI ton in 1996 against Pakistan at Singapore. He scored his fastest on 02/04/1996.9. Kevin O'Brien: Kevin O'Brien celebrates the fastest century in a World Cup match, off 50 balls, against England at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on March 2, 2011. He scored his fastest on 02/03/2011.10. Virat Kohli: The poster boy of Indian cricket team Virat Kohli scored the 10th fastest ton in ODI cricket a 100* against Australia at Jaipur in 2013 which came off 52 balls and was studded with eight fours and seven sixes. He scored his fastest on 16/10/2013.

Know the top 10 batsmen with fastest ODI tons

New Delhi: It was AB de Viliiers with a blistering knock of 149 runs of 44-balls who made the pulp of West Indian bowlers to register a record breaking fastest ODI ton. De Villiers fastest

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