List of 10 Fastest Centuries in ODIs

ODIs refers to the One Day International match; it is a format of cricket in which each team plays for a limited number of overs. The current number of overs played by each international squad is 50. Two international teams play the match, the duration of the game is approximately 8 hours.  The format is also known as Limited Overs Internationals (LOI). A more generic name of this format is Twenty20 International matches. This format is considered to be one of the most competitive and A-list formats in cricket tournaments. An important point to note here is that the international world cup tournament held every four years is played in the One Day International match (ODI) format. The First One Day International match format was played on 5 January 1971 between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Since the format is widely popular and competitive, the race to score the fastest century or the fastest half-century in ODIs is particularly difficult and noteworthy. The article discusses the list of the ten fastest centuries in ODIs and the fastest half-century in ODIs. The article also mentions the list of fastest double centuries in ODI.

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List Of Top 10 Fastest Century In ODI

The Indian legendary cricket player named Sachin Tendulkar, is considered the “century king” of international cricket. The Australian cricket player Ricky Ponting is at the second position in terms of the number of centuries he scored in an ODI format match. He is followed by Indian cricketer Virat Kohli. Although Sachin Tendulkar holds the record of highest centuries in cricket in ODI format, the South African cricketer AB de Villiers has the record of ODI fastest hundred. He scored 100 runs in 31 balls on 18 January 2015  against West Indies. He was followed by a New Zealand cricketer Corey Anderson, who scored a century in 36 balls against West Indies on 1 January 2014.

The list of the fastest 100s in ODI is mentioned below. 

The List Of The Fastest ODI Fifty

The table below mentions the list of the fastest 50 runs in the history of the One Day International match. The list is topped by the veteran South African player AB de Villiers. He scored the fastest 50 runs in an ODI match against West indices in just 16 balls. The match was played in 2015. The second person to achieve the fastest ODI fifty is a Sri Lankan cricketer called ST Jayasuriya in 1996.

The List Of Fastest Double Century In ODI

The record of scoring the fastest double century 200 runs in a match in One Day International format is held by West Indies opener Chris Gayle. He scored 200 runs just against Zimbabwe at Manuka Oval, Canberra, on February 24, 2015. He was also the first player to score a double century in an ODI match. The first Indian cricketer to score a double century is the legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. He scored 200 runs against South Africa on 24 February 2010. The table below mentions the list of cricketers to score 200 runs in ODI format matches.

To conclude the article, it must be noted that ODIs are the format of a cricket match, which is more commonly known as the twenty-20 format. Almost all the countries of the world are involved in the participation in the world cup tournament held in this format. The players mentioned have given exceptional performance in this format.