Top 5 Fastest Centuries In ODIs By Indian Batsmen; Scoring a century is always a precious stat to have for an international cricketer in any format of the game. Indeed, a player’s hundred does not always mean that there will be a victory, but his efforts make the opponents sweat.
More importantly, a good game with a memorable century is remembered by the spectators for many years.
This beauty of scoring a century reaches next level when the player manages to enter the century in the record list.
Meanwhile, in this article, we came up with the fastest centuries by Indian players.
Top 5 Fastest Centuries By Indians In ODI Format:
5. Mohammed Azharuddin’s 62-ball Century against New Zealand in Baroda:
The former skipper of the Indian National Cricket Team Mohammed Azharuddin also finds a place in the chart with his stunning century against New Zealand in Baroda. His century came in just 61 balls, which was the fastest for India during those times. The blistering knock came in 1988.
It was a stunning knock, as Azharuddin helped India chase down a massive 282 after losing 5 quick wickets. He was helped by A Sharma, who scored a fifty after coming to bat at number 8.
In the same year, Azharuddin featured in his 300th ODI match against Australia to become the first cricketer to appear in 300 ODI games. Hailing from Hyderabad, Azhar played 334 ODIs and 99 Test matches scoring 9,378 and 6215 runs respectively.