Kohli hits fastest ODI century by Indian

NEW DELHI: Indian batsman Virat Kohli hit the fastest century by an Indian in one-day internationals surpassing Virender Sehwag's four-year old record in the second one-dayer against Australia at the SMS Stadium in Jaipur on Wednesday.

Kohli, who hit 8 cracking boundaries and 7 scintillating sixes in his staggering knock, scored his century in just 52 balls and bettered Sehwag's record by 8 balls.

Sehwag's record stood tall since 2009 when the Delhi dasher blasted his way to a 60-ball ton against New Zealand in Hamilton.

Kohli's ton, which is his 16th ODI century in 115 matches, was also the seventh fastest in the world.

The match also saw other records being broken when the Australians created a world record with their five top batsmen scoring half-centuries.

Fastest ODI Hundreds by Indians
Runs	Balls	Player	Opponent	Ground	Year
100*	52	Virat Kohli	Australia	Jaipur	16/10/2013
125*	60		New Zealand	Hamilton	11/03/2009
108	62	Mohammad Azharuddin	New Zealand	Baroda	17/12/1988
138*	64	Yuvraj Singh	England	Rajkot	14/11/2008
101	66	Suresh Raina	Hong Kong	Karachi	25/06/2008
146	66	Virender Sehwag		Rajkot	15/12/2009
105	68	Yusuf Pathan	South Africa	Centurion	23/01/2011
100	69	Virender Sehwag	New Zealand	Colombo	02/08/2001
219	69	Virender Sehwag	West Indies	Indore	08/12/2011
124*	71	Sachin Tendulkar	Zimbabwe	Sharjah	13/11/1998

Fastest ODI centuries
Player	Runs	Balls	Match	Venue	Year
Shahid Afridi	102	37		Nairobi	1996
	147*	44	South Africa vs Zimbabwe	Potchefstroom	2006
	117	45	West Indies vs Bangladesh	Dhaka	1999
Shahid Afridi	102	45	Pakistan vs India	Kanpur	1999
Sanath Jayasuriya	134	48	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Singapore	1996
Kevin O'Brien	113	50		Bangalore	2011
Virat Kohli	100*	52		Jaipur	2013

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