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AB de Villiers smashes fastest century in ODI

| | Jan 19, 2015, at 01:16 am
Johannesburg, Jan 18 (IBNS): South Africa skipper AB de Villiers created history as he became the fastest batsman to score a hundred in One Day International as he reached the three-figure mark in just 31 deliveries against the West Indies here on Sunday.

He hammered 149 runs where he smashed nine boundaries and sixteen sixes in his knock.

AB de Villiers broke the record set by New Zealand opener  Corey Anderson. He hold the record of scoring the century off 36 balls.

Apart from AB de Villiers, Hashim Amla (153) and Rilee Rossouw (128) contributed with their willows as South Africa scored 439 runs for the loss of two wickets in their 50 overs in the ODI match.

 

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