Players with 2 or more centuries inside 70 balls in ODIs

Players with 2 or more centuries inside 70 balls in ODIs: Jos Buttler smashed a 67-ball century against England at Birmingham which was his 2nd fastest century in ODI cricket. He scored a 61 ball hundred against Sri Lanka last year which was also the fastest century by an England batsman in ODIs. With the present century, he became one of the 7 players to score 2 or more centuries inside 70 deliveries in this format. Here we look at all the Players with 2 or more centuries inside 70 balls in ODIs: 7 – Virat Kohli – 2 Virat Kohli. (© Getty Images) Mr. Consistent, Virat Kohli recorded two centuries inside 70 balls with both of them coming in an ODI series against Australia in 2013 in a spare of 5 games and both in chase off 350+ run targets. He scored the fastest ODI century for India in 52 balls at Jaipur during the 360 run chase as he scored 100 runs in 52 balls and remained unbeaten. 3 matches later in the series, Kohli recorded a century in 61 balls at Nagpur, the 3rd fastest century in ODIs for India. He scored 115 in 66 balls in that innings. 6 – Shakib Al Hasan – 2 Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh. (© Getty Images) Shakib Al Hasan recorded 2 centuries inside 70 balls by scoring the fastest centuries in ODI for Bangladesh. His fastest century came in 63 balls against Zimbabwe in 2009 at Bulawayo during his knock of 104 in 64 balls. Shakib’s 2nd fastest century came in 68 balls at Mirpur which was also against Zimbabwe and also in 2009 year during his 105 run knock came in 69 balls. 5 – Sanath Jayasuriya – 3 Sanath Jayasuriya. (Photo Source: Getty Images) Sanath Jayasuriya, the Sri Lankan opener is commonly known as Matara Mauler for his aggressive batting has 3 instances where he completed his ODI centuries inside 70 deliveries. Jayasuriya’s fastest century came in just 48 balls in 1997 vs Pakistan at Singapore, the fastest ODI century at that time. He scored 134 in 65 balls n that innings. He recorded a 64 ball century during his 157 run knock off 104 balls against Netherlands at Amstelveen in 2006 when Sri Lanka recorded the highest ODI team total. Jayasuriya recorded a century in just 55 balls when he faced Bangladesh in 2008 at Karachi where he scored a 88 ball 130. 4 – Jos Buttler – 3 Jos Buttler. (© Getty Images) Jos Buttler scored three centuries inside 70 balls, all of them been the fastest ODI centuries by an England batsman. Buttler scored a 67-ball century during his 127-run knock against New Zealand at Birmingham. with his 2nd fastest century coming against Sri Lanka in 61 balls during his 121 knock at Lords in 2014 and his Fastest against Pakistan in just 42 Balls in UAE. 3 – Virender Sehwag – 4 Virender Sehwag. (© Getty Images) India’s dashing opener, Virender Sehwag has completed 4 of his ODI centuries prior 70 deliveries. He recorded his fastest fifty in 60 balls when he played against New Zealand at Hamilton in 2009 during the chase where he scored 125 in just 74 balls before D/L was used to declare India as winners. Sehwag recorded another instance in 2009 as he took 66 balls to reach his century against Sri Lanka at Rajkot. He scored 146 in 104 balls in that innings. His first ever century inside 70 balls came against new Zealand in 2001 at Colombo where he completed his century in 69 balls but got out on next delivery exactly on 100. The other instance was during his famous 219 record innings where he reached his century in 69 deliveries. 2 – Shahid Afridi – 4 Boom Boom Shahid Afridi. (© Getty Images) The hard-hitting all-rounder from Pakistan, Shahid Afridi scored 4 centuries inside 70 balls with 3 of those coming inside 55 balls. Afridi scored his fastest century in just 37 balls, world record created in 1996 which was intact till 2014. He scored 102 in 40 balls during the innings against Sri Lanka at Nairobi. He scored a 45 ball century against India at Kanpur in 2005 during his knock of 102 which came in 46 balls. Afridi’s 2nd slowest century in ODIs out of the 5 centuries he scored came in just 68 balls during his 108 run knock in 75 balls against Sri Lanka in 2010 at Dambulla. In the following match he played at the same venue, Afridi powered to a 53 ball century against Bangladesh while scoring 124 in 60 balls. 1 – AB de Villiers – 5 AB de Villiers. (Photo Source: Associated Press) South Africa’s consistent batsman, AB de Villiers scored 5 centuries inside 70 balls including the world record for fastest ODI century. AB de Villiers scored the fastest century of ODI history against West Indies in just 30 balls at Johannesburg in Jan, 2015. During the knock, de Villiers scored 149 in just 49 balls before getting out. Against the same opposition in the same year, de Villiers scored a 52 ball century at Sydney in CWC15. He scored an unbeaten 162 in just 66 balls and scored the fastest ever 150 in ODI history in 64 balls. AB de Villiers’ 4th fastest century in ODIs came against India in 2010 at Ahmedabad when he scored 102 in 59 balls. He brought up his century in just 58 balls during that innings. De Villiers’ another century inside 70 balls came in 2014 at Hambantota against Sri Lanka in just 66 balls. He scored 108 in 71 balls during his innings. His most latest ODI century inside 70 balls was against India in the 5th ODI at Wankhede. Do you know the batsmen fastest to 23 ODI tons? Check out – Top 5 Batsmen fastest to 23 hundreds in ODIs (All Stats Updated Till 9th September 2016)