Fastest Hundred in 50 over formats: Australia’s young explosive opening batsman Jake Fraser-McGurk holds the world record for scoring the fastest century in 50 over matches. He made this world record by scoring a century in just 29 balls. Now you might be thinking that the record of scoring the fastest century is in the name of former South African legend AB de Villiers. But let us tell you that here we are talking about 50 over matches. That is, including One Day International and domestic 50 over matches, which is also called List A.

Top-7 batsmen who scored the fastest century in 50 over matches

1- Jake Fraser-McGurk

Australia’s explosive batsman Jake Fraser-McGurk is at number one in the list of top-7 batsmen who have scored the fastest century in 50 over matches. Playing for South Australia, Fraser-McGurk scored a century in just 29 balls against Tasmania in a home ODI match. In this match, he played a brilliant inning of 125 runs in 38 balls.

2- AB de Villiers

South Africa’s great batsman AB de Villiers is at second place in the list of top-7 batsmen who have scored the fastest century in 50 over matches. De Villiers scored a century in just 31 balls against West Indies in the International ODI match. In this match, he played a brilliant inning of 149 runs in 44 balls.

3- Anmolpreet Singh

Indian player Anmolpreet Singh is at third place in the list of top-7 batsmen who have scored the fastest century in 50 over matches. Playing for Punjab, Anmolpreet scored a century in just 35 balls against Arunachal Pradesh in a home ODI match. In this match, he played an excellent inning of 115 runs in 45 balls.

4- Corey Anderson

New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson is at fourth place in the list of top-7 batsmen who have scored the fastest century in 50 over matches. Anderson scored a century in just 36 balls against West Indies in the International ODI match. In this match, he played a brilliant inning of 131 runs in 47 balls.

5- Graham Rose

England player Graham Rose is at fifth position in the list of top-7 batsmen who have scored the fastest century in 50 over matches. While playing for Somerset, Rose scored a century in just 36 balls in a county cricket ODI match against Devon. He played an excellent inning of 110 runs in this match.

6- Shaheed Afridi

Pakistan’s legendary all-rounder Shaheed Afridi is at sixth place in the list of top-7 batsmen who have scored the fastest century in 50 over matches. Afridi had scored a century in just 37 balls against Sri Lanka in the International ODI match. In this match, he played a brilliant inning of 102 runs in 40 balls.

7- Rowman Powell

West Indies’ explosive batsman Rovman Powell is at seventh place in the list of top-7 batsmen who have scored the fastest century in 50 over matches. Playing for Jamaica, Powell scored a century in just 38 balls against the Leeward Islands in a home ODI match. In this match, he played a brilliant inning of 106 runs in 40 balls.

ODI cricket started about 54 years ago. The first international match was played on 5 January 1971. Since then, many batsmen have dominated this format till date. The record of scoring the most runs in ODI International is the name of ‘God of Cricket’ Sachin Tendulkar. But today we will talk about the batsmen who scored the fastest century in ODI International.

1- AB de Villiers

Former South African batsman AB de Villiers holds a record for scoring the fastest century in ODIs. He scored a century in just 31 balls against the West Indies in 2015.

2- Corey Anderson

Former New Zealand all -rounder Corey Anderson is named second in this record list. Anderson scored a century in just 36 balls against the West Indies in 2014. Anderson now plays international cricket for USA.

3- Shahid Afridi

Former Pakistan all -rounder and captain Shahid Afridi scored a century in just 37 balls against Sri Lanka in 1996. Then everyone was surprised to see this innings of Afridi. For years, Shahid Afridi’s record of scoring the fastest century in ODIs was named. However, now he is at number three in this record list.

4- Glenn Maxwell

Australian all -rounder Glenn Maxwell is at number four in this record list. Maxwell scored a century in just 40 balls against the Netherlands in the 2023 ODI World Cup.

5- Asif Khan

Asif Khan of UAE is also named in this record list. Asif scored a century in 41 balls against Nepal in 2023 itself.

6- Mark Boucher

Former South African wicketkeeper batsman Mark Boucher is at number six in this record list. Boucher surprised everyone and hit a century in 44 balls against Zimbabwe in 2006.

7- Brian Lara

Brian Lara, one of the best batsmen in the history of West Indies cricket, is at number seven in this record list. Lara scored a century in 45 balls against Bangladesh in 1999.

8- Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi, who was a power hitter of Pakistan, comes twice in the list of 10 batsmen who set the fastest century. He is at number three as well as number eighth. In 2005, Afridi scored a century in just 45 balls against India.

9- Jessie Rider

Rider like former New Zealand explosive opener has scored a century in 46 balls. He did this feat against the West Indies in 2014.

10- Jose Butler

Jose Butler, one of the power hitters of England, is at number 10 in this record list. Butler scored a century in just 46 balls against Pakistan in 2015.