Virender Sehwag gets India's fastest ODI hundred

Sehwag smashed Kiwi bowlers in the 4th ODI between New Zealand and India and got his hundred off just 60 balls, the fastest by ay Indian in ODI cricket. He completed his hundred in a superb fashion hitting a six in the ball of Daniel Vettori and making his score 103 in the 19th over. This is the 11th ODI hundred for india. Sehwag remained not out on 125 off 74 balls hitting 6 sixes and 14 fours as India won the match by D/L method.

Just 1 ball before Sehwag completed his hundred, Gambhir made his 50 off 52 balls. At that stage India were 164/0. Sehwag's hundred is of course the fastest by any Indian but also the 7th fastest ODI hundred. Before this Mohammad Azharuddin had got his hundred in 62 balls.

Here are the fastest ODI hundreds for India:

Balls	Batsman	Score	Vs	Venue	Year
60	V Sehwag	125*	NZ	Hamilton	2009
62	M Azharuddin	108*	NZ	Baroda (MP)	1988
64	Yuvraj Singh	138*	Eng	Rajkot	2008
66	SK Raina	101	HK	Karachi	2008
69	V Sehwag	100	NZ	Colombo (SSC)	2001
71	SR Tendulkar	124*	Zim	Sharjah	1998
73	Yuvraj Singh	103	Eng	Margao	2006

Here are the fastest ODI hundreds (overall):

Runs	Balls	6s	4s	Player	Match	Venue	Year
102	37	11	6	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Nairobi	04/10/1996
147*	44	10	8	MV Boucher	South Africa v Zimbabwe	Potchefstroom	20/09/2006
117	45	4	18	BC Lara	West Indies v Bangladesh	Dhaka	09/10/1999
102	45	9	10	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan v India	Kanpur	15/04/2005
134	48	11	11	ST Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka v Pakistan	Singapore	02/04/1996
130	55	6	16	ST Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh	Karachi	30/06/2008
125*	60	6	14	V Sehwag	India v New Zealand	Hamilton	11/03/2009
108	62	3	10	M Azharuddin	India v New Zealand	Baroda	17/12/1988
157	64	1	23	ST Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka v Netherlands	Amstelveen	04/07/2006
138*	64	6	16	Yuvraj Singh	India v England	Rajkot	14/11/2008