10 fastest centuries in ODIs

#6 Shahid Afridi (45 balls) v India, Kanpur, 2005

Shahid Afridi

When it came to swashbuckling innings that completely decimated the opposition, no one came close to former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi. He fired quite infrequently but when he did, the opposition had very little hope

In the 5th ODI of the six-match series against India at Kanpur in 2005, Afridi put Pakistan's arch-rivals to the sword. Chasing 250 for victory, Afridi could have gone about things calmly but he seemed to be in great touch that day and decided to take on the bowlers, slamming 10 fours and 9 sixes en-route to a 45-ball century.

Funnily enough, he attempted a forward defensive stroke right after reaching his century and was clean bowled.