10 fastest centuries in ODIs

#5 Brian Lara (45 balls) v Bangladesh, Dhaka, 1999

Brian Lara

The West Indian legend played plenty of breathtaking innings over the course of his one-day international career and among them, the one against Bangladesh made it into the record books for being the 5th quickest century ever scored in ODIs.

Lara opened the innings in that game and through a display of scintillating stroke-making, brought up his century off 45 balls. He scored 117 runs in total and hit a total of 18 fours and four sixes to knock the stuffing out of the Bangladesh bowling attack.

The West Indies scored 314 and won the game by 109 runs, as Lara's innings proved to be the difference.