10 fastest centuries in ODIs

#3 Shahid Afridi (37 balls) v Sri Lanka, Singapore, 1996

Shahid Afridi

In the same tournament in Singapore in which Sanath Jayasuriya caned the Pakistani attack with his 48-ball century, Shahid Afridi returned the favour a few days later by scoring a 37-ball century.

In a small ground, he hit a staggering six fours and 11 sixes to completely destroy Sri Lanka's world champion team, as Pakistan racked up a total of 371. Afridi came in at number 3 and in an innings that lasted only 50 minutes, completely changed the complexion of the game.

What is even more interesting is the fact that the record stood for 18 years. Afridi became a legend of the game by virtue of the innings that catapulted him into the record books.