AB Devilliers' Top 5 ODI Innings away from home

2. 107 vs West Indies, Delhi, World cup 2011

ABD at his classical best giving South Africa the perfect start to their World cup campaign

While the fastest century and the century in the 2015 World cup vs the West Indies are more popular and celebrated this century in South Africa's first match of the 2011 World cup was a classical and elegant display in a run chase.

The South African bowlers cleaned up the West Indies for a paltry 222 on a sluggish Delhi pitch and it was expected to be an easy run chase for the Proteas.

However, with a bit of seam movement and Spin, the West Indies reduced South Africa to 20-2 with AB Devilliers walking in under pressure. While all the batsmen from both teams had great difficulty with their strokeplay, Devilliers was crisp in playing some magnificent front and back foot drives right from the start and put on an exhibition for the Delhi crowd and made a mockery of the run chase in the end.

A scintillating knock of 107 at faster than run a ball set the ball rolling for South Africa in the World cup where they eventually topped in the group stages.