Virender Sehwag registers ODI's seventh fastest hundred

37 balls
Shahid Afridi (102) for Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Nairobi (Gym) on 04-10-1996

45 balls
BC Lara (117) for West Indies v Bangladesh at Dhaka on 09-10-1999

48 balls
ST Jayasuriya (134) for Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Singapore (Padang) on 02-04-1996

62 balls
M Azharuddin (108) for India v New Zealand at Baroda (MBP) on 17-12-1988

67 balls
Basit Ali (127*) for Pakistan v West Indies at Sharjah on 05-11-1993

68 balls
Ijaz Ahmed (139*) for Pakistan v India at Lahore on 02-10-1997

69 balls
V Shewag (100) for India v New Zealand at Colombo (SSC) on 02-08-2001

Fastest hundreds by Indian batsmen:
• 62 balls : M Azharuddin (108) v New Zealand at Baroda (MBP) on 17-12-1988
• 69 balls : V Shewag (100) v New Zealand at Colombo (SSC) on 02-08-2001
• 71 balls : SR Tendulkar (124*) v Zimbabwe at Sharjah on 13-10-1998
• 82 balls : SV Manjrekar (105) v South Africa at New Delhi (JNS) on 14-11-1991
• 85 balls : SM Gavaskar (103*) v New Zealand at Nagpur on 31-10-1987

Note: Kapil Dev during his unbeaten 175* against Zimbabwe at Tunbridge Well in 1983 reached his 100 in 100 balls and not 72 balls as it has been assumed.