Who has scored fastest ODI century vs India? Rahmanullah Gurbaz scripts historic century in Dharamshala

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KEY TAKEAWAYS:​

• Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored a 51-ball 102, reaching his century in just 48 balls, which is the fastest century ever scored by an Afghan player.
• The knock is the second-fastest century ever scored against India in ODIs, behind Shahid Afridi's 45-ball effort in Kanpur in 2005.
• Gurbaz's 48 balls equals Jayasuriya's 1996 effort against Pakistan and ranks among the top-10 fastest centuries in ODI history.

Who has scored fastest ODI century vs India?​

Rahmanullah Gurbaz announced himself against India in the most explosive fashion possible at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala. The Afghanistan wicket-keeper batter reached his 100 off just 48 balls, registering his ninth ODI century and the fastest ever produced by an Afghanistan batter in the format.

Gurbaz plundered eight fours and eight sixes on his way to 102 off 51 balls at a strike rate of 200 before Nitish Kumar Reddy ended the innings with a stunning inswinging yorker that crashed into the base of the middle stump and sent the wicketkeeper's stumps flying.

In doing so, Gurbaz placed himself second on the all-time list of fastest ODI centuries against India. Only Shahid Afridi, who reached the landmark in 45 balls for Pakistan in Kanpur in 2005, has scored an ODI century against India more quickly than the Afghanistan opener.

Player	Country	Balls	Year	Venue
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	45	2005	Green Park, Kanpur
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	Afghanistan	48	2026	HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala
AB de Villiers	South Africa	57	2015	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
James Faulkner	Australia	57	2013	Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
AB de Villiers	South Africa	58	2010	Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad

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Overall fastest ODI centuries​

The overall record for fastest century in ODI history belongs to AB de Villiers of South Africa, who reached three figures off just 31 balls against the West Indies in Johannesburg in January 2015, a mark that remains one of the most extraordinary individual ODI performances ever produced.

Gurbaz's 48-ball century puts him in the elite company of those who have scored the quickest hundreds in the 50-over game. His knock equals Sanath Jayasuriya's 48-ball century for Sri Lanka against Pakistan in Singapore in 1996, one of the most celebrated powerplay demolitions in ODI history.

Player	Country	Balls	Opponent	Year
AB de Villiers	South Africa	31	West Indies	2015
Cory Anderson	New Zealand	36	West Indies	2014
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	37	Sri Lanka	1996
Glenn Maxwell	Australia	40	Netherlands	2023
Mark Boucher	South Africa	44	Zimbabwe	2006

The innings placed Gurbaz alongside some of the most destructive batters in ODI history. It is the joint eighth-fastest century of all time, level with Jayasuriya's effort from 1996, and it underlines Afghanistan's remarkable evolution as a white-ball cricketing force over the past decade, thanks to their growing talent pool.

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