Top 5 fastest ODI World Cup centuries

Glenn Maxwell smashed the fastest hundred in the history of the ODI World Cup. Against Netherlands, Maxwell played an explosive innings and helped Australia to score 399 runs. In the process, the Australian lower middle order batter became the batter with the fastest hundred in the history of the ODI World Cup. Here are the batters who have taken the least number of deliveries to score a hundred in the ODI World Cup.

5. Ab De Villiers against West Indies

It was a great inning from Ab De Villiers against the West Indies in 2015. Batting first, South Africa scored 408 runs in their 50 overs. De Villiers was fantastic with the bat, as he scored 162 runs in 66 balls. In the process, De Villiers scored the then-third-quickest ton in the ODI World Cup. He also went on to score the fastest 150 in the history of ODIs, a record which remains intact to date.

4. Glenn Maxwell against Afghanistan

Glenn Maxwell played an exceptional knock against Afghanistan in Perth. In the 2015 ODI World Cup, Australia scored the then-highest score by a team in the history of World Cups. After Warner’s great knock at the top, Maxwell finished well for Australia. The lower middle order batter scored his hundred in just 51 balls and became the batter with the then-second-fastest ODI World Cup hundred.

3. Kevin Obrien against England

It was arguably the best knock by a batter while chasing a target in the history of ODIs. The former Ireland batter created history as he smashed the fastest hundred in the World Cup while chasing a target. The knock of Obrien helped Ireland to chase a mammoth target of 329 runs successfully after being reduced to 111/5 at one point in time. The Irish batter scored a hundred in just 50 balls.

2. Aiden Markram against Sri Lanka

Aiden Markram registered the fastest hundred in the history of the ODI World Cup just a couple of weeks back. The South African middle-order batter scored a hundred in just 49 balls, which propelled the proteas to a mammoth score of 428 runs on the board, the highest by a team in the history of the ODI World Cup. Quinton De Kock and Rassie Van Der Dussen also scored a hundred in the match.

1. Glenn Maxwell against Netherlands 

Glenn Maxwell scored an incredible hundred against Netherlands in Delhi. Interestingly, the two fastest hundred in the World Cup have come in Arun Jaitley stadium in 2023. After David Warner, Steve Smith, and Marnus Labuschagne shined with the bat, Maxwell took batting to another level, as he swept and reverse-swept bowlers for fun and recorded a hundred in just 40 balls.