- HASHIM AMLA
Hashim Amla, current South African Cricketer, has registered 25 ODI centuries. He became the fastest player to score 7000 plus ODI runs (11 innings quicker than Kohli). In 2017, he became the fastest batsman to score 25 ODI centuries and yet again 11 innings quicker than Kohli. In 2013, he was named as the Wisden Cricketers of the Year. He scored a total of 7,186 runs in 156 ODIs with a batting average of 50.25 which includes 25 centuries and 33 fifties. In One Day Internationals, Amla is the fastest batsman to reach 2,000 (in 40 inns), 3,000 (in 59 inns), 4,000 (in 81 inns), 5,000 (in 101inns), 6,000 (in 123 inns) 7,000 (in150 inns) runs.
He also created a milestone of scoring 1000 plus runs in both ODI and Tests in the same calendar year. Incredibly, Hashim Amla is the fastest cricketer to reach 7th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 13th, 14th, 15th (86 inns), 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th (151 inns) centuries in ODIs. He is applauded as one of the greatest South African batsmen for his amazing performances.
– by Rishita Patnaik
