Shahid Afridi hits second fastest one-day century by AFP

DateLine: 15th April 2005

Shahid Afridi smashed one-day cricket's second fastest century off 45 balls during the fifth international against India here.

Afridi hit 10 boundaries and nine sixes before he was dismissed for 102 off 46 balls on Friday.

List of fastest one-day centuries (deliveries taken to reach hundred):

37	Shahid Afridi (PAK) v Sri Lanka, Nairobi, 1996
45	Shahid Afridi (PAK) v India, Kanpur, 2005
45	Brian Lara (WIS) v Bangladesh, Dhaka, 1999
48	Sanath Jayasuriya (SRI) v Pakistan, Singapore, 1996
62	Mohammad Azharuddin (IND) v New Zealand, Baroda, 1998
67	John Davison (CAN) v West Indies, Centurion, 2003