Virat Kohli fastest to score 15 ODI tons
09:06PM Thu 25 Jul, 2013
NEW DELHI: Skipper Virat Kohli added another feather to his during India's dominating victory over Zimbabwe in the first ODI at Harare on Wednesday as he became the fastest batsman in the history of the game to score 15 one-day international hundreds.
Kohli's 115 from just 108 deliveries helped India beat Zimbabwe by six wickets and go up 1-0 in the five-match series.
Kohli is the only batsman to score 15 tons in 109 ODIs since debut. He surpassed Pakistan's Saeed Anwar who achieved the feat in 143 matches. India's batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, scored his 15th one-day century in his 182nd match.
The least number of innings to reach 15 ODI tons is as follows:
106 Virat Kohli
143 Saeed Anwar
144 Sourav Ganguly
147 Chris Gayle
161 Herschelle Gibbs
166 Desmond Haynes