AB de Villiers has 5 great records in cricket. It is almost impossible to break these records. South Africa’s former captain de Villiers turned 41 on Monday. He holds the record of scoring the fastest century in ODIs. De Villiers, who made his mark in world cricket as Mr. 360 degree player, has led South Africa to victory in many matches on the strength of his explosive batting. De Villiers has won the Man of the Match award a record 25 times in IPL.
Changed everything. ABD hit such shots on the ground that no one had even dreamt of. De Villiers holds the world record of scoring the fastest fifty in ODI international cricket. He made this record 10 years ago which no batsman has been able to break till date. He scored a half-century in 16 balls. There are less chances of this record being broken in the future.
De Villiers made a record by scoring a fifty in just 16 balls against West Indies in 2015. He then broke the record of Sri Lanka’s explosive opener Sanath Jayasuriya. Jayasuriya had scored a fifty in 17 balls in the match played against Pakistan in 1996.
He has scored a century in the least number of balls which no one has been able to break till date. He made this world record against West Indies in 2015. Then he took 31 balls to complete the century. De Villiers broke the record of New Zealand’s Corey Anderson who had scored a century in 36 balls against West Indies in 2014.
In the 2008-09 Test match played against Bangladesh at Centurion ground, De Villiers had opened his account in the last 78 innings played before getting out on a duck. In this case, this record is still registered in the name of AB de Villiers in Tests. De Villiers holds the record of winning the most Player of the Match awards in IPL, who has won this award a maximum of 25 times.
Chris Gayle is at the second place who has won the Man of the Match award 22 times. He has 25 centuries and 53 half-centuries to his name in this format. De Villiers scored 1672 runs in 78 T20 Internationals, which includes 10 half-centuries.
