Top 5 Batsmen fastest to 22 ODI hundreds

Top 5 Batsmen fastest to 22 ODI hundreds: Master batsmen, who have been the best in the business scoring ODI hundreds, here we have the top 5 batsmen who have reached fastest to 22 ODI hundreds. Virat Kohli did it today beat all the others who had their names in the list by a huge margin of minimum 63 innings. The new Mr. Consistent in Indian cricket, as Sir Vivian Richards likes to say Virat is already an ODI legend. His fans like to call him the new Sachin Tendulkar and by the way, he has been building his cricket in all these years one thing is for sure if he goes around in similar fashion Virat can better many ODI records in his career. Here we present to you Top 5 Batsmen fastest to 22 ODI hundreds: 5. Sourav Ganguly – 220 innings: Ganguly reached 22 ODI hundreds in 220 innings. (Photo Source: Getty Images) Sourav Ganguly in many ways redefined the way Indian team approached ODI cricket, teaching them to be aggressive and to charge on to the opposition when they least expect you to. He did not do that just with his captaincy but also as an opener, Sourav formed a formidable pair with Sachin Tendulkar. Ganguly reached 22 ODI hundreds in 220 innings. 4. Sachin Tendulkar – 206 innings: Sachin is second in the list as he hit these 22 ODI hundreds in 206 innings. (Photo Source: AFP) Sachin Tendulkar held this record till today as Virat Kohli who Sachin himself trusts to better his records got there in fewer innings. It took the Indian batting legend some time to make 22 tons, those initial hundreds kept him away for long. But, once he got into the feel and scheme of hitting those big innings his century hitting rate went higher every time. Sachin is second in the list as he hit these 22 ODI hundreds in 206 innings. 3. AB de Villiers – 186 innings: AB de Villiers. (Photo Source: BCCI) AB de Villiers has been in the best of his forms since we approached 2015 and continues to spread his magic around the globe while batting at home and abroad. The man has the technique and ability to pull off knocks that are unimaginable. AB in his 186 innings ODI career has already hit 22 centuries and the rate at which he has been scoring of late, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see him as the highest run-scorer for South Africa in multiple formats. 2. Virat Kohli – 143 innings: The new Mr. Consistent in Indian cricket, as Sir Vivian Richards likes to say Virat is already an ODI legend. (Photo Source: Getty Images) At the top of this tree is India’s new found batting star Virat Kohli, whose maturity, consistency, ease at the crease are a striking combination. Once he walks in, gets the feel of the wicket, a fair idea about the opposition bowling, his strokes start to flow and that flow has been hard to dam for the best bowling attacks in world cricket. Virat Kohli is the name of the batting star of Indian cricket who will lead the country into a new generation, holding the Sachin Tendulkar flag in his hand ensuring it does not pass by to a non-Indian. Virat got there today, registered his 22 ODI hundred against Pakistan in the Big World Cup clash between the two teams. More importantly, it also ensured India had a par score of 300 on the board which in the end proved a winning one. (Also read Top 5 batsmen fastest to 5000 runs (by innings) in ODI) 1. Hashim Amla – 126 innings: (Photo Source: Twitter) Hashim Amla has seen the green for most part of his brief yet supremely successful career. He has been a run machine for South Africa over the years and that has also helped him pile on records. Virat Kohli who is already regarded as a modern-day great has been rewriting ODI records and Amla has been right behind him bettering him by a considerable margin. In the 3rd ODI against England at home when they were 2-0 down Amla played a superb knock of 127 during which he hit 13 fours and 2 sixes, this hundred was the 22nd of his career and he got there in just 126 innings beating Kohli by a margin of 17 innings to become the fastest batsman to 22 hundreds in ODIs. (All stats updated till 10th February 2016)

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