Top 5 Batsmen fastest to 25 ODI hundreds

By Jatin Sharma

Updated - 20 Jan 2016, 19:54 IST

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Getting even a single century in ODI cricket is considered an achievement when you have had many greats who retired with just a single digit of centuries to their name. But getting more than 20 takes special talent and getting 25 centuries requires not only talent but consistency and streaks of run scoring. Here are the 5 brilliant batsmen who reached the milestone of 25 ODI hundreds the in the least number of innings.

5. Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) – 379 innings:

Kumar Sangakkara. (© Getty Images)

Former Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara, who retired from international cricket recently sits at the no. 5 position in our list of batsmen fastest to 25 ODI hundreds. He reached the milestone in 379 innings.

The last four centuries made by Sangakkara came in the ICC World Cup 2015, where he made the unique world record of scoring 4 centuries in 4 consecutive matches. He made 105* against Bangladesh, 117* against England, 104 against Australia and 124 against Scotland in his last World Cup. Sanga retired from ODI cricket with 25 centuries and 14,234 runs to his name from 404 matches at the end of Sri Lanka’s journey in the World Cup 2015.

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