AB de Villiers gets fastest ODI fifty
AB de Villiers gets fastest ODI fifty
Jan 18, 2015
AB de Villiers went blitzkrieg and got his half-century off 16 balls in the second One-Day International (ODI) played at Johannesburg on Sunday. De Villiers came on to bat when South Africa were on 247 after the dismissal of Rilee Rossouw. He started cracking plethora of boundaries and sixes the after he arrived on the crease. De Villiers fully utilized the 247-run opening partnership between Hashim Amla and Rilee Rossouw. He smacked three sixes and a lone boundary in 42nd over to bring up his half-century .
List of other players who have got half-centuries in less than 20 balls —
| Players | Balls |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 17 |
| SP O’Donnell | 18 |
| Shahid Afridi | 18 |
| Shahid Afridi | 18 |
| Glenn Maxwell | 18 |
| Shahid Afridi | 18 |
| Mark Boucher | 19 |
| Justin Kemp | 19 |
| Brendon McCullum | 19 |
| Ross Taylor | 19 |
| David Hussey | 19 |
| Shahid Afridi | 19 |
| Brendon McCullum | 19 |
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