Top 10 Youngest century scorers in One Day Internationals
Star Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi might be on the verge of retirement from all formats of the game. The veteran Pakistani has been struggling with his batting form for quite time now and as it looks he will be dropped from the T20 side as well – the only format he currently plays for Pakistan. The hard hitting batsman’s batting has always suited the shortest format of cricket however in more recent times he has been playing as a bowling all-rounder after missing out his batting flow.
At present he might be near to lose his place from the Pakistan national side but the time has never been the same for him. At his peak and still at times when Afridi gets going there is no stopping for him. Afridi made his intentions clear from very first innings he played as he sits right on top of youngest century scorers list.
Looking at the heroics Shahid Afridi has been doing all his career, the statement that there will be no other Afridi seems quite legit. At the age of just 16 years and 217 days, Shahid Afridi stepped in the field for his first ever ODI innings and the rest is history. It was back in 1996 – the 6th match of KCA Centenary Tournament against Sri Lanka when the young Pathan wrote history. Afridi went on to score a century on his debut batting innings however it was not an ordinary hundred as he did it just in 37 balls. The youngest century scorers with the fastest hundred in One Day International – admit it this could not have gone any better in cricket history.
The youngest century scorers list is in fact full of players from Pakistan. Saleem Elahi, Shoaib Malik, Ahmed Shahzad, Umar Akmal all come in top of the list with rest of the players also from Afghanistan and Bangladesh. In fact there is no other player apart from these three countries in the top 10 of youngest century scorers list. Hard to believe? See for yourself.
Top 10 Youngest century scorers in One Day Internationals
Player | Age | Runs | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date |
Shahid Afridi | 16y 217d | 102 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Nairobi (Gym) | 4 Oct 1996 |
Usman Ghani | 17y 242d | 118 | Afghanistan | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 20 Jul 2014 |
Imran Nazir | 18y 121d | 105* | Pakistan | v Zimbabwe | St George’s | 15 Apr 2000 |
Saleem Elahi | 18y 312d | 102* | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Gujranwala | 29 Sep 1995 |
Tamim Iqbal | 19y 2d | 129 | Bangladesh | v Ireland | Dhaka | 22 Mar2008 |
Ahmed Shehzad | 19y 72d | 115 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Hamilton | 3 Feb 2011 |
Umar Akmal | 19y 73d | 102* | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 7 Aug 2009 |
Shakib Al Hasan | 19y 341d | 134* | Bangladesh | v Canada | St John’s | 28 Feb 2007 |
Anamul Haque | 19y 352d | 120 | Bangladesh | v West Indies | Khulna | 2 Dec 2012 |
Nasir Hossain | 20y 3d | 100 | Bangladesh | v Pakistan | Dhaka | 3 Dec 2011 |
Top 10 Youngest century scorers in One Day Internationals
Shahid Afridi
Usman Ghani
Imran Nazir
Saleem Elahi
Tamim Iqbal
Ahmed Shehzad
Umar Akmal
Shakib Al Hasan
Anamul Haque
Nasir Hossain
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