Updated On: 17 February, 2019 08:15 PM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
On AB de Villiers 35th birthday, we take a look at why the South African batsman is called the destroyer of bowling attacks. Here are three of his fastest hundreds

AB de Villiers with Virat Kohli
AB de Villiers is regarded as the most talented and gifted player in the modern generation. Some say he is the best player in the world, even better than the likes of Virat Kohli and Steve Smith. AB de Villiers has shots all-round the ground and is known to sweep and reverse-sweep fast bowlers for uncanny sixes. AB de Villiers also has scored some of the fastest hundreds in world cricket. We take a look at some of his quickfire tons that no cricket-lover will ever forget.
The Fastest Hundred in ODI cricket! (149 off 44 balls): During an afternoon at Johannesburg, when South Africa was taking on West Indies, AB de Villiers decided to smash the fasted ODI hundred record. AB de Villiers came in 1-down in the 39th over, after both openers, Hashim Amla and Riley Roussow had scored hundreds and decided to score a hundred of his own. In just 11 overs in the inning remaining, ABD reached a ton in 31 balls, hitting 16 sixes and 9 fours. South Africa scored 439 runs in the ODI against West Indies.