Hashim Amla New Record

Hashim Amla becomes fastest

cricketer to score 24 tons

Amla who has been South Africa’s most consistent top order  batsmen over the years, notched up the 24^th odi century of his career with that 154.

Amla broke India captain Virat Kholi’s record has he smashed his 154 runs off just 134 balls to help South Africa thrash Sri Lanka 5-0 in their home ODI series.

He become only the second South African cricketer after Jacques Kallis to score a total 50 international

Centuries. Hashim Amla achieved the feat in just his 348^th international innings, the quickest among all batsmen.Kallis is the leading South Africa century maker with 62. He is the seventh batsmen to score over 50 or more international centuries.

Sachin Tendulkar leads the list with 100, followed by Ricky Ponting with 71, Kumar Sangarkara with 63,

Kallis with 62, Jayaverdene with 54 and Brian Lara with 53. Among the all batsmen  in the list, only Mahele Jayacerdene has a century in all three formats of the game.