Batsmen with fastest strike rates when scoring an ODI century

His criticism aside, Rohit Sharma rescued a trembling ship with lan to steer India from the seas of doldrums to the shores of safety.Patient to reach yet another ODI hundred, he kept his best for the last once again as hismarauder ofthe opposition bowling attackvirtually sealed the game for his team.The innings makes one wonder, who are the others who whirlwind their way past the hapless opposition the way Rohit did yesterday?Here, we take a look at these match-winners who almost invariably take the game away from the opposition once they end up on the higher side of the smallest three-digit score. In other words, we look at the players who have the highest strike rate whilst scoring a century.The criterion of the list is simple - The player should have a minimum 6 centuries to his credit.A few notable omissions that may surprise you:Players100sStrike RateRank in ListYuvraj Singh13111.0111Shane Watson9110.0212Sir Vivian Richards11108.7014Matthew Hayden10107.1016Shikhar Dhawan8104.4021Kevin Pietersen9101.1228Chris Gayle22100.1034Herschelle Gibbs2196.3542Other interesting observations:Rahul Dravid, dubbed as one of the slower players around during his career slammed ODI hundreds at a strike rate of94.89whereas the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, often criticized for slowing down before reaching his century ended at a rather healthy 99.90There might be a school of thought that may believe that the minimum cut-off is too low. In response to this, only 4 players in the list have less than 10 centuries and only 4 out of the next 15 have more than 10 centuries, thus ensuring the sanctity of the list.

#10 Virat Kohli

We begin the list dominated by Indians (and Pakistanis, rather surprisingly) with one of the most dominating batsmen in the modern era – Virat Kohli

One look at Kohli is enough to conclude that he is an arrogant and brash cricketer who will play to the death. However, if you are led to believe that the same trait extends to his batting, it is a trap; for when he bats, he bats with the maturity and experience of an old warhorse with skills of a lion at prey.

Indeed, it is sometimes surprising as to how a character so forthcoming in nature can slip into the robes of a monk while he performs the penance of batting. Never one to play one rash shot too many, he still manages to get into the skin and dominate some of the best bowlers in the world presently.

The rate at which he keeps piling up these centuries is mind-boggling and the ‘strike rate’ at which he gets these are numbers that cannot be believed at first glance.

No. of hundreds	Strike Rate	Career Strike Rate	Difference
22	111.39	89.87	21.52

Fastest centuries:

100* (52) vs Australia at Jaipur

115* (66) vs Australia at Nagpur