AB de Villiers broke the record for the fastest fifty in ODI in 2015 against West Indies. He took just 16 balls to reach the 50-run mark. AB broke Sanath Jayasuriya’s record, scoring the fastest 50 in ODI in just 17 balls against Pakistan.
During the same inning, AB broke the record for the Fastest 100 in ODI as well.
Here is the list of batsmen with the Fastest 50 in ODI cricket.
Fastest 50 in ODI history
| Runs | Balls | 6s | 4s | Player | Match | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 149 | 16 | 16 | 9 | AB de Villiers | South Africa v West Indies | Johannesburg | 18/01/2015 |
| 76 | 17 | 5 | 8 | ST Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka v Pakistan | Singapore | 07/04/1996 |
| 68 | 17 | 2 | 13 | MDKJ Perera | Sri Lanka v Pakistan | Pallekele | 15/07/2015 |
| 93 | 17 | 8 | 9 | MJ Guptill | New Zealand v Sri Lanka | Christchurch | 28/12/2015 |
| 66* | 17 | 6 | 6 | LS Livingstone | England v Netherlands | Amstelveen | 17/06/2022 |
| 74 | 18 | 6 | 4 | SP O’Donnell | Australia v Sri Lanka | Sharjah | 02/05/1990 |
| 102 | 18 | 11 | 6 | Shahid Afridi | Pakistan v Sri Lanka | Nairobi | 04/10/1996 |
| 55* | 18 | 6 | 4 | Shahid Afridi | Pakistan v Netherlands | Colombo | 21/09/2002 |
| 60 | 18 | 7 | 3 | GJ Maxwell | Australia v India | Bangalore | 02/11/2013 |
| 59 | 18 | 7 | 2 | Shahid Afridi | Pakistan v Bangladesh | Mirpur | 04/03/2014 |
| 77 | 18 | 7 | 8 | BB McCullum | New Zealand v England | Wellington | 20/02/2015 |
| 55 | 18 | 3 | 8 | AJ Finch | Australia v Sri Lanka | Dambulla | 31/08/2016 |
| 55 | 18 | 6 | 0 | MA Leask | Scotland v Papua New Guinea | Dubai (DSC) | 13/04/2022 |
| 51* | 19 | 6 | 2 | MV Boucher | South Africa v Kenya | Cape Town | 22/10/2001 |
| 53* | 19 | 5 | 2 | JM Kemp | South Africa v Zimbabwe | Durban | 27/02/2005 |
| 80* | 19 | 6 | 9 | BB McCullum | New Zealand v Bangladesh | Queenstown | 31/12/2007 |
| 77 | 19 | 9 | 5 | CH Gayle | West Indies v England | Gros Islet | 02/03/2019 |
| 59* | 19 | 5 | 4 | LRPL Taylor | New Zealand v Ireland | Aberdeen | 01/07/2008 |
| 52 | 19 | 4 | 4 | DJ Hussey | Australia v West Indies | St Kitts | 06/07/2008 |
| 65 | 19 | 5 | 5 | Shahid Afridi | Pakistan v New Zealand | Christchurch | 29/01/2011 |
| 51 | 19 | 3 | 6 | BB McCullum | New Zealand v Sri Lanka | Christchurch | 11/01/2015 |
| 55 | 19 | 8 | 0 | Syed Aziz | Malaysia v Singapore | Bangi | 22/12/2022 |
| 102 | 20 | 9 | 10 | Shahid Afridi | Pakistan v India | Kanpur | 15/04/2005 |
| 77* | 20 | 6 | 5 | Shahid Afridi | Pakistan v South Africa | Durban | 07/02/2007 |
| 52 | 20 | 5 | 1 | BB McCullum | New Zealand v Canada | St Lucia | 22/03/2007 |
| 58* | 20 | 6 | 2 | DJG Sammy | West Indies v South Africa | Antigua | 24/05/2010 |
| 56 | 20 | 6 | 2 | RD Berrington | Scotland v Ireland | Edinburgh | 12/07/2011 |
| 131* | 20 | 14 | 6 | CJ Anderson | New Zealand v West Indies | Queenstown | 01/01/2014 |
| 51 | 20 | 6 | 1 | AD Mathews | Sri Lanka v Scotland | Hobart | 11/03/2015 |
| 52 | 21 | 6 | 1 | BL Cairns | New Zealand v Australia | Melbourne | 13/02/1983 |
| 67* | 21 | 4 | 7 | AB Agarkar | India v Zimbabwe | Rajkot | 14/12/2000 |
| 56* | 21 | 1 | 10 | DA Marillier | Zimbabwe v India | Faridabad | 07/03/2002 |
| 64* | 21 | 7 | 2 | CD McMillan | New Zealand v USA | The Oval | 10/09/2004 |
| 58 | 21 | 4 | 5 | Shahid Afridi | Pakistan v Zimbabwe | Multan | 30/09/2004 |
| 94 | 21 | 3 | 11 | Mohammad Ashraful | Bangladesh v England | Nottingham | 21/06/2005 |
| 51 | 21 | 2 | 7 | BB McCullum | New Zealand v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 24/08/2005 |
| 75 | 21 | 4 | 9 | MV Boucher | South Africa v Netherlands | St Kitts | 16/03/2007 |
| 53* | 21 | 5 | 4 | Abdur Razzaq | Bangladesh v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 05/05/2013 |
| 55 | 21 | 6 | 3 | Shahid Afridi | Pakistan v New Zealand | Sharjah | 14/12/2014 |
| 67 | 21 | 3 | 9 | Shahid Afridi | Pakistan v New Zealand | Wellington | 31/01/2015 |
| 50 | 21 | 3 | 7 | BB McCullum | New Zealand v Australia | Auckland | 28/02/2015 |
| 88 | 21 | 7 | 6 | GJ Maxwell | Australia v Afghanistan | Perth | 04/03/2015 |
| 50 | 21 | 3 | 3 | F Behardien | South Africa v Ireland | Benoni | 25/09/2016 |
| 67 | 21 | 6 | 3 | EJG Morgan | England v Australia | Nottingham | 19/06/2018 |
| 58* | 21 | 3 | 6 | C de Grandhomme | New Zealand v India | Mount Maunganui | 11/02/2020 |
| 82 | 21 | 2 | 14 | JM Bairstow | England v Ireland | Southampton | 01/08/2020 |
| 107 | 21 | 6 | 12 | Jatinder Singh | Oman v Nepal | Al Amerat | 14/09/2021 |
| 72 | 22 | 3 | 7 | Kapil Dev | India v West Indies | Berbice | 29/03/1983 |
| 55* | 22 | 3 | 7 | V Sehwag | India v Kenya | Paarl | 24/10/2001 |
| 92* | 22 | 1 | 15 | DR Martyn | Australia v Bangladesh | Cairns | 03/08/2003 |
| 50* | 22 | 3 | 5 | R Dravid | India v New Zealand | Hyderabad | 15/11/2003 |
| 69 | 22 | 3 | 8 | Yuvraj Singh | India v Bangladesh | Dhaka | 27/12/2004 |
| 51* | 22 | 3 | 5 | Abdul Razzaq | Pakistan v England | Karachi | 15/12/2005 |
| 52 | 22 | 5 | 2 | MV Boucher | South Africa v West Indies | Grenada | 10/04/2007 |
| 73* | 22 | 4 | 8 | Shahid Afridi | Pakistan v Sri Lanka | Abu Dhabi | 18/05/2007 |
| 64 | 22 | 6 | 5 | L Ronchi | Australia v West Indies | St Kitts | 06/07/2008 |
| 68 | 22 | 3 | 10 | E Chigumbura | Zimbabwe v Kenya | Mombasa | 29/01/2009 |
| 52 | 22 | 1 | 8 | LD Chandimal | Sri Lanka v Australia | Sydney | 08/03/2015 |
| 59 | 22 | 4 | 8 | BB McCullum | New Zealand v South Africa | Auckland | 24/03/2015 |
| 90* | 22 | 7 | 7 | JC Buttler | England v Pakistan | Nottingham | 30/08/2016 |
| 58 | 22 | 4 | 5 | Mohammad Amir | Pakistan v England | Nottingham | 30/08/2016 |
| 50 | 22 | 3 | 5 | Asif Ali | Pakistan v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 20/07/2018 |
| 72* | 23 | 1 | 11 | Saleem Malik | Pakistan v India | Calcutta | 18/02/1987 |
| 73 | 23 | 4 | 6 | BC Lara | West Indies v Canada | Centurion | 23/02/2003 |
| 76 | 23 | 3 | 8 | Mohammad Yousuf | Pakistan v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 24/11/2002 |
| 89 | 23 | 5 | 9 | Abdul Razzaq | Pakistan v New Zealand | Wellington | 17/01/2004 |
| 52 | 23 | 1 | 9 | JM Davison | Canada v New Zealand | Gros Islet | 22/03/2007 |
| 54 | 23 | 4 | 2 | AB de Villiers | South Africa v Bangladesh | Benoni | 09/11/2008 |
| 60 | 23 | 4 | 5 | KA Pollard | West Indies v Netherlands | Delhi | 28/02/2011 |
| 104 | 23 | 5 | 12 | JD Ryder | New Zealand v West Indies | Queenstown | 01/01/2014 |
| 54 | 23 | 1 | 7 | NLTC Perera | Sri Lanka v England | Colombo (RPS) | 16/12/2014 |
| 55 | 23 | 1 | 11 | BB McCullum | New Zealand v Sri Lanka | Christchurch | 26/12/2015 |
| 95 | 23 | 9 | 5 | S Prasanna | Sri Lanka v Ireland | Dublin (Malahide) | 18/06/2016 |
| 52* | 23 | 5 | 2 | Mosaddek Hossain | Bangladesh v West Indies | Dublin (Malahide) | 17/05/2019 |
| 64 | 23 | 3 | 10 | CS MacLeod | Scotland v Nepal | Glasgow | 17/07/2022 |
Quick Questions on Fastest Fifty in ODI
What is the Fastest 50 in ODI by an Indian?
Ajit Agarkar holds the record for the fastest fifty in ODI by an Indian. He smashed the record in just 21 balls against Zimbabwe at Rajkot.
