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South African skipper AB de Villiers smashed the fastest ever one-day international century in 31 balls in the second ODI against the West Indies at The Wanderers on Sunday.And aslo he smashed 16 six and 9 four.

After coming to the wicket following a massive 247-run opening stand between Hashim Amla and Rilee Rossouw, De Villiers compounded the tourist' misery as he belted eight fours and 11 massive sixes to beat the previous record of 36 balls by New Zealand allrounder Corey Anderson, also against West Indies, last year.

 In today match of india Shikhar Dhawan have rock with 100 runs.Another hundred for Shikhar Dhawan. Brilliant and ruthless knock. Fifty came off 54 balls and the hundred took only 84. His form has come as a boon for India surely. 73, 137, 14, 9 and a ton today are his World Cup 2015 knocks so far. Today's was the most commanding one. So much so that he had the guts to signal a six even as the umpire was checking to see if it was a boundary.
He fell soon after the ton but the job was done. Take a bow, Dhawan. Been a pleasure watching him.

The 1983 ICC Cricket World Cup  was the 3rd edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup tournament. It was held from 9 June to 25 June 1983 in England and was won by India. Eight countries participated in the event.The 1983 World Cup was full of dramatic cricket right from the start. Teams like India and Zimbabwe who were not playing well during those times scored upset victories over the West Indies and Australia respectively. England, Pakistan, India and tournament favourites West Indies qualified for the semi-finals. The preliminary matches were played in two groups of four teams each, and each country played the others in its group twice. The top two teams in each group qualified for the semi-finals.

Tom Horan the first bowler in cricket.Nineteen bowlers have taken a wicket with the very first ball they bowled in an international cricket match. The first bowler to perform this feat in Test cricket was Australian Arthur Coningham, who dismissed Archie MacLaren with his first ball in 1895.The most recent is South African bowler Dane Piedt who joined the record holders on 9 August 2014, when he trapped Zimbabwe's Mark Vermeulen in front and dismissed him LBW. Six of these fourteen bowlers have been English cricketers.However, this accomplishment has not always led to a long and illustrious career.Only Maurice Tate, Intikhab Alam and Nathan Lyon went on to play in more than ten Tests.Arthur Coningham, Matt Henderson, Dennis Smith, and Tyrell Johnson played just one match each, and Smith's only Test wicket was the one he took with his first ball.

Eighteen bowlers have taken a wicket with their first ball in a One Day International (ODI) match. The first to accomplish this was English bowler Geoff Arnold, who bowled out Graeme Watson in 1972. The most recent is Indian Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who captured the wicket of Mohammad Hafeez (also innings 1st ball wicket) on 30 December 2012.Not all of these bowlers took their first wicket in their debut match. Clive Lloyd, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Sadagoppan Ramesh, and Martin van Jaarsveld did not get a chance to bowl on their debut matches, and took their first wicket in a later match.Ramesh and Wavell Hinds took their first wickets during the same match in 1999, the former in the first innings of the match and the latter in the second.It was also the only wicket taken by Ramesh during his ODI career.

Adam Gilchrist the top keeper in cricket. Australian cricket was certainly blessed to have Adam Gilchrist with them.  Gilchrist was perfect when it came to wicket keeping. He followed the bowlers on either side of the wicket and even against the tricky Shan Warne, v was always up-to the mark. As a batsman, Gilchrist would open with M. Hayden  In ODI’s and provide that explosive ammo down the lower middle order at number seven in Test matches. Adam Gilchrist was Responsible for nearly 900 dismissals and more than 15,000 runs to his name, Gilchrist with 33 centuries and 81 half-centuries was a true asset for the side which dominated World Cricket for nearly 12 years. truly a Legend, No One can Touch His Greatness. He Is No 1 in our List of Top 10 Greatest Wicket Keepers Of All Time.

The list of top bowlers continues to be dominated by New Zealand’s Tim Southee on Day 21 of 2015 Cricket World Cup. He has taken 13 wickets so far in four matches played so far in the tournament. He is followed by South African pacer Morne Morkel, Scotland’s Josh Davey, West Indies Jerome Taylor and Pakistan Wahab Riaz in the top-5 of leading wicket-takers list of ICC World Cup 2015 taking 11 wickets each. India’s Mohammed Shami with his match winning performance against West Indies takes the tenth spot in the list. Also Read: 2015 Cricket World Cup Leading Run-Scorers: List of Top Batsmen of WC 2015.

Tim Southee’s 7-11 against England is also the best bowling figure in the ICC World Cup 2015. It is followed by Mitchell Marsh’s 6-28 against New Zealand as well. Trent Boult of New Zealand produced 5-27 against Australia to feature third in best bowling figures.Australian Mitchell Marsh’s 5-33 puts him to fourth place while Imran Tahir of South Africa takes 5-45 to complete list of best bowling figures. India’s R Ashwin takes 10th place with his best ODI bowling figure 4-25 against United Arab Emirates. Also Read: ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Schedule in IST: Time Table, Fixture & Venue Details of all WC 2015 Matches.

 Dhoni was born in Ranchi, Bihar (now in Jharkhand) and he identifies as being a Rajput.His paternal village Lvali is in the Lamgarha block of the Almora District of Uttarakhand. Dhoni's parents, moved from Uttarakhand to Ranchi where Pan Singh worked in junior management positions in MECON. Dhoni has a sister Jayanti Gupta and a brother Narendra Singh Dhoni.Dhoni is a fan of Adam Gilchrist, and his childhood idols were cricket teammate Sachin Tendulkar, Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan and singer Lata Mangeshkar.

Dhoni at DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali, Ranchi, Jharkhand where he initially excelled in badminton and football and was selected at district and club level in these sports. Dhoni was a goalkeeper for his football team and was sent to play cricket for a local cricket club by his football coach. Though he had not played cricket, Dhoni impressed with his wicket-keeping skills and became the regular wicketkeeper at the Commando cricket club (1995–1998). Based on his performance at club cricket, he was picked for the 1997/98 season Vinoo Mankad Trophy Under-16 Championship and he performed well.Dhoni focused on cricket after his 10th standard.Dhoni was a Train Ticket Examiner (TTE) at Kharagpur railway station from 2001 to 2003, under South Eastern Railway in Midnapore (W), a district in West Bengal. His colleagues remember him as a very honest, straightforward employee of the Indian Railways. But he also had a mischievous side to his personality. Once, while staying at the railway quarters, Dhoni and a couple of his friends covered themselves in white bedsheets and walked around in the complex late in the night. The night guards were fooled into believing that there were ghosts moving around in the complex. The story made big news on the next day.