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31 No. of balls taken by AB de Villiers to score the fastest ODI century &mdash; against West Indies in 2015. In the same innings, he also set the record for the fastest 50 (16 balls) en route his 149 at Johannesburg
64 Balls taken by <a title="AB De Villiers" href="https://www.mid-day.com/topic/de-villiers-all" target="_blank">AB de Villiers </a>to register the fastest 150 in ODIs &mdash; against West Indies at Sydney in 2015
420 No. of international appearances by ABD (114 Tests, 228 ODIs and 78 T20Is)
16 No. of sixes smashed by ABD against West Indies in 2015 &mdash; he holds the record for most sixes in an ODI innings jointly with Rohit Sharma and Chris Gayle
Two ABD&rsquo;s current ODI ranking
Four No. of times ABD has ended the year as No. 1 batsman in one-day internationals
278* ABD holds the record for the second-highest individual score by a South African in a single Test innings
53.50 De Villiers&rsquo; ODI batting average is the fourth-highest
One ABD is the only wicketkeeper to effect 10-plus dismissals and score a hundred in the same Test match &mdash; against Pakistan in Johannesburg in 2013
50+ ABD has 50-plus averages in Tests as well as ODIs. He shares the record (minimum 5,000 runs) with India&rsquo;s Virat Kohli. ABD averages 50.66 in Tests and 53.50 in ODIs
78 No. of innings ABD took to register his first duck in Test cricket &mdash; a record by any batsman
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