Virat hits the fastest ton by an Indian (off 52 balls), Shikhar rocks

Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan, both close chums from Delhi, and ready to take Indian batting forward played whirlwind knocks to chase down the 360-run target set by Australia. It was kind of a small revenge. Australia had smashed 359 in the 2003 World Cup final in South Africa and India failed despite another Delhiite Virender Sehwag's brave knock. This time though, Virat (100*) and Dhawan (95) in the company of Mumbaikar Rohit Sharma (141*) put the Aussie bowling to sword and scored at 8.32 runs per over. India won with 6.3 overs to spare.Virat scored the fastest ton by an Indian and the seventh fastest overall. This was his 16th ton.

"We started off very well and once we got the momentum, we just carried on. Both (Rohit and I) are doing a good job for the country. We didn't want to play rash shots early, we opened up only later. I am happy for Rohit that he got the century today, because he was playing well in the last few months," said Shikhar after the game.

Mate Virat said, "I kept telling Rohit that it was his day, but I kept hitting the ball very well. I didn't bat in the nets yesterday, just had a few throw downs. I wasn't worried about the short-pitched stuff, i pulled a few of them early and then they started bowling half-volleys. Rohit is the best of the young lot that we have and he is the most dangerous T20 player, so it was a privilege to watch him from the other end."

List of fastest tons in ODIs

Shahid Afridi (37 balls; vs Sri Lanka in 1996)

Mark Boucher (44 balls; vs Zimbabwe in 2006)

Brian Lara (45 balls; vs Bangladesh in 1999)

Shahid Afridi (45 balls; vs India in 2005)

Sanath Jayasuriya (48 balls; vs Pakistan in 1996)

Kevin O'Brien (50 balls; vs England in 2011)

Virat Kohli (52 balls; vs Australia in 2013)

List of fastest tons by Indians

Virat Kohli (52 balls; vs Australia in 2013)

Virender Sehwag (60 balls; vs New Zealand in 2009)

Mohammad Azharuddin (62 balls; vs New Zealand in 1988)

Yuvraj Singh (64 balls; vs England in 2008)

Suresh Raina (66 balls; vs Hong Kong in 2008)