Swashbuckling opener Virender Sehwag [Images] hammered a 60-ball ton to eclipse Mohammad Azharuddin [Images] and register the fastest hundred in One-Day Internationals by an Indian in the fourth match against New Zealand [Images] in Hamilton, on Wednesday.

Batting on 97, Sehwag danced down the pitch and hit a Daniel Vettori [Images] delivery over the bowler's head to bring up his hundred with a big six in the 18th over of the rain-truncated match to better Azharuddin's 20-year-old mark by two balls.

Incidentally, Azharuddin's 62-ball 108, had also come against New Zealand in Baroda in 1988.

Sehwag had earlier smashed a 69-ball century against the Kiwis in Colombo in 2001.

The Indian now has the seventh fastest hundred in ODI history, with Pakistan's Shahid Afridi [Images] topping the chart with his 37-ball 102 against Sri Lanka [Images] in Nairobi in 1996.

The following table lists the 10 fastest ODI hundreds:

Balls	Batsman	Runs	For	Against	Venue	Year
37	Shahid Afridi	102	Pak	SL	Nairobi	1996
44	Mark Boucher [Images]	147*	SA	Zim	Potchefstroom	2006
45	Brian Lara [Images]	117	WI	Ban	Dhaka	1999
45	Shahid Afridi	102	Pak	Ind	Kanpur	2005
48	Sanath Jayasuriya [Images]	134	SL	Pak	Singapore	1996
55	Sanath Jayasuriya	130	SL	Ban	Karachi	2008
60	Virender Sehwag	125*	Ind	NZ	Hamilton	2009
62	Mohd Azharuddin	108*	Ind	NZ	Baroda (MP)	1988
64	Sanath Jayasuriya	157	SL	Ned	Amstelveen	2006
64	Yuvraj Singh [Images]	138*	Ind	Eng	Rajkot	2008