Coming in early after Brandon King edged a Wayne Parnell delivery to slips, Charles hit 10 fours and 11 sixes in his innings. He was eventually cleaned up at 118 by a Marco Jansen yorker.

Charles blasted the South Africa attack all around the park on the way to his hundred. The 46-ball carnage helped West Indies to 179/4 in merely 14 overs. This was a maiden T20I hundred for the 34-year-old. 

The record for fastest T20I hundred is shared by David Miller, Rohit Sharma and Sudesh Wickramasekara. Charles’ hundred is the joint second-fastest in the format and the fastest by a West Indian in T20Is.

Fastest T20I hundreds

The earlier record for West Indies was held by Chris Gayle, who hit a 47-ball hundred against England in Mumbai during the ICC World T20 2016. 

West Indies finished with 258/5, their highest team total in T20Is.

West Indies lead the three-game T20I series 1-0.

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