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'''Hashim Mahomed Amla'''<ref name="proebuck" /><ref name="Hashim Amla">{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/43906.html | title=Hashim Amla | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | access-date=22 July 2012 }}</ref> [[Order of Ikhamanga|OIS]] (born 31 March 1983) is ana Indian-South African former international cricketer who captained the national side in Tests and ODIs. Amla holds the record for being the fastest ever to score 3,000, 4,000, 6,000 and 7,000 ODI runs, and second fastest to reach 5,000 runs. He also became the fastest cricketer to reach 10 ODI centuries. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen to have played for South Africa, and one of the greatest opening batsmen of all time.

He is a right-handed [[Batting (cricket)|batsman]] and holds the record for the highest individual [[Test cricket|Test]] score of any South African batsman of 311 [[not out]], scored against [[England cricket team|England]] at [[The Oval]], London in July 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1303799 |title=Six of the best: Hashim Amla's career-defining performances |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=8 August 2019}}</ref>