The newest format of international cricket is T20. On February 17, 2005, Australia and New Zealand participated in the inaugural Men’s T20 International game. fans may check the List of the T20 international cricket Fastest 50 from here. Let’s have a look.
Yuvraj Singh, a former Indian all-rounder, scored the fastest fifty in T20I cricket against England on September 19, 2007, at the ICC World Twenty20 in Durban. In addition, Yuvraj Singh owns the record for hitting six sixes in a row in a six-ball over.
Afghan cricketer Hazratullah Zazai and Jamaican cricketer Chris Gayle both recorded the second-fastest T20 half-centuries in 2016. The complete list of the T20 International Cricket‘s quickest 50 can be found below.
List of Fastest 50 (Half Century) in the T20
Player | Balls | Match | Year |
Yuvraj Singh | 12 | India vs England | 2007 |
CH Gayle | 12 | Melbourne Renegades vs Adelaide Strikers | 2016 |
Hazratullah Zazai | 12 | Kabul Zwanan vs Balkh Legends | 2018 |
ME Trescothick | 13 | Somerset vs Hampshire | 2010 |
SP Narine | 13 | Comilla Victorians vs Chattogram Challengers | 2022 |
Yashasvi Jaiswal | 13 | Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders | 2023 |
Imran Nazir | 14 | Sialkot vs Lahore Eagles | 2005 |
GL Brophy | 14 | Yorkshire vs Derbyshire | 2006 |
K Noema-Barnett | 14 | Central Districts vs Otago | 2010 |
KA Pollard | 14 | Trinidad & Tobago vs Leeward Islands | 2012 |
- David Miller and Rohit Sharma have combined to score the T20 century with the fastest time. 2017 saw the fastest T20 century scored by either player, who did so in just 35 balls.
- AB De Villiers (South Africa) scored the quickest ODI century against the West Indies in 2015, doing so in just 31 balls.
- New Zealander Brendon McCullum scored the quickest century ever in a Test match. He defeated Australia in 2016 using just 54 balls to accomplish this accomplishment.
- In ODI matches, AB de Villiers owns the records for the fastest 50, fastest 100, and fastest 150. In the same innings, he scored 50 runs in just 16 balls, 100 runs in just 31 balls, and 150 runs in just 64 balls.
- Misbah-ul-Haq of Pakistan holds the record for the fastest fifty in a test match. Against Australia in 2014, he achieved the fastest fifty in just 21 balls.
- Chris Gayle holds the record for the quickest century in a T20 world championship; he did it against England in 2016 in just 47 balls. He also owned the previous record, having struck an incredible 100 runs in just 50 balls against South Africa in 2007.
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