New Delhi: Team India all-rounder Shivam Dube slammed the third-fastest T20I fifty by an Indian on Wednesday, January 28. The explosive left-handed batter achieved the milestone with his 15-ball half-century in the fourth T20I between India and New Zealand at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam.
His half-century came just a few days after Abhishek smashed the second-fastest T20I fifty in the third match against the Kiwis in Guwahati. Dube broke Hardik Pandya’s record of the third fastest fifty, who achieved the milestone in 16 balls against South Africa in 2025.
Fastest fifty by Indian batters in T20I history
12 balls – Yuvraj Singh against England in Durban 2007
14 balls – Abhishek Sharma vs New Zealand in Guwahati 2026
15 balls – Shivam Dube against New Zealand in Vizag 2026
16 balls – Hardik Pandya against South Africa in Ahmedabad 2025
17 balls – Abhishek Sharma against England in Wankhede 2025
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