Indian all-rounder Shivam Dubey played a stormy half-century in the fourth T20 against New Zealand. He scored 65 runs in 23 balls on the Visakhapatnam ground. He hit three fours and seven sixes.
Dubey had completed his fifty in 15 balls. This is the third fastest half-century for India in T20 International. He wreaked havoc on spinner Ish Sodhi in the 11th over. Sodhi gave a total of 29 runs in the over, of which 28 came from Dubey’s bat. He took a double on the first ball and hit a six on the second ball. Sodhi bowled the next ball wide. His Dubey hit a six. He hit a four on the fourth ball and hit a six on the next two balls. He struggled almost alone in pursuit of a difficult target.
Shivam Dubey equaled Rohit Sharma
Shimav Dubey has equaled a record of legendary batsman Rohit Sharma. He has reached joint third position in the list of Indian players scoring most runs in an over in T20I. In 2024, Rohit had scored 28 runs in the over of Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc. Rohit has retired from Test and T20 International. On top of the list is former all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, who achieved the feat of scoring 36 runs in one over. Yuvraj had hit six sixes against England pacer Stuart Broad in the T20 World Cup in 2007. After him is Sanju Samson. Samson had added 30 runs in the 2024 over of Bangladesh bowler Rishad Hussain.
Indian scoring most runs in an over in T20I
36 – Yuvraj Singh vs (Stuart Broad, England 2007)
30 – Sanju Samson vs (Rishaad Hossain, Bangladesh 2024)
28 – Rohit Sharma vs (Mitchell Starc, Australia 2024)
28 – Shivam Dubey vs (Ish Sodhi, New Zealand 2026)
27 – Ruturaj Gaikwad vs (Glenn Maxwell, Australia 2023)
26 – Abhishek Sharma vs (Dion Myers, Zimbabwe 2024)
26 – Suryakumar Yadav vs (Haroon Arshad, Hong Kong 2022)
Shivam Dubey’s stormy innings turned upside down
However, despite the brilliant batting of Shivam Dubey, India had to face defeat by 50 runs in the fourth match. In reply to New Zealand’s score of 215/7, the Indian team was restricted to 165 runs in 18.4 overs. India were reduced to 63 for four but Dubey batted fearlessly and hardly felt the pressure of the ever-increasing run rate, which remained around 14 most of the time. When he was batting on 46 runs, the on-field umpire declared him LBW but was saved through DRS. He returned to the pavilion after being run out in the 15th over. With this victory, New Zealand increased the gap in the five-match series to 3-1. The fifth and last match will be held on Saturday.