List of Fastest 50 in T20 International Cricket

List of Fastest 50 in the T20 International Cricket: T20 cricket in the newest format in International cricket. The first Men's T20 International match between two sides was played on 17 February 2005 between Australia and New Zealand.

The fastest fifty of the T20I cricket was scored by Dipendra Singh Airee of Nepal in a match against Mongolia in the Asian Games 2023. However, the game was played in different conditions than a normal T20I with shorter boundaries and weak competition.

The second-fastest 50 was scored by former Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh against England during the ICC World Twenty20 at Durban, on September 19, 2007. Additionally, Yuvraj Singh holds the record for scoring 6 sixes in an over, which consists of 6 balls. 

On 03 October 2026, in the final of Asian Game 2026, which was played between India &Pakistan, Abhishek Verma once again scored 50s in just 20 balls, and the Tilak Verma who also scored 50s in just 21 balls.

On 25 January 2026, in a high octane match between India and New Zealand, Abhishek Sharma scored one of the fastest 50s with just 14 balls. 

The third fastest half-century of T20 cricket was scored by Jamaican cricketer Chris Gayle in 2016, on 19 December 2025, Hardik Pandya is gaining pace in that race when he scored 50 runs in 16 balls against South Africa 2025. Check the complete list of the fastest 50 in the T20 International Cricket below. 

List of Fastest 50 (Half Century) in the T20

Some interesting records of the fastest century in ODI, T20 and Test Cricket are as follows;

1. The fastest century in the T20 is scored by David Miller and Rohit Sharma. Both players have scored the fastest T20 century in just 35 balls each in 2017.

* Kushal Malla of Nepal hit a 34 ball century in Asian Games 2023 against Mongolia. However, the games were played in different conditions and shorter boundaries against ICC standards.

2. The fastest century in the ODI is scored by the AB De Villiers (South Africa) in just 31 balls against West Indies in 2015.

3. The fastest century in Test cricket was scored by the Brendon McCullum of New Zealand. He achieved this feat in just 54 balls against Australia in 2016.

4. AB de Villiers holds the records of the fastest fifty, fastest hundred and fastest 150 in ODIs matches. He scored fifty in just 16 balls, a hundred in just 31 balls and 150 runs in just 64 balls in the same match.

5. The record of the fastest fifty in the test matches is held by Pakistan's Misbah-ul-Haq. He had scored the fastest fifty in just 21 balls against Australia in 2014.

6.  Fastest century in a T20i world cup is held by Chris Gayle  who achieved the feat in just 47 balls against England in 2016. The previous record was also held by him when he scored a stupendous hundred in just 50 balls against South Africa in 2007.

So this was the list of the fastest fifty in the T20I format. To read more such articles click on the link given below;

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