T20I cricket came along and changed everything. Now, batters are super aggressive, always trying to hit the ball hard. In T20 games, teams want players who can hit big shots and change the game quickly. The best players are those who start attacking right from the start. Fans love watching these players take on the bowlers and make big changes in the game fast. This aggressive style of batting has set many new records and made cricket more exciting.
Here are the five players who scored the quickest half-centuries in T20 international matches:
1. Dipendra Singh Airee – Nepal
Dipendra Singh Airee did something amazing in a cricket match. He hit the fastest half-century in T20I cricket. He did this in just nine balls while playing against Mongolia at the Asian Games 2023 in China. In that game, he scored 52 runs in only 10 balls and hit 8 big sixes. Airee is a talented cricketer from Nepal who bats and bowls right-arm medium-fast.
2. Yuvraj Singh – India
Yuvraj Singh, who used to play cricket for India, is well-known for his great playing in shorter cricket matches, especially during the ICC World Twenty20 in 2007.One of Yuvraj’s amazing moments was in a match against England in Durban on September 19, 2007. He became famous for hitting six sixes in a row in that same game, which was a really big deal in Twenty20 cricket.
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3. Mirza Ahsan – Austria
Mirza Ahsan, who’s from Austria, did something really fast in a cricket game. It was the third quickest half-century ever in T20 cricket. He scored 51 runs in only 14 balls. That’s super speedy! This happened during a match against Luxembourg in 2019. He hit 2 fours and an amazing 7 sixes during his quick-fire innings.
4. Colin Munro – New Zealand and Ramesh Satheesan – Romania
Colin Munro from New Zealand and Ramesh Satheesan from Romania both made 50 runs really fast in T20 international cricket. Munro did it in just 14 balls against Sri Lanka in 2016. Satheesan matched that in 2021 against Serbia, showing how good he is at batting for Romania.
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5. Faisal Khan – Saudi Arabia
In 2019, Faisal Khan played amazingly well in a cricket match against Kuwait in the ACC Western Region T20. He scored really fast, reaching 50 runs in just 15 balls, which was the fifth fastest in history. He ended up making 83 runs without getting out, hitting the ball all over the field. Faisal hit 7 fours and 7 sixes, which means he scored a lot of points in a short time. Thanks to Khan’s incredible playing, Saudi Arabia won the match against Kuwait by a huge 136 runs, with 7 wickets still left to spare and 65 balls left to play.
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