By Admin 
Abhishek Sharma has made a world record in the first T20 match against Ireland. He completed fifty runs in 19 balls. Abhishek has become the first cricketer in the world to complete a half-century in 20 or less balls five times in international T20 cricket. In the first T20 match, Abhishek was out after scoring 50 runs. This is the 11th half-century of his T20 career.
Abhishek’s world record
Abhishek Sharma has become the first cricketer in the world to score a half-century in 20 or less balls five times in T20 International cricket. Apart from Abhishek Sharma, no other batsman has been able to do this even 4 times. That means, by hitting fifty in 19 balls against Ireland, Abhishek has further improved his own record. Abhishek Sharma has also made the record of fastest fifty by an Indian batsman against Ireland.
When did Abhishek score fifty in less than 20 balls?
- 14 balls – Abhishek Sharma (vs New Zealand)
- 17 balls – Abhishek Sharma (vs England)
- 18 balls – Abhishek Sharma (vs New Zealand)
- 19 balls – Abhishek Sharma (vs Ireland)
- 20 balls – Abhishek Sharma (vs England)
Apart from Abhishek Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Shivam Dubey, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Axar Patel, Gautam Gambhir, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya are the batsmen who have scored T20 fifty in 20 or less balls. The record of scoring the fastest fifty in T20 International cricket for India has been in the name of Yuvraj Singh for the last 19 years. Yuvraj had scored a fifty in 12 balls against England in the 2007 T20 World Cup.
Also read:
Team India Semi Final Scenario: Team India will not be able to reach the semi-finals even after losing only one match? Know what is the latest equation
Jai Moondra Profile: Debut of Rajasthan’s Jai Moondra, got a chance from Ireland, not Team India; The story of this ‘Indian’ cricketer is interesting