Abhishek Sharma created history in the third T20 against New Zealand in Guwahati, he scored a half-century in 14 balls. This is the second fastest half-century by an Indian in T20 International, the first being Yuvraj Singh. Yuvi scored a half-century in 12 balls against England in the 2007 T20 World Cup. After the match, Abhishek said that it is almost impossible for anyone to break Yuvraj’s record.

Abhishek Sharma played an unbeaten inning of 67 runs in 20 balls, in which he hit 5 sixes and 7 fours. After the match, Abhishek said, “This is what my team wants from me and I want to do it every time. But obviously, it is not easy to do it every time, but I think it is all mental and the environment around your dressing room also matters.

On Yuvraj Singh’s record of fastest half-century, Abhishek said, “It is almost impossible for anyone to break the record of his fastest T20 fifty, but still, no one knows. Any batsman can do it because I think all the batsmen are playing very well in this series and it is going to be fun in the future.”

India won 9th consecutive T20 series

Suryakumar Yadav had decided to bowl first after winning the toss in the third T20 played in Guwahati. On the basis of excellent bowling by Jasprit Bumrah (3 wickets), Ravi Bishnoi (2 wickets), India was successful in restricting the visiting team to 153 runs. India did not have a good start while chasing the target, Sanju Samson was bowled on the very first ball of the innings. After that Ishan Kishan played a brilliant inning of 28 runs. In this inning played in 13 balls, Ishaan hit 2 sixes and 3 fours.

Simply excellent, with 10 overs to spare!

A whirlwind 8⃣-wicket victory for #TeamIndia in Guwahati

They clinch the #INDvNZ T20I series with an unassailable lead of 3⃣-0⃣

Scorecard https://t.co/YzRfqi0li2@IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/zgp3FIz2o4

— BCCI (@BCCI) January 25, 2026

After this, Abhishek Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav took India to victory. Abhishek, who completed his half-century in 14 balls, scored unbeaten 68 runs in 20 balls. In this innings, Abhishek hit 5 sixes and 7 fours. Suryakumar Yadav scored unbeaten 57 runs in 26 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 6 fours.

India has taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in the 5-match T20 series. India has won its 9th consecutive T20 series.

Abhishek Sharma has created history in the third T20 match against New Zealand. He has become the second fastest batsman to score a half-century for India. In this match, he completed his fifty in only 14 balls. Till reaching fifty, he hit 5 fours and 4 sixes in his innings. Abhishek has become the second fastest batsman for India and the third fastest fifty in the world.

Second fastest fifty for India

Yuvraj Singh holds the record of scoring the fastest half-century for India in the history of international T20 cricket. He completed fifty in 12 balls against England in the 2007 T20 World Cup. This still holds the world record for the fastest fifty among ICC full member countries.

• 12 balls – Yuvraj Singh
• 14 ball – Abhishek Sharma
• 16 balls – Hardik Pandya

Third fastest half century in the world

Abhishek Sharma completed fifty in 14 balls. This is the third fastest fifty in the world among ICC full member countries in T20 International cricket. Namibia’s Jan Filenk has scored T20 fifty in 13 balls. Abhishek Sharma has now come at par with New Zealand’s Colin Munro in this list, who scored a half-century in 14 balls against Sri Lanka in 2016.