Fastest Fifty in T20 World Cup Final: Abhishek Sharma has set a string of records in the 2026 T20 World Cup final. He made many records during his stormy innings of 52 runs in 21 balls in the match against New Zealand. In this match, he completed his half-century in just 18 balls. In this innings he hit 6 fours and 3 sixes. Know here which 3 records Abhishek has destroyed in the final match. Abhishek was out after scoring 52 runs in 21 balls.

Abhishek Sharma broke 3 big records

Fastest fifty in T20 World Cup final

Abhishek Sharma completed fifty in 18 balls. He has become the batsman to score the fastest half-century in the final of the T20 World Cup. He broke the record of Heinrich Klaasen of South Africa, who had scored fifty in 23 balls against India in the final of the 2024 World Cup.

Made the biggest score of power play together with Sanju

In this final match against New Zealand, Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma together scored 92 runs in the powerplay itself. This is the biggest powerplay score in the history of T20 World Cup. Abhishek had completed his fifty in the first 6 overs itself. Earlier, West Indies had also scored 92 runs in the powerplay of the World Cup match, but they achieved this feat by losing one wicket, whereas Team India did this without losing any wicket.

Second fastest fifty for India in T20 World Cup

Abhishek Sharma completed his half-century in 18 balls, which is the second fastest fifty for India in the history of T20 World Cup. The record of scoring the fastest fifty in the World Cup is in the name of Yuvraj Singh, who completed his fifty in 12 balls. KL Rahul has also scored a half-century in 18 balls in the World Cup. Abhishek has equaled him.

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In the third T20 match against New Zealand, Abhishek Sharma created such a storm that the world kept watching. Team India had a target of 154 runs, chasing which Abhishek scored 68 runs in 20 balls. During this time, he also scored the second fastest fifty for India in the history of international T20 cricket.

India won the match by 8 wickets, after which an action of New Zealand players has come into discussion. Such pictures are going viral on social media, in which Abhishek was seen testing his bat against New Zealand. As if Abhishek’s bat has a spring.

Discussions about spring bats started during the 2003 ODI World Cup, when Ricky Ponting played an inning of 140 runs against India in the final. After the end of the third T20 match, Mitchell Santner, Jacob Duffy and Devon Conway were seen examining Abhishek Sharma’s bat with a smile.

Yesterday, New Zealand players were checking Abhishek Sharma’s bat after the match.

I don’t recall any other player’s bat being checked like this

The last time I remember opposition players checking a bat was during Sachin Tendulkar’s era

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— Space Recorder (@1spacerecorder) January 26, 2026

In the third T20 match played in Guwahati, Abhishek Sharma scored fifty in 14 balls. This was the second fastest fifty for India in T20. The record of fastest half-century is in the name of Yuvraj Singh (12 balls). Apart from Abhishek, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav also shone in this match, who scored unbeaten 57 runs in 26 balls.

Let us tell you that Abhishek Sharma is currently the world number-1 batsman in T20 and has broken many records. So far in his 36-match T20 career, Abhishek has scored 1,267 runs at a good average of 38.39. The most important thing is that there has been no lack of consistency in his performance. He also has 2 centuries and eight half-centuries in his T20 career.

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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.