Scored a half-century in 15 balls in the fourth T20 match against New Zealand. He has become the batsman to score the third fastest fifty for India in the history of T20 cricket. Just 3 days before that, Abhishek Sharma had hit a fifty in 14 balls. That was the second fastest half-century for India. Shivam Dubey hit 6 sixes and 2 fours in his innings till he completed 50 runs.

Shivam Dubey could have equaled Abhishek Sharma in terms of scoring the fastest fifty, but one ball from him got dotted in the middle. He completed his half-century in 15 balls by hitting a six off Jacob Duffy.

Fastest fifty for India (in T20I)

• 12 balls – Yuvraj Singh
• 14 ball – Abhishek Sharma
• 15 balls – Shivam Dubey
• 16 balls – Hardik Pandya
• 17 balls – Abhishek Sharma
• 18 balls – KL Rahul
• 18 ball – Suryakumar Yadav

Shivam Dubey scored 65 runs in 23 balls in this match. His stormy innings ended in an unfortunate manner. He was run out on the score of 65. The fourth T20 match between India and New Zealand was played in Visakhapatnam. Dubey came to bat in this match when the Indian team had lost 4 wickets by reaching 63 runs. From here Shivam Dubey single-handedly brought Team India back into the match. This is the first time that Shivam Dubey has scored a half-century in less than 20 balls in any international T20 cricket.

Talking about ICC full member countries, even today the record of scoring the fastest half-century in international T20 cricket is in the name of India’s Yuvraj Singh. Talking about India vs New Zealand T20 series, Team India has already taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.

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Abhishek Sharma, who scored 50 off 14, has a ‘shameful’ record, this happened for the fifth time in Indian cricket.