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Hardik Pandya 2nd fastest fifty for India in T20I: Hardik Pandya’s explosive form was displayed at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. He holds the record for scoring the second fastest fifty for India. In this case, he broke Abhishek Sharma’s record.
Hardik Pandya destroyed the bowlers with his explosive batting against South Africa at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Coming in at number five in the fifth and final match of the T20 International series, Hardik played a blistering knock of 63 runs off just 25 balls. He completed his 50 in just 16 balls, breaking Abhishek Sharma’s earlier record. Until he completed his half-century, Hardik batted at a strike rate of over 300.
In fact, Hardik Pandya has become the second fastest batsman to score a fifty in T20 international cricket for India. He broke Abhishek Sharma’s record by scoring a half-century in just 16 balls in Ahmedabad. Hardik completed his half-century with five sixes and batted at a strike rate of over 300. Abhishek Sharma, who had earlier achieved the feat by completing his half-century in 17 balls, has now reached the third spot.
Hardik Pandya became the second fastest batsman to score a fifty in T20Is for India.
Who is number one? Yuvraj Singh holds the record for the fastest half-century for India in T20 International cricket, a record Hardik Pandya was very close to breaking. He achieved this feat in just 12 balls. It was the same match against England in 2007, in which Yuvraj hit six sixes off Stuart Broad’s over.
12 – Yuvraj Singh vs England, Durban, 2007 World Cup
16 – Hardik Pandya v South Africa, Ahmedabad, 2025*
17 – Abhishek Sharma vs ENG, Wankhede, 2025
18 – KL Rahul vs SCO, Dubai, 2021
18 – Suryakumar Yadav v. SA, Guwahati, 2022
5 sixes, a strike rate of 300 and a half century in the blink of an eye, Hardik Pandya breaks Abhishek’s record
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