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Abhishek Sharma creates history, becomes the third player in the world to achieve this feat

vipin kumar

January 26, 2026 at 4:18 PM IST · 3 min read

India vs New Zealand: The Indian cricket team delivered a spectacular performance, comprehensively defeating New Zealand. Having won all three matches played so far, India has clinched the series. In the third match, Abhishek Sharma completely won the hearts of the fans. He batted so aggressively that the Kiwi attack looked completely helpless.

Abhishek Sharma scored a fifty in just 14 balls, becoming the second fastest Indian and the third fastest batsman in the world to reach 50 runs. From the very beginning, the left-handed batsman created havoc on the field. The record for the fastest half-century is held by Yuvraj Singh, who is at the top of the list globally for the fastest fifty.

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Abhishek Sharma scored the second-fastest fifty for India

Abhishek Sharma scored the second-fastest half-century for India, winning the hearts of the fans. To reach 50 runs, he hit 5 fours and 4 sixes. In total, he scored 68 runs off 20 balls in his innings, including 7 fours and 5 sixes. In this regard, only Yuvraj Singh of the Indian team is ahead of Abhishek Sharma.

Yuvraj Singh scored 50 runs off 12 balls against England in the ICC T20 World Cup. This record of Yuvraj Singh at the international level still stands and remains unbroken. This was the same match in which he hit 6 sixes against England. Hardik Pandya is third in India for scoring the fastest fifty, having scored 50 runs in 16 balls.

Abhishek Sharma is third in the world.

India’s explosive player, Abhishek Sharma, is third in the world for scoring the fastest half-century inT20Ss. Yuvraj Singh is first in this list, and Jan Frylinck of Namibia is second. He scored a T20 fifty in 13 balls. Abhishek Sharma has now equalled New Zealand’s Colin Munro in this list, who scored a half-century in 14 balls against Sri Lanka in 2016.

New Zealandwas defeated by India again.

The Indian cricket team is looking in excellent form ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup. India has won all three matches played so far in the 5-match series. Under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, India leads 3-0. Two matches of the series are still remaining.

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India will want to win both the remaining matches to clinch the series 5-0. Fans are now hoping that the Indian cricket team will not let them miss the retired Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.

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