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Ishan Kishan entered his name in the history books on Thursday (February 12) by becoming the first wicketkeeper-batter to score a half-century in a T20 World Cup match for India. The 27-year-old left-handed

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batter from Patna opened the innings for the Men in Blue on Thursday in Delhi against Namibia and scored 61 runs from just 24 balls. Ishan hammered 6 fours and 5 sixes during his stay at the crease on Thursday and needed 20 balls to reach the 50-run mark.

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Before Ishan, the record of the highest score by a wicketkeeper-batter for India in a T20 World Cup match was in the name of MS Dhoni. Dhoni played a knock of 45 runs from 33 balls for India against South Africa in Durban on September 20, 2007.

Highest scores by wicketkeeper-batters for India in a T20 World Cup match

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PLAYER	RUNS	BALLS	4/6s	STRIKE RATE	AGAINST	VENUE	DATE
Ishan Kishan	61	24	6/5	254.16	Namibia	Delhi	February 12, 2026
MS Dhoni	45	33	4/1	136.36	South Africa	Durban	September 20, 2007
Rishabh Pant	42	31	6/0	135.48	Pakistan	New York	June 9, 2024
Rishabh Pant	39	30	2/2	130	Pakistan	Dubai	October 24, 2021
Rishabh Pant	36*	26	3/2	138.46	Ireland	New York	June 5, 2024

The overall record of the highest individual score in a T20 World Cup match by a designated wicketkeeper-batter is in the name of New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum. During the 2012 T20 World Cup match between New Zealand and Bangladesh in Pallekele on September 21, 2012, McCullum played a knock of 123 runs from 58 balls.

England’s Jos Buttler also scored a century as a wicketkeeper-batter in the T20 World Cup. He achieved the feat on November 1, 2021, in Sharjah against Sri Lanka.

Highest individual scores in a T20 World Cup match by designated wicketkeeper-batters

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PLAYER	COUNTRY	RUNS	BALLS	4/6s	STRIKE RATE	AGAINST	VENUE	DATE
Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	123	58	11/7	212.06	Bangladesh	Pallekele	September 21, 2012
Jos Buttler	England	101*	67	6/6	150.74	Sri Lanka	Sharjah	November 1, 2021
Nicholas Pooran	West Indies	98	53	6/8	184.9	Afghanistan	Gros Islet	June 17, 2024
Devon Conway	New Zealand	92*	58	7/2	158.62	Australia	Sydney	October 22, 2022
Tim Seifert	New Zealand	89*	42	12/3	211.9	UAE	Chennai	February 10, 2026

Ishan, who scored a century in just 42 balls for India in the fifth T20I against New Zealand last month, added 79 runs from just 31 balls for the second wicket with Tilak Varma on Thursday. The super stand between the two left-handed batters helped India reach the 100-run mark in just 6.5 overs on Thursday, which is a record for the fastest team 100 in a T20 World Cup match.

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