Abhishek Sharma is on fire with the bat for Team India in the ongoing Asia Cup 2025 Super 4s match against Pakistan. In the match taking place at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, the left-handed batter needed just 24 balls to reach the 50-run mark. The fifty in 24 balls helped Abhishek break his mentor Yuvraj Singh’s record of scoring the fastest half-century in T20Is for Men in Blue against Pakistan. During the India-Pakistan T20I match played in Ahmedabad on December 28, 2012, Yuvraj needed 29 balls to complete his half-century.
The overall record of scoring the fastest 50 in an India-Pakistan T20I match is in the name of Mohammad Hafeez. Hafeez needed just 23 balls to reach the 50-run mark against India in Ahmedabad on December 28, 2012.
Fastest 50s in Ind-Pak T20Is (by balls)
| BALLS | PLAYER | TEAM | VENUE | YEAR |
| 23 | Mohammad Hafeez | Pakistan | Ahmedabad | 2012 |
| 24 | Abhishek Sharma | India | Dubai | 2025 |
| 29 | Yuvraj Singh | India | Ahmedabad | 2012 |
| 32 | Iftikhar Ahmed | Pakistan | Melbourne | 2022 |
| 33 | Misbah-ul-Haq | Pakistan | Durban | 2007 |
Before breaking Yuvraj’s record of scoring the fastest 50 for India in T20Is against Pakistan, Abhishek became the fastest batter in the world to hit 50 sixes in T20Is. He smacked his 50th six in T20Is on the 331st ball he faced, and he also became the first Indian batter to hit six on the first ball of an innings on two occasions.
Fewest balls to 50 sixes T20Is (FM Teams)
- 331 balls – Abhishek Sharma (India)
- 366 balls – Evin Lewis (West Indies)
- 409 balls – Andre Russell (West Indies)
- 492 balls – Hazratullah Zazai (Afghanistan)
- 510 balls – Suryakumar Yadav (India)
Indian batters hitting first ball of a T20I innings for a six
| BATTER | BOWLER | AGAINST | VENUE | YEAR |
| Rohit Sharma | Adil Rashid | England | Ahmedabad | 2021 |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | Sikandar Raza | Zimbabwe | Harare | 2024 |
| Sanju Samson | Jofra Archer | England | Mumbai (WS) | 2025 |
| Abhishek Sharma | Haider Ali | UAE | Dubai | 2025 |
| Abhishek Sharma | Shaheen Shah Afridi | Pakistan | Dubai | 2025 |
In the match taking place at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Abhishek added 105 runs in 9.5 overs for the first wicket with Shubman Gill. Gill scored 47 runs from 28 balls before getting bowled out by Faheem Ashraf. During his stay at the crease, Gill hammered eight fours.
