All-rounder Shivam Dube is on fire for India in the ongoing fourth T20I against New Zealand. In the match taking place at ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam, Dube needed just 15 balls to reach the 50-run
mark. He completed his half-century by hitting Jacob Duffy for a four on the fifth ball of the 13th over of India’s innings in the 216-run chase.
The left-handed batter from Mumbai has hammered two fours and six sixes for Team India so far in the ongoing match, and his super show with the bat has kept India alive in the game.
The 15-ball fifty by Dube in Vizag is third fastest half-century by in T20Is by an Indian batter.
The record of scoring the fastest 50 for India in T20Is is in the name of Yuvraj Singh. Yuvraj needed only 12 balls to score a half-century against England in Durban on September 19, 2007.
He is followed by Abhishek Sharma, who scored 50 in 14 balls against the Kiwis in Guwahati on January 25, 2026.
Fastest 50s for India in T20Is
| PLAYER | BALLS | AGAINST | VENUE | DATE |
| Yuvraj Singh | 12 | England | Durban | September 19, 2007 |
| Abhishek Sharma | 14 | New Zealand | Guwahati | January 25, 2026 |
| Shivam Dube | 15 | New Zealand | Visakhapatnam | January 28, 2026 |
| Hardik Pandya | 16 | South Africa | Ahmedabad | December 19, 2025 |
| Abhishek Sharma | 17 | England | Mumbai (WS) | February 2, 2025 |
| KL Rahul | 18 | Scotland | Dubai (DISC) | November 5, 2021 |
| Suryakumar Yadav | 18 | South Africa | Guwahati | October 2, 2022 |
The world record for scoring the fastest 50 in T20Is is in the name of Nepal’s Dipendra Singh Airee.
On September 27, 2023, during Nepal’s Asian Games match against Mongolia in Hangzhou, he completed his 50 in just nine balls.
Fastest 50 in T20Is
| PLAYER | TEAM | BALLS | AGAINST | VENUE | DATE |
| Dipendra Singh Airee | Nepal | 9 | Mongolia | Hangzhou | September 27, 2023 |
| Yuvraj Singh | India | 12 | England | Durban | September 19, 2007 |
| Mirza Ahsan | Austria | 13 | Luxembourg | Ilfov County | August 31, 2019 |
| Tadiwanashe Marumani | Zimbabwe | 13 | Gambia | Nairobi (Ruaraka) | October 23, 2024 |
| Muhammad Fahad | Turkey | 13 | Bulgaria | Sofia | July 12, 2025 |
| Jan Frylinck | Namibia | 13 | Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | September 18, 2025 |
In the 12th over of India’s innings, Dube scored 28 runs off New Zealand spinner Ish Sodhi’s bowling. He hammered Sodhi for two fours and three sixes. He is now joint-third on the list of Indian batters with the most runs in an over of a T20I match.
Most runs scored in an over by an Indian batter (T20I)
| PLAYER | RUNS | BOWLER | OPPOSITION | VENUE | DATE |
| Yuvraj Singh | 36 | Stuart Broad | England | Durban | September 19, 2007 |
| Sanju Samson | 30 | Rishad Hossain | Bangladesh | Hyderabad | October 12, 2024 |
| Rohit Sharma | 28 | Mitchell Starc | Australia | Gros Islet | June 24, 2024 |
| Shivam Dube | 28 | Ish Sodhi | New Zealand | Visakhapatnam | January 28, 2026 |
