Shivam Dube scored his maiden T20 World Cup half-century for India on Wednesday (February 18). In the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 Group A match between India and the Netherlands in Ahmedabad, Dube played
a knock of 66 runs from 31 balls for the Indian team. He hammered 4 fours and 6 sixes during his stay at the crease. Dube needed 25 balls on Wednesday to reach the 50-run mark at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
The knock of 66 runs by Dube in Ahmedabad against the Dutch team helped him break Hardik Pandya’s record of the highest score by a No. 5 or lower batter for India in an ICC Men’s T20 World Cup match. On November 10, 2022, Hardik played a knock of 63 runs from 33 balls as a No. 5 batter against England in the semifinal of the 2022 T20 World Cup.
Highest score by an Indian batter in T20 World Cup (No. 5 or below)
| BATTER | BATTING POSITION | RUNS | BALLS | 4/6s | AGAINST | VENUE | DATE |
| Shivam Dube | 5 | 66 | 31 | 4/6 | Netherlands | Ahmedabad | February 18, 2026 |
| Hardik Pandya | 5 | 63 | 33 | 4/5 | England | Sydney | November 10, 2022 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 5 | 58 | 16 | 3/7 | England | Durban | September 19, 2007 |
| Hardik Pandya | 5 | 52 | 28 | 4/4 | Namibia | Delhi | February 12, 2026 |
| Rohit Sharma | 5 | 50* | 40 | 7/2 | South Africa | Durban | September 20, 2007 |
The score of 66 runs from 31 balls by Dube on Wednesday is also his highest individual score in T20Is for India.
His previous best score in T20Is was 65 runs. Dube played a knock of 65 runs from 23 balls against New Zealand in Visakhapatnam on January 28, 2026.
Shivam Dube’s highest scores in T20Is
| RUNS | BALLS | 4/6s | AGAINST | VENUE | DATE |
| 66 | 31 | 4/6 | Netherlands | Ahmedabad | February 18, 2026 |
| 65 | 23 | 3/7 | New Zealand | Visakhapatnam | January 28, 2026 |
| 63* | 32 | 5/4 | Afghanistan | Indore | January 14, 2019 |
| 60* | 40 | 5/2 | Afghanistan | Mohali | January 11, 2019 |
| 54 | 30 | 3/4 | West Indies | Thiruvananthapuram | December 8, 2019 |
The second six by Dube against the Netherlands was also his 50th six in T20Is for India. He needed 553 balls to slam 50 sixes in T20Is. Dube is the third-fastest Indian batter after Abhishek Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav to reach the 50-sixes milestone (in terms of balls taken).
Abhishek slammed his 50th T20I six on the 331st ball, whereas Suryakumar needed 510 balls to reach the 50-sixes mark in the 20-over format for the Men in Blue.
