T20I: The teams, India Vs England will play the second match of the five-match series of the shortest form of the game today at MA Chidambaram in Chennai. India won the first match of this T20I series by a comfortable margin of seven wickets at Eden Gardens in Kolkata and also leads the series by a margin of 1-0.
In the second T20I match, the visitors will look to make a comeback through a decent batting display. Apart from the skipper of England, Jos Buttler, none of the batters from the visiting side could make a significant impact because Varun Chakrabarty spun a web around Jos and Co.
One of the Indian batters also registered a second-fastest half-century in the shortest format against England in the 1st T20I match which was played on Wednesday. So today, we shall mention the names of those batsmen who achieved this record before the 2nd match of this five-match series starts in Chennai.
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T20I: Yuvraj Singh Was The First Batter From India To Smash A Half Century In Just 20 Deliveries –
Yuvi scored three of the fastest half-centuries in his brilliant career in the shortest form of the game. His first-ever fastest half-century was against England in that game during the 2007 T20 World Cup which is still remembered for his six sixes in an over of England’s legendary pace bowler, Stuart Broad.
In the process of sixes in six deliveries, Singh also reached a half-century in just 12 balls and he became the first man on the earth to achieve this feat of smashing six sixes in six balls in T20I format and reaching a fifty in 12 deliveries. Yuraj’s other two fastest fifties came in just 20 delivers against The Aussies and Sri Lanka.
T20I: Abhishek Sharma Is Just The Second Indian Batter To Score A Fastest Fifity In The Shortest Format Versus England –
The current opening batter of the T20 International format, Abhishek Sharma had achieved the milestone of being the second batter from the Men in Blue nation to score the second-fastest half-century in the T20I format against England in the 1st match of the series played in Kolkata.
In a run chase of a modest score of 133 runs, India had a decent start to their innings. Sanju and Sharma added 41 runs on the board in quick time. But India’s lost Sanju and Surya in the same over and it was Abhishek who held the innings together with Tilak Varma and guided the Men in Blue to a seven wicket win.
Abhishek Sharma reached his half-century in just 20 deliveries during that knock of 79 runs and thus he became the second fastest batter from India to score a fifty against England in the shorter version of the game. Sharma Ji also smashed the most sixes in a run chase during his wonderful knock in the series opening match at the iconic Eden Gardens.
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