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The fifty in only 15 balls by Dube on Wednesday is the third fastest half-century within the 20-over format of the sport for Team India.
RR’s ‘latest danav’ tweet for Shivam Dube goes viral. (Picture Credit: AP)
Shivam Dube was on fire for Team India within the fourth T20I against Latest Zealand. Within the match played at ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday (January 28), which India lost by 50 runs, the 32-year-old batting all-rounder from Mumbai scored 65 runs from just 23 balls. He hammered 3 fours and seven sixes for the Indian team and needed just 15 balls to succeed in the 50-run mark within the 216-run chase.
After Dube scored a half-century in only 15 balls, Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals took to X to share a four-word tweet for Dube. In a tweet which is now going viral on the web, Royals shared a photograph collage of Dube. In a single picture, Dube was seen raising his bat after scoring fifty, and in one other, scoring a six. The Royals captioned the photo tweet, “Latest match. Latest daanav.”
Here’s a glance:
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 within the name of Yuvraj Singh. Yuvraj needed only 12 balls to attain a half-century against England in Durban on September 19, 2007.
He’s 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 | Latest Zealand | Guwahati | January 25, 2026 |
| Shivam Dube | 15 | Latest 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 within the name of Nepal’s Dipendra Singh Airee.
On September 27, 2023, during Nepal’s Asian Games match against Mongolia in Hangzhou, he accomplished his 50 in only nine balls.
Surya praises Dube
India’s T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav was stuffed with praise for Dube’s knock on Wednesday and stated that one batter with him would have made quite a lot of difference within the match for India.
“The way in which Dube batted, one batter with him would have made quite a lot of difference at the top of the sport. I believe 50 runs; we lost by 50 runs. But it surely’s okay. As I said, one or two partnerships like this in a run-chase like this might make a difference,” Surya said during post-match presentation.
Visakhapatnam, India, India
January 28, 2026, 23:51 IST
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