Dipendra Singh Airee Breaks Yuvraj Singh's Record of Fastest Fifty in T20Is, Slams Half-Century off 9 balls in Nepal's Asian Games 2023 Match vs Mongolia
The right-hander sent the ball flying as he hit eight sixes en route to this achievement. This was also the fastest half-century in T20I cricket with the earlier record being held by Yuvraj Singh, who had gotten it off 12 balls.
Dipendra Singh Airee got his name etched into the record books as he scored the fastest fifty in T20Is, achieving this feat during the Nepal vs Mongolia Asian Games 2023 match on September 27. The right-hander, playing in the middle-order, whacked a half-century off only nine balls, which included a whopping eight sixes. He broke a record held by the iconic Yuvraj Singh, who had smashed a half-century off 12 balls in the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007. Nepal’s Kushal Malla Scores Fastest Century in T20I, Surpasses Rohit Sharma, David Miller To Achieve Feat off Just 34 Balls at Asian Games 2023 vs Mongolia.
Dipendra Singh Airee Scores Fifty in Nine Balls
CORRECTION: Nepal's Dipendra Singh Airee breaks Yuvraj Singh's record of fastest fifty in T20Is off 9 balls in #AsianGames. pic.twitter.com/JzY6U31VXU
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) September 27, 2023
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