While the entire nation was celebrating Abhishek Sharma’s whirlwind half-century, his mentor and mentor Yuvraj Singh decided to take a witty quip on him. Abhishek Sharma scored a half-century in 14 balls in Guwahati last night, which is now the second fastest half-century by any Indian batsman in the T20 International format.
Guess who is the batsman who has scored the fastest half-century in T20I? It was none other than Yuvraj Singh. Sharma came very close to breaking his mentor’s all-time record during the India vs New Zealand 3rd T20I at the Barsapara Stadium and missed it by just two balls. Yuvraj reached the half-century mark in 12 balls and Sharma in 14 balls.
Abhishek Sharma’s record breaking innings
During the presentation ceremony, for an obvious reason, Sharma was asked about Yuvraj’s record. Like before, this time too the attacking batsman decided to stay close to the ground and said that it is almost impossible to break the record made by the former international batsman.
Abhishek Sharma said after the match, “It is impossible to beat Yuvraj Paaji’s (Yuvraj Singh) half-century in 12 balls.”
Yuvraj Singh brutally roasted Abhishek Sharma
On the other hand, former cricketer and all-time record holder Yuvraj Singh made a funny comment on Sharma. Singh jokingly said that Sharma’s batting was extremely good in Guwahati, but it was still not enough to break his record of a half-century in 12 balls.
“Still can’t score 50 off 12 balls, can you? Well played – stay strong!” Yuvraj Singh wrote on his ‘X’ post on the night of 25 January.
Still can’t score 50 runs in 12 balls, can you? Well played – stay strong! @OfficialAkhi04 #IndVSNz pic.twitter.com/6MQe1p6sx4
– Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) 25 January 2026
It is worth noting that Yuvraj Singh scored a half-century in 12 balls during the much-hyped match of India vs England ICC T20 World Cup 2007, when he smashed English fast bowler Stuart Broad for six sixes in an over.
India vs New Zealand 3rd T20 match summary
This is Team India’s third consecutive win in the ongoing 5-match T20 series against New Zealand. With the dominant win in Guwahati, the Men in Blue have already clinched the series with two more matches left to be played. Abhishek Sharma was adjudged the player of the match for his match-winning innings of 68 runs in just 20 balls. The southpaw batsman hit five fours and seven fours in his batting innings.
New Zealand came out to bat first and scored 153/9 in 20 overs after losing three of their top-order batsmen early. Harshit Rana, Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah wasted no time in causing damage to the opponents’ batting lineup. On the basis of Sharma’s innings, India achieved the target in only 10 overs and won the match by 8 wickets.
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