Rishabh pant scores fastest 50 in Tests for India, Check full list of fastest 50 in Test cricket
Fastest 50 in Tests for India: Rishabh Pant scored the fastest 50 by an Indian in Test cricket, surpassing Kapil Dev’s record during India’s second Test against Sri Lanka in Bengaluru. Check out the full list of the fastest 50 in Tests for India here.
Fastest 50 in Tests for India: Rishabh Pant scored the fastest 50 by an Indian in Test cricket, breaking Kapil Dev’s record during the second India vs Sri Lanka Test match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Rishabh Pant scored 50 runs in 28 balls. It is also the 13th fastest fifty in the world.
Fifty!@RishabhPant17 He surpassed Kapil Dev for the fastest 50 by an Indian in Test cricket. It has had 28 deliveries.
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—BCCI (@BCCI)
13 March 2022
Kapil Dev had previously set the record for the fastest 50 for India by scoring 50 off 30 balls against Pakistan in 1982. Pakistan’s Misbah-ul-Haq holds the world record for the fastest 50 runs in Tests, scoring 21 runs in both timing and facing balls. Balls in 24 minutes during the Pakistan vs Australia Test match in Abu Dhabi in 2014. David Warner is second in the Australia vs Pakistan Test match in Sydney in 2017 scoring 50 off 23 balls.
Among Indians, Shardul Thakur is the third fastest to 50 runs for India in Tests and Virender Sehwag is second.
Check out the full list of the fastest 50 in Tests for India below:
| Indian cricketer | balls faced | match/year |
| Rishabh Pant | 28 | India vs Sri Lanka / 2022 |
| Kapil Dev | 30 | India vs Pakistan / 1982 |
| Shardul Thakur | 31 | India vs England/2021 |
| Virender Sehwag | 32 | India vs England/2008 |
| Kapil Dev | 33 | India vs Pakistan/ 1978 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 33 | India vs England/2002 |
| Virender Sehwag | 33 | India vs West Indies / 2006 |
List of fastest 50 in test cricket
| S.no | player/team | balls | match/year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan) | 21 | Pakistan vs Australia/2014 |
| 2 | DA Warner (Australia) | 23 | Australia vs Pakistan/2017 |
| 3 | JH Kallis (South Africa) | 24 | South Africa v Zimbabwe / 2005 |
| 4 | S Shillingford (West Indies) | 25 | West Indies vs New Zealand/2014 |
| 5 | Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) | 26 | Pakistan vs India / 2005 |
| 6 | Mohammad Ashraful (Ban) | 26 | Bangladesh vs India/2007 |
| 7 | DW Steyn (South Africa) | 26 | South Africa v West Indies/2014 |
| 8 | Yusuf Yohana (Pakistan) | 27 | Pakistan vs South Africa / 2003 |
| 9 | Eav Williams (West Indies) | 28 | West Indies v England/ 1948 |
| 10 | IT Botham (England) | 28 | England vs India / 1981 |
| 1 1 | CH Gayle (West Indies) | 28 | West Indies vs New Zealand/2014 |
| 12 | C de Grandhomme (New Zealand) | 28 | New Zealand vs Sri Lanka/2018 |
| 13 | RR Pant (India) | 28 | India vs Sri Lanka / 2022 |
| 14 | Bee Yardley (Australia) | 29 | Australia vs West Indies/ 1978 |
| 15 | TG Southee (New Zealand) | 29 | New Zealand vs England/2008 |
| 16 | Kapil Dev (India) | 30 | India vs Pakistan / 1982 |
| 17 | TM Dilshan (Sri Lanka) | 30 | Sri Lanka vs New Zealand/2009 |
| 18 | Bibi McCullum (New Zealand) | 30 | New Zealand vs Pakistan/2014 |
| 19 | A. Ranatunga (Sri Lanka) | 31 | Sri Lanka vs India / 1986 |
| 20 | WJ Cronje (South Africa) | 31 | South Africa v Sri Lanka/ 1998 |
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