SMAT 2023: Railways' Ashutosh Sharma smashes fastest T20 fifty by an Indian

Records tumbled at the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy SMAT 2023 as Railways 25yearold batsman Ashutosh Sharma smashed the fastest halfcentury in T20 cricket by an IndianDuring the SMAT 2023 enocunter between Railways and Arunachal Pradesh Ashutosh smashed a halfcentury in just 11 balls smashing one boundary and eight sixes He overtook legendary allrounder Yuvraj Singhs record of 12ball fifty against England in the ICC T20 World Cup 2007With the help of a century by wicketkeeperbatter Upendra Yadav 103 in 51 balls with six fours and nine sixes and Ashutoshs knock Railways posted 2465 in their 20 overs In turn AP was knocked down for just 119 runs in 181 overs with Susheel Kumar 417 shining with the ballThe record for the fastest fifty in T20 cricket as whole is held by Nepals allrounder Dipendra Singh Airee who reached his fifty in just nine balls against Mongolia in the recently concluded Asian Games at Hangzhou back in September He ended with 52 in just 10 balls with a four and eight sixesAlso in another match between Punjab and Andhra Pradesh Punjab managed a total of 2756 in their 20 overs with Abhishek Sharma 112 in 51 balls with nine fours and nine sixes and Anmolpreet Singh 87 in 26 balls with six fours and nine sixes leading the sides batting effort In turn Andhra Pradesh was restricted to 1707 in 20 overs despite a century from Ricky Bhui 104 in 52 balls with six fours and nine sixesThis total of 2756 is the highest total by an Indian team in T20 cricket It is also the thirdhighest total in T20 cricketThe highest total in T20 cricket is by Nepal 3143 against Mongolia in the Asian Games at Hangzhou Also the total of 22 sixes hit during the innings by Punjab is the highest number of sixes by an Indian team in a T20 cricket matchAlso Read Fruit seller Ajit Yadav justifies Mumbai selection with 77 for Khar GymkhanaThe highest number of sixes during T20 innings is by Nepal 26 sixes against Mongolia at the Asian Games in Hangzhou In the match between Jammu and Kashmir and Hyderabad Tilak Varma 58 in 43 balls three fours and three sixes helped his side cross the 160run target set by JKAn allround show by Riyan Parag 61 in 34 balls with four boundaries and five sixes and 225 helped Assam defend 201 against Bihar in a narrowly contested matchAlso Indian Premier League IPL youngster Suyash Sharma took 513 against Madhya Pradesh to reduce them to 1159 which Delhi chased down with Ayush Badoni 44 in 44 balls with three fours and a six leading the runchaseIn the match between Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu Sai Sudharsan 46 Vijay Shankar 42 shined for Tamil Nadu with the bat taking them to a matchwinning 1466 with Bhuvneshwar Kumar 331 being the leading wickettaker for UP Uttar Pradesh failed to chase it down falling short by eight runs despite Sameer Rizvi 75 in 46 balls with six fours and five sixesWith inputs from agencies