Ashutosh Sharma breaks Yuvraj’s record for the fastest fifty by an Indian

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Ashutosh Sharma breaks Yuvraj’s record for the fastest fifty by an Indian – Gudstory

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Ashutosh creased with a score of 131 for 4 with just five overs to go. He then went on to smash 53 off 12 studded with eight sixes and just four fours, which came through covers. Ashutosh fell next ball after reaching his record half-century and came back with a stunning strike rate of 441.66. As many as four of his six sailed over the covers and long-on, two went over long-on and two more went beyond the leg-side boundary beyond square. Railways amassed 115 runs in the last five overs only to end on 246 for 5.

Ashutosh, 25, was playing his second T20 for Railways and 10th overall. He made his T20 debut in 2018 for Madhya Pradesh and last played the format in 2019. He has featured in just one 50-over game, also for MP in 2019, and is yet to make his first-class debut.

Yuvraj had held the record for the fastest fifty in T20 cricket overall as well for 16 years before it was broken last month by Nepal’s Dipendra Singh Airee against Mongolia at the Asian Games in Hangzhou. Yuvraj’s innings in Durban is also best remembered for hitting six sixes off Stuart Broad.

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