Batting Records

Teams with Most Fifties in T20I Cricket

Scoring a fifty is a major deal in T20I cricket. Here are the top teams with the most number of half-centuries in this format.

Most Fifties by Teams in T20Is

Team50sBatters with Most 50s
India225Virat Kohli (38)
Pakistan193Babar Azam (39)
New Zealand167Martin Guptill (20)
England161Jos Buttler (29)
Australia150David Warner (28)
South Africa148Reeza Hendricks (18)
West Indies147Chris Gayle (14)
Sri Lanka137Pathum Nissanka (18)
Bangladesh109Litton Das (15)
Zimbabwe100Sikandar Raza (16)
U.A.E.95Muhammad Waseem (26)
Afghanistan91Ibrahim Zadran (13)
Ireland85Paul Stirling (24)
Bahrain71Sohail Ahmed (11)
Netherlands70Max O’Dowd (16)
Malaysia61Virandeep Singh (22)
Nepal60Kushal Bhurtel (13)
Scotland58George Munsey (13)
Uganda58Simon Ssesazi (17)
Austria57Karanbir Singh (16)
Hong Kong55Babar Hayat (12)
Canada53Navneet Dhaliwal (9)
Qatar53Muhammad Tanveer (15)
Oman52Aqib Ilyas (10)

Key Insights on Most Half-Centuries and Centuries by Teams in T20I Cricket

This compilation focuses on team and individual records related to the most half-centuries and centuries scored in T20 International (T20I) cricket.

Team Milestones for Most T20I Half-Centuries and Centuries

India have scored the most fifties among all teams in T20I cricket.

India is the only team with more than 200 half-centuries in T20Is.

The United Arab Emirates have the most number of half-centuries among associate nations in T20Is, with 90-plus half-century scores to their name.

Indian batters scored more than 20 centuries in T20Is.

Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa are the other teams with 10 or more T20I hundreds.


Key Individual T20I Batting Records

Two batters each from India and Pakistan have smashed 30 or more fifties in T20I cricket. The batters are Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Babar Azam, and Mohammad Rizwan. Find who else makes to the top ten of the most individual half-centuries in T20I.

Muhammad Waseem (UAE) and Virandeep Singh (Malaysia) are the two batters from associate teams with more than 20 half-centuries in T20Is.

Rohit Sharma from India and Glenn Maxwell from Australia have smashed five centuries each, the joint-most 100s by any batter in T20Is.

Australia’s Ricky Ponting was the first-ever batter to score a half-century in T20Is. He smashed an unbeaten 98 against New Zealand in the first-ever T20I match in February 2005.


Record-Breaking T20I Fifties by Age and Speed

Nepal’s Dipendra Singh Airee has hammered the fastest half-century in T20Is. He brought up his 50 runs from nine deliveries against Mongolia in the 2023 Asian Games.

The quickest T20I fifty by a full member batter belongs to India’s Yuvraj Singh off 12 balls against England in the 2007 T20 World Cup. See who else came close in scoring a fastest 50 in a T20 World Cup match.

Gibraltar’s Louis Bruce is the youngest batter to score a fifty in T20Is, having scored 60 against Malta at the age of 16 years and 56 days in 2021. This also makes him the youngest debutant to smash a half-century in T20Is.

Luxembourg’s Tony Whiteman is the oldest half-centurion, having scored an unbeaten 55 against Malta at the age of 52 years and 101 days in 2021.


Most Half-Centurions in T20I Team Squads

30 or more batters have smashed at least one half-century for New Zealand, Pakistan, England, South Africa, India, and Australia in T20Is.

The UAE also have the most half-centurions among associates in T20Is.