Fastest Fifty in T20 for Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is among the leading teams in the shortest format of the game which won the ICC T20 World Cup in 2014. Currently, Sri Lanka is running through its bad form and is listed at the number 8 place in the ICC T20 Team ranking. But Sri Lanka gave some top-class power hitters to the cricketing world who are strong enough to hit the ball hard and have made the fastest runs in the T20I. So, let's check out all those players who made the fastest 50 in T20I for Sri Lanka:

List of Fastest Fifty in T20 for Sri Lanka

Player

Runs

Balls 

Against

Venue

Date

Dasun Shanaka

56*

20

India

Pune

04/01/2023

Mahela Jayawardene

65

21

Kenya

Johannesburg

14/09/2007

Kumar Sangakkara

78

21

India

Nagpur

09/12/2009

Kusal Perera

66

22

India

Colombo

06/03/2018

Sanath Jayasuriya

51*

23

New Zealand

Wellington

22/12/2006

Tillakaratne Dilshan

57

23

New Zealand

Colomb(RPS)

02/09/2009v

Kusal Mendis

57

25

Bangladesh

Mirpur

15/02/2018

Dasun Shanaka

54*

25

Australia

Pallekele

11/06/2022

Dilshan Munaweera

53

26

India

Colombo

06/09/2017

 

1. Dasun Shanaka

Dasun Shanaka, Sri Lanka skipper holds the record of making the fastest fifty in the T20 international for Sri Lanka. He added this wonderful effort in just 20 balls while performing against India in Pune in 2023. India welcomed Sri  Lanka in January 2023 for a T20 series where both teams met for the 2nd T20 in Pune. Sri Lanka batted first and added a huge total of 206 runs where its captain Dasun played superbly by scoring an unbeaten 56 runs that helped them to cross the 200 milestone.

2. Mahela Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene, the former Sri Lanka skipper is standing at the number 2 place for making the fastest 50 in T20I England. He did this feat in 21 balls while facing Kenya bowlers in Johannesburg in 2007. In the ICC T20 World Cup 2007, Sri Lanka and Kenya faced each other in the 8th match where Sri Lanka added 260 runs in the first innings. Mahela Jayawardene played a crucial part in building that total by contributing 65 runs in just 27 balls.

3. Kumar Sangakkara

Kumar Sangakkara is sitting in the 3rd position for making the fastest 50 in T20I for Sri Lanka. He achieved this accomplishment in just 21 balls while playing against India in Nagpur in 2009. Sri Lanka came to India to play a T20 series where both nations met for the 1st T20I in Nagpur. Sri Lanka batted first and its captain Sangakkara played a captaincy innings of 78 balls in just 37 balls which helped them to achieve a winning total of 215 runs.

4. Kusal Perera

Kusal Perera is in the number 4th position for achieving the quickest fifty runs in T20I for Sri Lanka. He added this record in 22 balls while playing against India in Colombo in 2018. During the Nidahas Twenty20 Tri-Series in 2018, Sri Lanka and India met for the opening match of the series where Sri Lanka got a  target of 175 runs. In reply, Sri Lankan batters replied well, especially Perera who made 66 runs in 37 balls only which helped them to achieve the target.

5. Sanath Jayasuriya

The former legendary all-rounder of Sri Lanka, Sanath Jayasuriya comes in 5th place for achieving the fastest 50 in T20I for Sri Lanka. He contributed this effort in 23 balls while facing New Zealand bowlers in Wellington in 2006. Sri Lanka visited New Zealand for a T20 series in December 2022 where both squads met in the 1st T20I. Sri Lanka batter Jayasuriya came out to the middle and added an unbeaten  51 runs in just 23 balls that helped them to win the match.

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