Asian Games 2023: Nepal’s Dipendra Singh Airee Breaks Yuvraj Singh’s Fastest T20I Fifty Record

Dipendra Singh Airee is a Nepalese cricketer who plays as a batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He is the captain of the Nepal national cricket team.

Hangzhou: Nepal’s Dipendra Singh Airee broke Yuvraj Singh’s fastest fifty record in T20I by smashing a half-century in just nine balls on Wednesday against Mongolia on the fourth day of the ongoing Asian Games 2023 in China. He played an explosive inning of 52 runs in 10 balls. Earlier, India’s all-rounder holds the record for fastest T20I fifty by smashing a half-century in 12 balls on 2007.

Dipendra Singh Airee is a Nepalese cricketer who plays as a batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He is the captain of the Nepal national cricket team.

Apart from Dipendra Singh, Kushal Malla has also scored the fastest-ever T20I century as he just took 34 balls to reach the 100 runs mark. Not only this, Nepal has also the first-ever 300 in T20I history.

Airee ended with 52* in just 10 balls, with eight of them smashed out of the park for a six. His strike rate of 520 is also the best in a T20I innings.

Kushal Malla also went past T20I giants like India’s Rohit Sharma and South Africa’s David Miller to hit the fastest T20I century ever, in just 34 balls. Malla ended with 137 in 50 balls, with eight fours and 12 sixes.

Notably, Rohit and Miller have 35-ball centuries to their names, but Malla has now shattered these records by smashing a helpless Mongolia bowling attack all over the park.

Notably, Mongolia needs 315 to win. India’s men’s cricket campaign will start on October 3 in the quarterfinals. The title clash will be played on October 7.

Deependra Singh Airee has so far played 52 ODIs and 39 T20 International matches for Nepal.