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Why is the fear of defeat still haunting? Fastest 50s vs India in T20 World Cup History — Miller Joins Elite List
Samira Vishwas | February 23, 2026 12:24 AM CST

T20 World Cup 2026 India vs SA Match: In the Super-8 match of T-20 World Cup david miller Has played a stormy half-century innings against India. At one time, South Africa was in a difficult situation after losing 3 wickets in the power play, but then Miller and Brewis made a partnership of 97 runs in just 50 balls for the fourth wicket. Thanks to this the team scored 187 runs at the loss of 7 wickets. Miller scored the fourth fastest half-century of the T20 World Cup against India.

In the history of T20 World Cup, many batsmen have played stormy innings against India, but the interesting thing is that on most of the occasions India has won the match. The record of the fastest fifty is in the name of Litton Das, who scored a half-century in just 21 balls in Adelaide in 2022. After this Heinrich Klaasen scored fifty in 23 balls in Bridgetown in 2024, while Travis Head Scored a half-century in 24 balls in Gros Islet in the same year.

How many sixes did David Miller hit?

Now a new name has been added to this list of David Miller, who scored a fifty in just 26 balls against India in Ahmedabad today. He scored 63 runs in 35 balls at a strike rate of 180, which included 3 sixes and 7 fours.

Miller’s innings certainly made the match exciting, but history shows that despite such fast innings on the first three occasions, India had won. That is, statistics show that scoring fast runs against India is not easy, and winning is even more difficult.

Fastest 50 against India in T20 World Cup (by balls)

  • 21 Liton Das Adelaide 2022
  • 23 Heinrich Klaasen Bridgetown 2024
  • 24 Travis Head Gros Islet 2024
  • 26 David Miller Ahmedabad 2026
  • India won each of the first three

Which South African batsman scored how many runs?

Apart from Miller, Dewald Brewis scored 45 runs in 29 balls, which included 3 sixes and 3 fours. At the same time, Tristan Stubbs scored unbeaten 44 runs in 24 balls. Apart from this, captain Aiden Markram scored 4, Quinton de Kock scored 6, Ryan Rickelton scored 7, Corbin Bosch scored 5 and Marco Janson scored 2 runs.

Who took the most wickets for India?

Jasprit Bumrah took the most wickets for India. He took 3 wickets for 15 runs in 4 overs. At the same time, Arshdeep Singh took 2 wickets, while Varun Chakraborty and Shivam Dubey took 1 wicket each.


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