Yashasvi Jaiswal came remarkably close to breaking the record for the fastest fifty in Test cricket by an Indian batter. If he had scored his fifty in just 27 balls, he would have surpassed Rishabh Pant’s record, which currently stands at 28 balls. He is now aiming for another record of fastest hundred by Indian batter in red-ball cricket.
Fastest fifty in Test cricket
| Balls | Player | Match | Location | Year |
| 21 | Misbah-ul-Haq | Pakistan v Australia | Abu Dhabi | 2014 |
| 23 | DA Warner | Australia v Pakistan | Sydney | 2017 |
| 24 | JH Kallis | South Africa v Zimbabwe | Cape Town | 2005 |
| 24 | Ben Stokes | England v West Indies | Birmingham | 2024 |
| 25 | S Shillingford | West Indies v New Zealand | Kingston | 2014 |
Indian batters with fastest fifty in Test cricket
Yashasvi Jaiswal has become the third fastest batter to score a half-century in Test. He took 31 balls to complete his fifty. He leveled with Shardul Thakur, who had also hit a fifty in 31 balls in Test.
- Rishabha Pant – 28 balls
- Kapil Dev- 30 balls
- Yashasvi Jaiswal – 31 balls
- Shardul Thakur – 31 balls
Fastest fifty in Test cricket
- 3- India vs Bangladesh, Kanpur, 2024
- 4.2 – England vs WI, Nottingham, 2024
- 4.3 – England vs SA, The Oval, 1994
- 4.6 – England vs SL, Manchester, 2002
- 5.2 – Sri Lanka vs PAK, Karachi, 2004
- 5.3 – India vs ENG, Chennai, 2008
- 5.3 – India vs WI, Port of Spain, 2023
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