Indian female cricketer Prema Rawat has created a new world record by scoring a half-century in 14 balls. While playing for Uttarakhand, she broke the record of Fatima Sana of Pakistan. With his brilliant innings, Uttarakhand defeated Hyderabad by 89 runs.
Sports News: A new record has been added in Indian women's cricket. 24-year-old cricketer Prema Rawat from Uttarakhand has made the fastest fifty in women's T20 cricket by scoring a half-century in just 14 balls. She achieved this feat against Hyderabad in the Senior Women's T20 Trophy on Monday, 2 November.
Prema broke Pakistan captain Fatima Sana's record of scoring a half-century in 15 balls. The special thing was that after his batting, he also took two wickets in bowling.
50 runs in 14 balls, 48 runs scored with fours and sixes
Prema Rawat's batting caught everyone's attention in the match played between Uttarakhand and Hyderabad at the MCA Cricket Stadium in Pune. Prema, who came to bat at number four for the team, started hitting big shots as soon as she came. She faced only 14 balls and returned with an unbeaten 50 runs. In this short but memorable innings, Prema hit 3 fours and 6 sixes. That means he scored 48 runs out of 50 only from boundaries. His strike rate was 357.14.
Hyderabad bowlers had no answer to his aggressive batting. This innings of Prema helped Uttarakhand to add runs quickly in the last overs. With this the team could reach a strong score.
Pakistan's Fatima Sana's record broken by one ball
Before Prema Rawat, the record for scoring the fastest half-century in women's T20 cricket was of 15 balls. Pakistan captain Fatima Sana had achieved this feat against Zimbabwe in Karachi in May 2026. Apart from Fatima, England's Mary Kelly and New Zealand's Laura Harris had also scored half-centuries in 15 balls in women's T20 cricket. Now Prema has left all these batsmen behind by playing one ball less.
However, it is important to understand one thing here. Prema has made this record in the domestic T20 match. The record of fastest half-century in women's T20 International cricket is still in the name of Fatima Sana. He had scored fifty in 15 balls in the international match.
Uttarakhand scored 187 runs, Hyderabad lost by 89 runs
Talking about the match, Uttarakhand, batting first, scored 187 runs losing two wickets in 20 overs. Captain Raghavi Bist also had a big contribution in taking the team to this score. Raghavi scored unbeaten 72 runs on 50 balls. He maintained one end from the beginning. She had a partnership of 72 runs with Kareena for the first wicket. Kareena scored 19 runs.
After this Raghavi added 57 runs with Neelam Bhardwaj for the second wicket. Prema came to bat in the last overs and started scoring runs rapidly. There was an unbeaten partnership of 58 runs in the last 2.5 overs between Prema and Raghavi. This partnership took Uttarakhand's score to 187. In reply, Hyderabad team could score only 98 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. Uttarakhand won the match by a margin of 89 runs.
After batting, Prema did wonders in bowling also.
Prema Rawat's performance in this match was not limited to batting only. He troubled Hyderabad batsmen in bowling also. Prema spent only 12 runs in her four overs and took two wickets. He dismissed Gugulothu Kavyashree and Nalla Kranthi Reddy. Apart from him, other bowlers of Uttarakhand also did not give Hyderabad a chance to score runs freely. Prema was adjudged player of the match for his excellent all-round performance.