Ishan Kishan created history and achieved a huge milestone thatMS Dhonicould not in his career. Kishan slammed a quick 61 off just 24 balls in the 2026 T20 World Cup game against Namibia. Batting with a strike rate of 254.17, Kishan hit 5 sixes and 6 fours in his knock. Courtesy of his blitz, India breached the 100-run mark in only 6.5 overs to register the fastest 100 in T20 World Cups. Kishan departed after being caught by Ben Shikongo off Gerhard Erasmus on the first ball of the 8th over.

Before Kishan, Sanju Samson did the job with the bat and smashed 22 off just 8 balls. Samson, who replaced an unfit Abhishek Sharma in the playing XI, hit 3 sixes and a four in his knock. He batted with a strike rate of 275.00.

Ishan Kishan created history and became the first-ever Indian wicketkeeper-batsman to score a half-century in the T20 World Cup. The left-handed batter is playing only his second T20 WC game.

MS Dhoni played six T20 World Cups from 2007 to 2016. He captained India in every T20 WC game during these nine years. Dhoni-led India won the inaugural edition in 2007 while they finished as the runners-up in 2014. Dhoni has the highest score of 45 in T20 WCs, which he scored against South Africa in 2007.

Dhoni retired from international cricket in August 2020. He played his last T20 WC game against the eventual winners West Indies in 2016. WI defeated the Men in Blue to make it to the final.

Rishabh Pant was India's first-choice wicketkeeper in the 2021 and 2024 T20 WCs. Dinesh Karthik started the 2022 T20 WC as the first-choice wicketkeeper before being replaced by Pant. None of them could score a half-century in a T20 WC game.

Ishan Kishanmade a shock comeback for the 2026 T20 World Cup. The selectors rewarded him for his purple patch in domestic cricket and handed him a recall after two years. Kishan was selected as the second wicketkeeper-batsman in the squad, but has pipped Sanju Samson to become the first-choice wicketkeeper.

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