Prema Rawat walked in with 17 balls left, and her 14-ball fifty is the fastest in women’s T20 cricket
The India leg-spinner hit six fours and four sixes for Uttarakhand against Hyderabad in Pune, beating the 15-ball mark shared by Marie Kelly, Laura Harris and Fatima Sana.
Nov 3, 2026
Prema Rawat came out to bat for Uttarakhand with 17 balls of the innings left. By the time the 20th over was done she had 50 not out from 14 of them, the fastest half-century on record in women’s T20 cricket.
The 24-year-old India all-rounder did it against Hyderabad in the Senior Women’s T20 Trophy at the MCA Stadium in Gahunje, Pune, on Monday. It was one ball quicker than the old record, and she followed it with 2 for 12 as Uttarakhand won by 89 runs.
How the 14 balls went
Rawat walked in at No. 4 in the 18th over. She found the boundary almost at once and kept going until the innings ended, 50 not out from 14 balls.
She hit six fours and four sixes in all, so 48 of her 50 runs came in boundaries.
Captain Raghvi Bist was at the other end throughout. The opener batted through the innings for 72 not out off 50 balls, the pair finished the innings together in less than three overs, and Uttarakhand finished on 187 for 2.
The record she broke
Three batters had reached 50 in 15 balls before Monday. Marie Kelly did it for Warwickshire in 2022. Australia’s Laura Harris has done it twice, for Otago in 2025 and for Surrey in 2026. Pakistan captain Fatima Sana did it in a T20 international against Zimbabwe in Karachi this year, which is still the fastest fifty in women’s T20Is.
Rawat now has the mark across all women’s T20 cricket, by one ball. The bar is moving fast. Wisden’s list of fifties in 16 balls or fewer has ten entries including Rawat’s, and seven of them have come since the start of 2025. Harris has four.
Two wickets as well
Hyderabad never got close to 188. They finished on 98 for 8, and Rawat, a leg-spinner by trade, took two wickets for 12 runs in her four overs.
India picked her for that. She was uncapped when she was called up as a replacement for the injured Shreyanka Patil at the T20 World Cup in June, and she has seven wickets from seven T20Is since. One innings in a domestic game will not rewrite her job description. Still, a bowler who can find ten boundaries in 14 balls at the death is worth a second look, and I would not be surprised if she gets one.