India Smash Their 2nd Fastest Team 50s In T20Is As Pakistan Taken To Cleaners

India scored fifty off 3.2 overs vs Pakistan [Source: BCCI/X]India's openers wreaked havoc in Nisshin as they took on arch-rivals Pakistan in the Asian Games 2026 final. The high-octane encounter began with Shreyas Iyer winning the toss and opting to bat first, with Abhishek Sharma leading the charge to justify the decision.Following a couple of tough outings against Japan in the one-off T20I and Sri Lanka in the semi-final, the left-handed batter was all over the Pakistan bowling in the powerplay. He helped India rack up a quick-fire fifty, entering the record books yet again.Abhishek leads carnage against PakistanBatting first, India started cautiously, scoring four runs off Saim Ayub’s off-spin in the opening over as the openers gauged the conditions. Abhishek Sharma and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi immediately made up for the slow start, smashing 24 runs off Saad Masood’s over and never looking back.Despite Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s dismissal while trying to reverse-lap Saim at 2.1, Abhishek got 15 off the over, followed by 7 runs from the next two balls, taking India to the fifty-run landmark in under 4 overs. This is India's second-quickest team fifty in T20Is, missing the record by just a solitary ball.Fastest team 50s for India in T20Is3.1 Overs vs New Zealand, Guwahati, 20263.2 Overs vs Pakistan, Nisshin, 2026, Today*3.3 Overs vs Afghanistan, Delhi, 20263.4 Overs vs Bangladesh, Hangzhou, 2023Also Read: Jay Shah To Present Asian Games 2026 Medals; Mohsin Naqvi Absent- ReportIndia eye double Gold at Asian Games 2026Having skipped the Asian Games in 2010, 2014 and 2018, India made their Asian Games debut in Hangzhou in 2022. Both men and women won the Gold medals ahead of the 2026 edition, and the expectations were high.Earlier during the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games, the Indian women successfully defended their crown with a thumping 147-run victory over Sri Lanka. They scored 216/3 in 20 overs and bundled the Lankans for just 69.Now, with the Shreyas Iyer-led men's side dominating the proceedings early on, they have a golden opportunity to make it 4/4 cricket Gold medals for India in the Asian Games. After 10 overs, India are 114/3, with Iyer and the in-form Ishan Kishan in the middle.Also Read: Watch- Abhishek Sharma Gets Angry On Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Then Takes Revenge From Saim Ayub