From Umar Akmal to Rohit Sharma: Eight youngest players to score a half-century in T20 World Cup

8.
Robin
Uthappa
(21
years
307
days)

Robin
Uthappa
scored
his
first
T20
World
Cup
against
Pakistan
in
the
2007
World
Cup.
He
scored
50
runs
off
just
39
balls,
hitting
4
fours
and
2
sixes.

India
won
the
match
via
a
bowl-out
after
it
ended
in
a
tie
in
regular
overs.

7.
Noor
Ali
Zadran
(21
years
218
days)

Afghanistan’s
Noor
Ali
Zadran
scored
this
half-century
in
the
2010
World
Cup
against
India.
He
was
the
lone
warrior
for
the
Afghans,
scoring
50
off
48
balls.
India
won
the
match
comfortably
by
7
wickets.
Ashish
Nehra
was
adjudged
Man
of
the
Match
for
3
wickets.

6.
Brendan
Taylor
(21
years
218
days)

Zimbabwe
legend
Brendan
Taylor
starred
in
the
2007
World
Cup.
He
scored
an
unbeaten
60
against
Australia
and
helped
his
country
to
chase
the
target
of
139
to
give
Zimbabwe
a
historic
win.

5.
Andre
Fletcher
(21
years
190
days)

West
Indies
Andre
Fletcher
is
the
5th
on
this
list.
His
debut
half-century
against
Australia
came
in
2009.
He
bludgeoned
past
the
Aussie
bowlers
to
score
53
off
just
32
balls.
West
Indies
chased
down
the
target
of
170
with
more
than
four
overs
to
spare.
Chris
Gayle
also
scored
80
runs
in
the
match.

4.
Nasir
Hossain
(20
years
296
days)

Nasir
Hossain
got
this
half-century
in
a
lost
cause
against
New
Zealand
in
the
2012
World
Cup
in
Sri
Lanka.
He
scored
50
runs
but
Bangladesh
lost
the
match
by
59
runs.

3.
Rohit
Sharma
(20
years
143
days)

Rohit
Sharma
announced
himself
on
the
international
stage
with
this
fantastic
unbeaten
50
against
South
Africa
in
2007.
In
the
super
eight
match,
India
was
in
trouble
at
33
for
3.
In
came
Rohit
and
showed
his
oozing
class
to
the
world.
India
won
the
match
by
37
runs
and
Proteas
were
eliminated
from
the
World
Cup
after
the
defeat.

2.
Umar
Akmal
(19
years
349
days)

A
teenage
Umar
Akmal
stole
the
show
in
2010
in
this
match
against
South
Africa.
He
scored
a
fantastic
51
off
just
31
balls,
with
4
massive
sixes
in
it.
Pakistan
beat
South
Africa
by
11
runs
and
Akmal
was
given
the
man
of
the
match.
Its
only
a
shame
that
he
couldn’t
do
justice
to
his
talent,
but
nevertheless,
a
free-flowing
Umar
Akmal
was
a
treat
to
watch.

1.
Junaid
Siddique
(19
years
325
days)

Junaid
Siddique
is
the
youngest
player
ever
to
get
a
T20
World
Cup
half-century.
He
scored
it
in
the
inaugural
tournament
in
2007
against
Pakistan.
Siddique
amassed
71
runs
off
49
balls,
with
6
fours
and
3
maximums.
Bangladesh
were
beaten,
but
young
Siddique
earned
a
deserved
Man
of
the
Match
award
for
his
show.