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List Of Massive Records Broken By Mohammad Nabi With Blistering Fifty vs SL In Asia Cup 2025

Akshita Patel

Mohammad Nabi sets Asia Cup ablaze with fiery knock [Source: @ACBofficials/X.com]Mohammad Nabi sets Asia Cup ablaze with fiery knock [Source: @ACBofficials/X.com]

Mohammad Nabi, Afghanistan’s 40-year-old all-rounder, took Sri Lanka to the cleaners in match 11 of the Asia Cup 2025. In just 22 balls, he hammered 60 runs, rescuing his team from 79/6 to 169/8.

In a do-or-die encounter, Afghanistan batted first, with Rahmanullah Gurbaz losing his wicket despite a promising start of 14 off 8 balls. The Afghans lost wickets at regular intervals and failed to stitch a partnership.

Mohammad Nabi Rescues Afghanistan With Blazing Knock

Against the odds, Mohammad Nabi stood tall for Afghanistan. In just 22 balls, he piled up 60 mad runs with 3 fours and 6 sixes. He went after Dushmantha Chameera in the 19th over to hit 17 runs.

However, Dunith Wellalage’s 20th over changed the game completely. Nabi hammered 5 sixes in a row to bring up a 32-run over from Dunith Wellalage. With that mega over, Afghanistan reached 169/8, a par total on the Abu Dhabi surface.

Meanwhile, the 40-year-old toppled many record books with his blazing knock. 

Here's a full list of records broken by Mohammad Nabi

  • Mohammad Nabi has now scored the joint fastest fifty for Afghanistan in T20Is (20 balls) 
  • Nabi has joined David Miller to hit 5 consecutive sixes in T20I cricket, only after Yuvraj Singh, Dipendra Airee and Kierson Pollard, who scored 6 sixes each.
  • Nabi has become the joint fastest half-century scorer in the Men’s T20 Asia Cup (20 balls)
  • Mohammad Nabi knitted a 55-run partnership with Noor Ahmad, which is Afghanistan’s highest 8th wicket partnership in T20Is
  • The all-rounder became the first Afghanistan cricketer to surpass 6000 runs in international cricket
  • At 40 years and 260 days old, Mohammad Nabi is the second-oldest player to get a 50+ score in men’s T20Is, second to Chris Gayle (41 years and 294 days old)
  • Nabi has the third-highest score in men’s T20I as a full-member nation player with 40+ years of age. He follows Chris Gayle (67 runs) and Mohammad Hafeez (99* runs)