USA batsman Sanjay Krishnamurthy scored a half centuryImage Credit source: PTI

The US team, which is participating in the T20 World Cup for the second consecutive time, did not get much success this time. USA, which surprised Pakistan two years ago and reached the Super-8, could not pull off any such upset in the T20 World Cup 2026. But despite this, some players of the team definitely impressed him personally. Where the team's fast bowler Shadley Van Schalkwyk is being discussed the most, who is the highest wicket taker in the tournament. But meanwhile, 22 year old batsman Sanjay Krishnamurthy also left his mark by scoring the fastest half-century for USA.

Right-handed batsman Sanjay, who came into limelight after playing a short but fast innings in the first match against India, now took a dig at the Namibian bowlers. In this match played on Sunday 15th February at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, USA batted first and scored a big score of 199 runs. This is also the biggest score of this team in the T20 World Cup. But the biggest contribution in taking him to this point was middle order batsman Sanjay Krishnamurthy.

After a good start with a strong half-century from captain Monank Patel, Krishnamurthy displayed his explosive batting. This batsman started hitting sixes and fours as soon as he came and within no time he scored a half-century in just 23 balls. This batsman scored his first fifty in T20 International by hitting 3 consecutive sixes. With this, he became the batsman to score the fastest half-century for USA in the current T20 World Cup.

Namibia's bowlers tried hard to dismiss Sanjay Krishnamurthy but did not get success. Ultimately this batsman scored unbeaten 68 runs in just 33 balls and took the team to 199 runs. In this innings, Krishnamurthy hit 4 fours and 6 devastating sixes. Before this match, Sanjay had hit only 6 sixes in his 12-match career, but in this one innings itself, this batsman equaled him. Also, in this World Cup, he has hit 8 sixes, which is the highest for USA.