India, May 16 -- Pakistan Women captain Fatima Sana has set a new record in women's T20I cricket. She has scored the fastest fifty in women's T20Is.

In the third and final T20I of the series against Zimbabwe in Karachi on Friday, Sana, batting at No.6. scored her fifty off just 15 balls. Previously, the record of fastest fifty in women's cricket was held by Sophie Devine of New Zealand, Phoebe Litchfield of Australia and Richa Ghosh of India. They had taken 18 balls for their half-century.

There is more to Sana's record. With that fifty off 15 balls, she became the joint-fastest fifty maker across all women's T20s. Previously, Marie Kelly and Laura Harris had done the same. Marie scored for Warwickshire against Gloucestershire in Englan...