India, July 11 -- 21-year-old Kamran Dhariwal has hit the joint-fastest fifty in the history of the T20 Vitality Blast as Gloucestershire chased down 182 from an impossible situation against Worcestershire in the Central and West Group on Friday.

Gloucestershire, who advanced to the quarterfinals with the win, were reeling at 73/4 in 10.3 overs when Dhariwal joined Jack Taylor at the crease. It was totally his show thereafter as he smashed his fifty off just 13 balls. In the 64-run stand between the two, captain Taylor scored just seven runs. Dhariwal also departed shortly after Taylor's dismissal, but by then, he had put his team on course. In his innings of 70 off 22 balls, the right-handed batsman hit four fours and eight sixes.

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