By Harshit Bisht,News18
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Oman’s opening batter Aamir Kaleem entered his name in the history books on Friday, September 19, by becoming the oldest batter in T20Is history to score a half-century against a full-member nation. Kaleem, who is 43 years and 303 days old, broke Chris Gayle’s record. Gayle was 41 years and 294 days old when he scored a half-century for the West Indies against Australia in 2021.
Only four batters after turning 40 have managed to score a half-century against a full-member nation in T20Is.
Oldest batters to score 50 in T20Is against a full-member nation
Aamir Kaleem
43 years, 303 days
September 19, 2025
Chris Gayle
West Indies
41 years, 294 days
July 12, 2021
Mohammad Nabi
Afghanistan
40 years, 260 days
September 18, 2025
Mohammad Hafeez
40 years, 64 days
New Zealand
December 12, 2020
Sanath Jayasuriya
39 years, 345 days
West Indies
June 10, 2009
The overall record of being the oldest batter to score a half-century in T20Is is in the name of Luxembourg batter Tony Whiteman. Whiteman was 52 years and 101 days old when he crossed the 50-run mark in a T20I match played against Malta at Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground on September 2, 2021.
During his stay at the crease on Friday, Kaleem added 93 runs for the second wicket with Hammad Mirza. Mirza also scored a half-century for Team India on Friday. He crossed the 50-run mark in 30 balls, and during his stay at the crease, he hammered 5 fours and 2 sixes.
On the other hand, Kaleem smacked 7 fours and 2 sixes for the Jatinder Singh-led side against Suryakumar Yadav & Co.
Apart from his batting, Kaleem impressed with his bowling as well in the Asia Cup 2025 Group A match between India and Oman. He bowled three overs and picked up two wickets for 31 runs.
He opened his wicket account by dismissing Axar Patel (26 runs from 13 balls) on the second ball of the 12th over and then removed Shivam Dube (5 runs from 8 balls) on the second ball of the 14th over. While Axar was caught by Vinayak Shukla, Oman skipper Jatinder completed Dube’s catch.
