SMAT 2025: Baroda wicket-keeper Amit Passi equals T20 world record for highest score on debut with 44-ball century | Cricket News
Baroda wicket-keeper Amit Passi had a day to remember on his Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy initiation as he equalled the world record for the highest score on T20 debut during the last SMAT 2025-26 league stage match in Hyderabad on Monday.
Replacing India wicket-keeper Jitesh Sharma, who has flown for national duties against South Africa, the 26-year-old Passi opened the batting and produced a swashbuckling innings against Services. The right-hander stormed past his half-century in 24 balls and amped up the gears with a streak of boundaries.
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Batting on 98, Passi recorded his century in 44 balls with his ninth six of the innings, becoming only the third Indian man to score a T20 hundred on debut. Passi eventually finished on 114, the joint-highest score a T20 debutant, smashing 10 fours and nine sixes during his 55-ball stay.
Courtesy of Passi’s rampaging ton, Baroda finished with 220 for five on board in 20 overs.
Interestingly, Passi had scored only 100 runs in six innings during the 2025 Baroda Premier League, representing A4 Power Strikers.
Placed in a stiff Elite Group C, Baroda are out of contention of making the Super League stage even if they win the contest against Services a resounding margin. The winners of the Punjab-Gujarat and Bengal-Haryana contests are guaranteed to qualify from their respective groups.Story continues below this ad
Highest T20 score on debut
Player
Year
Runs Scored
Amit Passi
2025
114
(Baroda)
Bilal Asif
2015
114
Moin Khan
2005
112
M Spoors
2022
108
(Canada)
S Bhambri
2019
106
(Chandigarh)
PA Reddy
2010
105
LA Dunbar
2019
104
(Serbia)
Abdullah Shafique
2020
102
(Central Punjab (Pakan))
Ravinderpal Singh
2019
101
(Canada)
Asif Ali
2011
100
