KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka became the fifth batsman in the history of T20I game to register three or more consecutive fifties. His achieved the feat when he made 59 against India at Mohali on 12.12.09. His previous two fifties read thus – 69 vs New Zealand at Col-RPS on 04.09.09 and 78 vs India at Nagpur on 09.12.09.

It is quite interesting to note of the five batsmen who have achieved the feat, three of them are Sri Lankans – TM Dilshan, ST Jayasuriya and the new entrant KC Sangakkara. BB McCullum of New Zealand and Shahid Afridi of Pakistan complete this elite list of five.

BB McCullum of New Zealand holds the record with four consecutive fifties. He is the only wicket keeper cum opening batsman in T20I games to achieve the feat of registering four consecutive fifties.

KC Sangakkara remains the only captain-cum-wicket keeper to register three consecutive fifties.

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	BBMcCullum	59	NZl	Win	Hamilton	28.12.08
2	BBMcCullum	61	NZl	Aus	Sydney	15.02.09
3	BBMcCullum	56*	NZl	Ind	Christchurch	25.02.09
4	BBMcCullum	69*	NZl	Ind	Wellington	27.02.09
1	TMDilshan	61	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	10.02.09
2	TMDilshan	53	Srl	Aus	Nottingham	08.06.09
3	TMDilshan	74	Srl	Win	Nottingham	10.06.09
1	STJayasuriya	51*	Srl	NZl	Wellington	22.12.06
2	STJayasuriya	88	Srl	Ken	Jo’burg	14.09.07
3	STJayasuriya	61	Srl	NZl	Jo’burg	15.09.07
1	KCSangakkara	69	Srl	NZl	Col-RPS	04.09.09
2	KCSangakkara	78	Srl	Ind	Nagpur	09.12.09
3	KCSangakkara	59	Srl	Ind	Mohali	12.12.09
1	ShahidAfridi	51	Pak	RSA	Nottingham	18.06.09
2	ShahidAfridi	54*	Pak	Srl	Lord’s	21.06.09
3	ShahidAfridi	50	Pak	Srl	Col-RPS	12.08.09