New Delhi: Amit Passi walked into the Baroda XI as a replacement wicketkeeper but he walked out of the Hyderabad ground with his name etched into T20 history. On his debut in the format, the 26-year-old hammered a superb 114 off 55 balls against Services in the Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy 2025 , matching the world record for the highest score on T20 debut. It was the sort of innings that grabs attention immediately and Passi didn’t waste a ball doing it.

Baroda brought him in after Jitesh Sharma joined the Indian team for the upcoming T20I series against South Africa. For someone who wasn’t even in the initial frame, Passi took his chance like few debutants manage to do. He looked settled from the opening overs, reaching his fifty in just 24 balls and carried on without slowing down. By the

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