IPL 2023: Fastest fifties in IPL history

IPL is a format where the game can change in very few overs and it becomes very difficult for teams to recover if they fall behind too far. Sometimes, a batsman can change his gears at an exceptional speed leaving no chance for the opposition to control the flow of runs. 

IPL 2023: Fastest fifties in IPL history

Youngster Yashasvi Jaiswal created an all-time IPL record in the 56th match of 2023 IPL as he smashed a 13-ball half-century against Kolkata Knight Riders. He ended up unbeaten on 98 off 47, with 13 fours and five sixes.

Jaiswal bettered Pat Cummins' record from the 14th match of the 2022 IPL edition. He smashed 14-ball half-century against Mumbai Indians (MI) while playing for Kolkata Knight Riders. It was some exceptional hitting from Australia’s Test captain on the day as he ended up unbeaten on 56 off just 15 deliveries with four fours and six maximums even as he smashed Daniel Sams for a massive 35 runs in a single over.

Further, Indian opener KL Rahul also scored a half-century in 14 balls against the Delhi team in IPL 2018 game. Rahul hit 51 runs off 16 balls in this innings with the help of six fours and four sixes.  The Punjab team chased down the target of 167 runs in 18.5 overs winning the match by six wickets. 

The record for fastest fifty in IPL that Rahul had broken in his innings was held jointly by Yusuf Pathan and Sunil Narine. In an IPL 2014 game, Yusuf Pathan played one of the most stunning T20 innings of all time when Kolkata Knight Riders were chasing 161 and needed to do it in 15.2 overs to reach the second spot in the points table to get two chances of reaching the final of the tournament.

Yusuf smashed 72 runs off only 22 balls and reached 50 runs in only 15 balls during his innings. It was Yusuf’s unbelievable hitting that KKR achieved the total in 14.2 overs, and attained the second position. 

In the IPL 2017 game, KKR were chasing 159 and Chris Lynn and Sunil Narine completely demolished the RCB bowling attack in a 100-run partnership in only six overs. Narine slammed his half-century in only 15 balls, the then joint-fastest. KKR chased down the required total in 15.1 overs and won the match by six wickets.

Explosive West Indian batter Nicholas Pooran is joint-third with Yusuf and Sunil for smashing the fastest half-century in just 15 deliveries in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The swashbuckling batter, playing for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), achieved the feat against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Match no. 15 of IPL 2023 in Bangalore.

Batting first, the Challengers set a massive target of 213 for the Super Giants and Pooran's innings just took the game away from the home side. Coming in to bat at no.6 after the fall of Marcus Stoinis's wicket at 10.4 overs, Pooran hammered 62 off just 19 with the help of four fours and seven towering maximums at a deadly strike rate of 326.32. Notably, Stoinis also smashed 65 off 30, and courtesy of the duo, LSG chased down the target on the final ball of the match.

If the all-time non-hundred IPL innings of players are listed out, Suresh Raina’s tremendous knock played in IPL 2014 qualifier may end up on the top. In this crucial encounter, CSK were chasing a huge total of 227 runs to ensure a place in the final. CSK were off to a flyer as they smashed 100 runs in the powerplay to put KXIP on the backfoot. Among these 100 runs, 87 were scored only by Raina.

However, he got run out on the first ball of the seventh over leaving his team’s hopes in tatters. Raina slammed a fifty in only 16 balls and hit 12 fours and six sixes in total. CSK could manage 202/7 in their 20 overs and lost the clash by 24 runs. 

The most expensive player in the mega auction of 2022, Mumbai Indian’s Ishan Kishan also slammed a blistering fifty in just 16 balls in last year’s edition against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Abu Dhabi. Mumbai batted first and Ishan scored 84 off 32 balls which included 11 fours and four maximums.

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