IPL 2024: Fastest fifties in IPL history

The 22-year-old southpaw, Yashasvi Jaiswal, leads the list of notching up his half-century in the least number of deliveries in the history of the IPL.

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IPL 2024 Fastest Fifties | List of Fastest Fifties in IPL History
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In the dynamic format of the Indian Premier League (IPL), fortunes can shift dramatically within a few overs, making it exceedingly challenging for teams to stage a comeback once they lag behind significantly. Sometimes, a batter can change his gears at an exceptional rate leaving no chance for the opposition to control the flow of runs. 

Youngster Yashasvi Jaiswal created an all-time IPL record in the 56th match of IPL 2023, as he smashed a 13-ball half-century against Kolkata Knight Riders. He ended up unbeaten on 98 off 47, with 12 fours and 5 sixes.

Jaiswal bettered Pat Cummins' record from the 14th match of the 2022 IPL edition. He pummeled a 14-ball half-century against the Mumbai Indians (MI) while playing for the 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, as he belted Daniel Sams for a massive 35-run over to finish off in style to win the game for his side with four overs to spare.

Further, Indian opener KL Rahul also scored a half-century in 14 balls against the Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) on his debut for the Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) in an IPL 2018 match. Rahul blasted 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 the fastest fifty in the 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, which they ultimately won, clinching their second title in their IPL history. Yusuf smashed 72 runs off only 22 balls and reached his 50 runs in only 15 balls during his innings. Yusuf's extraordinary hitting propelled KKR to reach the total in just 14.2 overs, securing the second position on the points table in the process.

In the 46th match of IPL 2017, KKR were chasing a target of 159. Chris Lynn and Sunil Narine completely demolished the RCB bowling attack in a blistering 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 comfortably 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 the 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 the 2021 edition against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Abu Dhabi. Mumbai batted first and Ishan scored 84 off 32 balls which included 11 fours and 4 maximums. Mi narrowly missed out on a spot in the playoffs courtesy of their net run rate.

Fastest Half-Centuries in IPL History

Player Runs Balls for Fifty Against Year
Yashasvi Jaiswal 98* 13 KKR 2023
KL Rahul 51 14 DC 2018
Pat Cummins 56* 14 MI 2022
Yusuf Pathan 72 15 SRH 2014
Nicholas Pooran 62 15 RCB 2023
Sunil Narine 54 15 RCB 2017
Suresh Raina 87 16 PBKS 2014
Ishan Kishan 84 16 SRH 2021
Aiden Markram - 16 MI 2024
Kieron Pollard 51* 17 KKR 2016
Chris Gayle 175* 17 PWI 2013
Sunil Narine 50 17 RCB  2018
Hardik Pandya 91 17 KKR 2019
Adam Gilchrist 85 17 Deccan Chargers 2009
Ishan Kishan 62 17 KKR 2018
Chris Morris 82 17 GL 2016
Nicholas Pooran 77 17 SRH 2020
Kieron Pollard 87* 17 CSK 2021

Fastest fifties in IPL 2024:

Sr. No. Player Team Balls for Fifty Runs Opposition Venue
1 Aiden Markram SRH 16 - MI Hyderabad
2 Travis Head SRH 18 62 MI Hyderabad
3 Andre Russell KKR 20 64 SRH Kolkata
4 Shivam Dubey GT 22 51 GT Chennai
5 Heinrich Klaasen SRH 25 63 KKR Kolkata
6 Nicholas Pooran LSG 30 64 RR Jaipur
7 Virat Kohli RCB 31 77 PBKS Bengaluru

*Last updated on 27th March, 2024

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