Who Has Scored the Fastest Half Century in the IPL?
August 8, 2024
August 8, 2024
The IPL is a T20 cricket league where, like other T20 tournaments, we often see batsmen delivering rapid, high-scoring innings each season. With 15 seasons of the Indian Premier League so far, fans have enjoyed numerous thrilling matches where players have made impressive quickfire knocks.
Sometimes, these quick innings lead to a half-century or even a century. A few players have set records with the fastest fifties in IPL history. Currently, two players share the record for the quickest half-century.
Let’s explore this Fastest Half Century in the in the IPL in more detail by sportsiqo.
The 21-year-old player has set a new IPL record by scoring the fastest fifty in the league, reaching the milestone in just 13 balls. Yashasvi achieved this against the Kolkata Knight Riders in the latest IPL season.
He gave his team a strong start by scoring 24 runs in the first over. His aggressive batting allowed him to reach his fifty in just 3 overs with an impressive strike rate of 385.
The opener hit 5 sixes and 12 fours during his innings. Jaiswal’s impressive performance led the Rajasthan Royals to their target in just 13.1 overs. Despite his efforts, he missed out on a century by just 2 runs, finishing not out at 98 from 47 balls.
In the 2018 IPL season, KL Rahul established a new benchmark by scoring the quickest half-century in the league’s history while representing Kings XI Punjab, now known as Punjab Kings. last April 8, 2018, at IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali, Rahul achieved this milestone in record time. His impressive performance came during just the second match of the tournament and captivated the audience.
In that game, Punjab Kings played against Delhi Capitals. Delhi Capitals batted first and scored 166-7, with captain Gautam Gambhir contributing a fifty.
In the second innings, Punjab Kings set out to chase the 168-run target. KL Rahul surprised everyone by setting the record for the fastest half-century in IPL history during this match.
KL Rahul opened the innings with Mayank Agarwal. While Agarwal scored just 7 runs, Rahul dominated the Kings XI Punjab bowlers, hitting 6 fours and 4 sixes to reach a fifty in just 14 balls. With a strike rate of 318.75, Rahul gave his team a fantastic start but was dismissed for 51 runs off 16 balls.
Later, Karun Nair also scored a fifty, helping Kings XI Punjab win the match by 6 wickets. Rahul’s explosive performance not only delighted fans but also led his team to victory in the opening game of the tournament.
His remarkable half-century earned him the Man of the Match award and set the record for the fastest fifty in IPL history, a record he still holds alongside Pat Cummins.
Pat Cummins setthe record for the fastest half-century in IPL history, achieving this milestone with 50 runs off just 14 balls. This remarkable performance happened during the IPL 2022 season when he was playing for the Kolkata Knight Riders.
On April 6, 2022, in a game against the Mumbai Indians at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune, Cummins set this record, sharing it with KL Rahul. He scored an unbeaten 56 runs off 15 balls in this match.
In that game, the Mumbai Indians batted first and posted a total of 161-4 in 20 overs. Suryakumar Yadav contributed significantly with 52 runs from 36 balls, helping his team set a strong score.
Later, the Kolkata Knight Riders struggled, losing their opener Ajinkya Rahane for just 7 runs. The team then saw four middle-order batsmen dismissed cheaply: Shreyas Iyer (10), Sam Billings (17), Nitish Rana (8), and Andre Russell (11). With the middle order faltering, the Mumbai Indians felt confident about their chances of winning.
Pat Cummins made a stunning impact in the game when his team was down by 5 wickets while chasing. He hit 4 fours and 6 sixes, reaching fifty runs in just 14 balls and making history.
Cummins ended his innings with an unbeaten 56 runs off 15 balls, leading his team to victory in just 16 overs. Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets, and Pat Cummins was named the man of the match.
Looking at the leaderboard for the fastest half-centuries in the IPL, the competition among players is quite close. KL Rahul and Pat Cummins are currently leading the chart, but there are other impressive performances as well.
Yusuf Pathan and Sunil Narine have each scored fifties in just 15 balls. Both achieved this feat while playing for the Kolkata Knight Riders. Yusuf Pathan made his half-century in the 2014 IPL, while Sunil Narine accomplished his in the 2017 IPL.
Looking further down the list, two players have set the record for scoring a half-century in just 16 balls in the IPL. Suresh Raina reached this milestone while playing for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2014, and Ishan Kishan achieved it while playing for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2022.
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In the IPL, KL Rahul and Pat Cummins have set the record for the fastest fifty, each scoring it in just 14 balls. However, given how often players hit rapid fifties in the league, it’s possible that this record might be broken soon.
Yashasvi Jaiswal set the record for the quickest half-century in IPL history, achieving it in just 13 balls.
KL Rahul set the record for fastest half-century in IPL history in 2018 while playing for the Punjab Kings.
Pat Cummins hit the quickest half-century in IPL history during the 2022 season while playing for the Kolkata Knight Riders.
KL Rahul achieved his quickest half-century in the IPL against Delhi Capitals, while Pat Cummins recorded his fastest IPL half-century against Mumbai Indians.
Yusuf Pathan and Sunil Narine share the record for the third quickest half-century in IPL history, achieved in only 15 balls.
