Ajinkya Rahane scored a half-century in just 19 balls against the home team at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium two days ago. This is the fastest half-century in the 16th season of IPL. But in today’s RCB vs LSG match at Bengaluru, Lucknow’s Nicholas Pooran is in just 15 balls.
Nicholas Pooran; Ajinkya Rahane
RCB vs LSG: Record for fastest half-century in IPL 2023 broken in just 48 hours. Ajinkya Rahane scored a half-century in just 19 balls against the home team at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium two days ago. This is the fastest half-century in the 16th season of IPL. However, Lucknow’s Nicholas Pooran scored a half century in just 15 balls in the RCB vs LSG match at Bangalore today. As a result Rahane’s fastest half century record was broken in just 48 hours. Pooran’s innings also became the second fastest half-century in IPL history. Also, before Pooran, Yusuf Patan’s Sunil Narine also completed his IPL half-century in just 15 balls.
Three fours. SIX sixes 🔥
That’s a fifty off just 15 balls for Nicholas Pooran, the fastest of the season so far 🤯https://t.co/4i8T4mVkWN #RCBvLSG #IPL2023 pic.twitter.com/dgCwtQylFG
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) April 10, 2023
However, the record for the fastest half-century in IPL is held by Lucknow Supergiants captain KL Rahul. In the 2018 IPL season, Rahul created a record by completing his half-century in just 14 balls against Delhi Capitals. Also, in last year’s IPL season, Pat Cummins also scored a half-century in 14 balls against Mumbai Indians and equaled Rahul’s record.
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