On this present day in 2018, the jampacked crowd at Mohali’s PCA Stadium witnessed a blitzkrieg from KL Rahul because the wicketkeeper-batsman went on to smash the quickest India Premier League (IPL) fifty in simply 14 deliveries.
Chasing a goal of 167 set by Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) banking on skipper Gautam Gambhir’s 55, Rahul received Punjab to a superb begin as he hit some superb pictures throughout the park. When Rahul was batting, Punjab was cruising at 52/0 in simply three overs, with the opposite opener – Mayank Agarwal batting at 2. KL ultimately received out at 51 after hitting six fours and 4 sixes.
Earlier the document for quickest IPL fifty was held by Kolkata Knight Rider’s Yusuf Pathan and Sunil Narine. Pathan again in 2014 smashed a match-winning 72 off 22 deliveries which noticed him getting his fifty in 15 deliveries towards Sunrisers Hyderabad. Three years later in 2017,
Narine equalled the document by scoring a 15-ball fifty for KKR towards RCB.
The cash-rich league will return for its 14th version from April 9 which can see reigning and a document five-time champions Mumbai Indians (MI), captained by Rohit Sharma, face Virat Kohli’s RCB on the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
The remaining of the match will probably be performed in Ahmedabad on May 30.
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