Rahane raced to his fifty of simply 19 balls laced with six fours and three sixes to get Chennai Super Kings’s chase off to a brisk begin towards Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Rahane’s blitzkrieg got here to an finish when he was holed out to Suryakumar Yadav at long-on off leg spinner Piyush Chawla. He scored 61 off simply 27 balls.
Before Rahane, Rajasthan Royals batter Jos Buttler and KKR all-rounder Shardul Thakur held the joint report of scoring the quickest fifty this season, off 20 balls.
Rahane, who has performed for Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai Indians, Rising Pune Supergiants, Delhi Capitals, and Kolkata Knight Riders earlier than becoming a member of CSK this season, struck six boundaries and one six after coming into the squad after England Test captain Ben Stokes pulled out with an damage.
Rahane, who got here in after CSK had misplaced Devon Conway with only one run on the board, accomplished his half-century with two back-to-back boundaries off seasoned leg-break bowler Piyush Chawla within the sixth over. This was his first fifty within the IPL since 2020.
However, this isn’t the fastest-ever half-century in IPL historical past as that report is shared by KL Rahul and Pat Cummins, each of whom reached the milestone off simply 14 deliveries. Rahul did that for Punjab Kings towards Delhi Capitals in 2018 and Cummins for KKR towards Mumbai Indians in 2022.
Rahane’s knock comes means down the listing of quickest half-centuries in IPL historical past however was nonetheless fairly pleasing for the capability crowd in Wankhede because the spectators had been pleased to see native boy Rahane, who represents Mumbai in Ranji Trophy, come good — though it was towards the house crew Mumbai Indians. The CSK element of the Wankhede crowd was expectedly ecstatic because the crew has discovered a dependable batter within the center order.
(With Agency Inputs)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com