NEW DELHI: Lucknow Super Giants batter Nicholas Pooran shifted the momentum of the match in opposition to Royal Challengers Bangalore along with his whirlwind knock as he blasted a 15-ball half-century to personal the file of the quickest fifty of the IPL 2023.
Chasing an enormous 213-run goal, LSG discovered themselves in a spot of hassle after they had been lowered to 105/5 in 11.1 overs however Pooran got here out all weapons blazing and began taking RCB bowlers to the cleaners from the phrase go.
Pooran smacked six sixes and three fours in the course of the course of his fifty. His fifty can also be joint second quickest within the historical past of the Indian Premier League.
Chasing an enormous 213-run goal, LSG discovered themselves in a spot of hassle after they had been lowered to 105/5 in 11.1 overs however Pooran got here out all weapons blazing and began taking RCB bowlers to the cleaners from the phrase go.
Pooran smacked six sixes and three fours in the course of the course of his fifty. His fifty can also be joint second quickest within the historical past of the Indian Premier League.
Pooran’s blitzkrieg got here to an finish on 62 when he holed out to Shahbaz Ahmed at deep backward sq. off Mohammed Siraj.
Yusuf Pathan and Sunil Narine additionally smashed fifties off 15 balls in 2014 and 2017 respectively.
The quickest fifty file of all time in IPL belongs to LSG skipper KL Rahul and Pat Cummins who acquired to the landmark in simply 14 deliveries.
Earlier, Ajinkya Rahane held the file of scoring the quickest fifty on this season. The CSK batter raced to his fifty off simply 19 balls in opposition to Mumbai Indians.
Rajasthan Royals batter Jos Buttler and KKR all-rounder Shardul Thakur slammed half-centuries off 20 balls to occupy the third spot.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com