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Players Who Smashed Fastest 50 In IPL! Bowlers Are On the Top

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Fastest Fifty in IPL: All of us know that cricket is a game of endless possibilities, and when it comes to the Indian Premier League (IPL), we can’t say anything is impossible n it. Without any doubt, it is famous for its massive action and power-hitting. Over the year, we have seen various unbreakable records breaking.

But today, we are going to shed the spotlight on some of the fastest fifties in the Indian Premier League. Check the top 10 list down here:

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Top 10 Fastest Fifties In IPL

1. KL Rahul in 2018

2. Pat Cummins in 2022

3. Yusuf Pathan in 2014

4. Sunil Narine in 2017

5. Suresh Raina in 2014

6. Ishan Kishan in 2021

7. Chris Gayle in 2013

8. Hardik Pandya in 2019

9. Kieron Pollard in 2021

10. Adam Gilchrist in 2009

Top 10 Fastest Fifties In IPL

1. KL Rahul in 2018

On 8th April 2018, the former captain of Kings XI Punjab, KL Rahul smashed the fastest fifty in IPL history against Delhi Capitals. He scored the half-century in just 14 balls. It includes 10 boundaries, 6 fours and 4 sixes. The incident took place at IS Bindra Stadium, Punjab.

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2. Pat Cummins in 2022

In the last season of IPL, Kolkata Knight Riders’ key bowler Pat Cummins played a match-winning inning against Mumbai Indians. In that match, he scored 56 runs in only 15 balls, including 4 fours and 6 sixes. However, he completed his half-century in just 14 balls.

3. Yusuf Pathan in 2014

Former cricketer Yusuf Pathan has also been one of the most important all-rounders for the Kolkata Knight Riders once. In 2014, he played a very contributing inning for his team, against Sunrisers Hyderabad.

In the match, he scored 72 runs in 22 balls with the help of 5 fours and 7 sixes. Although, Yusuf reached his 50 in just 15 balls. It was the fastest at that time.

Also Read: Players with Most Sixes in the History of IPL!! A Gap of a Century of Sixes Between the First Two Rank Holders!!

4. Sunil Narine in 2017

Suniel Narine is another player of Kolkata Knight Riders to hit a half-century in just 15 balls. In the IPL season in 2017, he was in the best form of his entire career. At that time, he used to open for his team.

In a match against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Narine scored 54 runs in 17 balls, including 6 fours and 4 sixes. The match took place in M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore.

5. Suresh Raina in 2014

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Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab in 2014 is one of the most memorable matches in IPL history. In that match, Mr IPL Suresh Raina went off the mark to chase down the huge target of 231 against Kings XI Punjab.

Raina smashed 87 runs in only 25 balls. He was about to score the fastest century in cricket ever but got run out in between. He reached the half-century in just 16 balls. Talking of the boundaries, Mr IPL smashed 12 fours and 6 sixes.

Also Read: Mr IPL Suresh Raina Announced Retirement From All Formats, Watch his Great Innings Here

6. Ishan Kishan in 2021

In a match against Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2021, young Indian batsman Ishan Kishan played an explosive inning for Mumbai Indians. He smashed 84 runs in just 32 balls in that inning. However, he completed his half-century in only 16 balls. Kishan smashed 11 fours and 4 sixes in that match. The match took place in Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi.

7. Chris Gayle in 2013

Undoubtedly, Universe Boss Chris Gayle is the biggest hitman of the IPL tournament. He played various match-winning innings for his former team Royal Challengers Bangalore.

In 2013, the cricketer broke all the records of the IPL by hitting 175 runs in 66 balls against Pune Warriors. It’s still a world record in twenty-over-limited cricket. In that match, he smashed 13 fours and 17 sixes. It also includes the fastest fifty of Chris Gayle, which he completed in only 17 balls.

Also Read: What Are the Highest Team Scores In IPL History? Click Here to Check the Top 10 List

8. Hardik Pandya in 2019

Gujarat Titans’ captain Hardik Pandya is another player who scored a half-century in just 17 balls. In a match against Kolkata Knight Riders in 2019, Hardik scored 91 runs in only 34 balls, including 6 fours and 9 sixes. At that time, he was playing for Mumbai Indians. The match took place in Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

9. Kieron Pollard in 2021

Another Mumbai Indians’ all-rounder Kieron Pollard is also one of the players who hit the fastest fifties in IPL. In 2021, the player scored 87 runs in 34 balls against Chennai Super Kings. In that inning, Pollard smashed 6 fours and 8 sixes. However, he reached fifty runs in just 17 balls.

10. Adam Gilchrist in 2009

At last! Deccan Chargers’ former captain Adam Gilchrist also smashed a half-century in just 17 balls. In a match against Deccan Chargers in 2009, the cricketer scored 85 runs in just 35 balls, including 10 fours and 5 sixes. The match took place in Supersport park, South Africa.

We hope you like this list of the fastest fifty in IPL history. Stay tuned to Stackumbrella for topics like this.

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Indian Premier League

The biggest cricket league in the world, IPL is organised since 2007, every year by the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Eight teams compete for over 2 Months to victor this prestigious title. The first edition of IPL was won by Rajasthan Royals defeating Chennai Super Kings in 2007. 

Soon, IPL turned out to be the most-attended cricket league in the world and moreover in 2014, IPL was ranked 6th in terms of average attendance among all major sports leagues. In many ways, IPL united the Cricket as well as the sporting world, it brought players from all over the world under one roof and the exchange of culture took place. With IPL, India turned out to be favourite destination for cricketers and IPL, their favourite league. In 2010, IPL became the first sporting event in the world to be broadcast live on YouTube. With time, the value and recognition of IPL kept on increasing and in 2019 the brand value was ₹475 billion (US$6.7 billion). According to BCCI, the 2015 IPL season contributed ₹11.5 billion (US$160 million) to the GDP of the Indian economy.

The success of IPL was enormous and there have been thirteen seasons of the IPL tournament until now and the current title holders are the Mumbai Indians, who won the 2020 season and also they are the all-time IPL champions with Five titles. A total of 13 teams have been a part of IPL till now, out of which only 8 teams play in a season, the rest of the 5 are barred or dissolved. Mumbai Indians is the most successful team in the history of IPL by winning 5 Titles, followed by Chennai Super Kings with 3 titles and Kolkata Knight Riders with 2. The record of Highest Run-scorer is owned by Virat Kohli of India with 6076 Runs and the Highest Wicket-taker is Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka with 170 Wickets. 

Numerous awards are presented at the end of the tournament to players for their valour and talent, namely,

Orange Cap: Awarded to the Top-scorer of the tournament after the Finals. (2020 – K L Rahul)

Purple Cap: Awarded to the Highest Wicket Taker of the tournament after the Finals. ( 2020 – Kagiso Rabada)

Most Valuable Player: Also known as Player of the tournament for exemplary performance throughout the season. (2020 – Jofra Archer) 

Fair Play Award: Award is presented to the team who had played fairly the entire season. (2020 – Mumbai Indians)

Emerging Player Award: Certain criteria are formed and followed to choose one young player for his exemplary performance in the current season. (2020 -  Devdutt Padikkal) 

Most Sixes: Given to the player who scored the most sixes in the tournament. (2020 – Ishan Kishan) 

Player of the Match: The best player in the final based on performance. (2020 -  Trent Boult, MI)

When it comes to finances, IPL is the one to secure huge sponsorships from numerous sponsors and IPL is often considered a great platform to advertise Startups. Not only the tournament has a great brand value but the teams are phenomenal too, backed by big names. Currently, Mumbai Indians has the highest Brand value with a valuation of INR 761 Crore, followed by Chennai Super Kings with INR 611 Crore. IPL has one of the highest numbers of broadcasters, 41, in almost 20 Countries and a Couple of Broadcasters with Worldwide broadcasting rights. In 2019, IPL had 18.6 Million concurrent viewers.

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#703 Liverpool and Spurs win Champions League SF 2nd leg matches in  Thrilling, Exhilarating and Nail Biting manner to reach just 3rd ALL ENGLISH Champions league final in history; MI proved to be too good for CSK again; Spinners, Bumrah and Suryakumar shine; Pant and Shaw ensure DC have another chance to reach finals by beating SRH in last over thriller; Federer and Djokovic show form in clay in Madrid open as French open is just 2 weeks away and more..:-)

In penultimate match of IPL 2019 league phase, Punjab chose to field after winning the toss. Even though Faf and Raina had 120 run stand, CSK just managed 170-5. They just scored 20 runs of last 20 balls once Raina was dismissed. That was poor effort. KL Rahul scored a 21 ball 50 to take Punjab closer to victory. He made 71 of 36 balls as Punjab won the match by 6 wickets. If Punjab had chased out the target in 14.3 overs, CSK would have fallen behind DC in run rate. But some late wickets helped CSK slow down Punjab run rate. They reached target in 18 overs.

In final match of the 2019 IPL league phase, KKR faced MI. KKR had simple task. They had to win the match to reach play offs. If they lose, SRH would reach play offs. KKR started on fire as they scored 48-0 in powerplay. Post that they struggled. Uthappa hit 40 from 47 balls as he never got the timing right. They just managed 13 runs from last 17 balls. That’s seriously poor. Uthappa could hardly connect the ball. Malinga starred with 3-fer Rohit Sharma’s fifty ensured KKR were knocked out of IPL. MI won with close to 4 overs to spare. KKR have depended too much on Russell in this IPL. Their star batsmen and spinners have not come to the party.

In top 2 spots playoff, CSK chose to bat against MI in Chennai. MI has been the only team to beat CSK 3 times in a row. CSK needed 160+target to make it competitive. CSK have depended a lot on Raina and Dhoni in this IPL. Faf and Raina were dismissed inside first 3 overs. CSK 12-2. Watson was dismissed in final ball of powerplay. CSK 32-3. They struggled next 6 overs big time as they just made 33 runs. That put loads of pressure on Dhoni. He scored 29 ball 37 but it just enabled CSK to score 131. That 20 runs less than par score. CSK just managed 17 runs from 2 Bumrah overs in death. That proved the difference between 150 score and 130. Bumrah in this form can be deadly in world cup. MI lost Rohit in 2nd ball of the match. Bhajji dismissed Quinton 3 overs later. MI 21-2. CSK needed 2 more wickets in powerplay to put pressure on MI. But MI had 80 run stand between Suryakumar and Ishan. That settled the nerves as MI won with 9 balls to spare. Bumrah has been the difference between the 2 sides.

In eliminator, DC faced SRH in Vizag. No IPL match has been played in Vizag. So pitch was an unknown factor. DC won the toss and put SRH to bat first. It was a weird innings by SRH. In top 7 batsmen, baring Saha, all had double digit scores. But highest score was by Guptill who made 19 ball 36.  Highest partnership was also 36 between Vijay Shankar and Nabi. Nobody made good use of start. Williamson was castled by a beauty from ishant Sharma who has been a revelation in this IPL.  He went unsold initially. Paul had best figures for DC with 3-32. Vijay Shankar made 11 ball 25. He was dismissed in penultimate over. Had he played till the end, SRH would have got 170 plus. But they just managed 162. It was a decent score but not threatening. Prithvi Shaw and Dhawan got DC off to a roaring start. Prithvi was dropped by Thampi when he was just 15. It was an easy catch but Thampi made a mess of it. He made great use of it as he reached 50 in 32 balls. He and Dhawan had 66 run stand before Hood gave SRH some breather. Hood stumped Dhawan. Khaleel gave SRH some in roads by dismissing Shreyas and Shaw in the same over. He had picked 18 wickets in 9 games which is very impressive. DC 87-3 and on the backfoot. Munro and Pant took DC past 100. DC needed 52 from last 6 overs. SRH needed wickets else they would lsoe with an over to spare. Rashid bowled over the match. He not only dismissed Munro and Axar but didn’t concede a run. DC in serious trouble. Rutherford found it tough to get going. DC had 2 decent overs as target got reduced to 34 runs from 3 overs. Bhuvi had 1 over and Khaeel had 2 left. But Williamson did his biggest blunder by giving Thampi 18th over. Pant smashed him for 4,6,4,6 in first 4 balls. Match turned on its head. It came down to 12 runs needed from 12 balls. Bhuvi gave some hope by dismissing Rutherford with a slower ball of the very first ball. Pant eased nerves by hitting for a six. It came down to 5 needed from 9 balls. Pant denied a single of next ball. He wanted to finish off with a six. But to his shock he was dismissed next ball for 21 ball 49 . That’s a bit immature. But he played the most impactful innings in this IPL 2019. DC needed 5 from 6 balls. Khaleel started off with a wide. He bowled well to sustain pressure. It came down to 2 needed from 3 balls. That’s when Amit Mishra was runout obstructing the field. He came between wicket and Khaleel’s throw deliberately. When all expected a super over, Paul hit Khaleel for a boundary. DC deservedly have one more chance to reach IPL finals. They have never reached IPL finals till date. They have chance tomorrow against CSK. They have better momentum now when compared to CSK who have just won 2 of last 7 games.  

In champions league SF return leg, Barca had 3-0 lead against Liverpool. Only way for the reds is to score big. Origi who had scored winner for Liverpool in EPL last weekend opened the score for Liverpool. He scored the goal in 7th minute. Barca instead of attacking started to defend which is not their game. They didn’t concede any more goal in first half. 2nd half was Barca’s biggest nightmare. In last 4 seasons, their worst nightmare have come true in champions league and it happened this time too. Liverpool kept marking Messi and didn’t allow him to control the ball. Barca defense fell apart post that. Wijnaldum scored twice in 3 minutes(54th and 56th) to level on aggregate with Barca. Barca looked tense and lost precision in passing which is very rare to see. Origi scored the winner again for Liverpool in 79th minute. That proved enough as Liverpool reached finals of Champions league for 2nd consecutive year. Liverpool can win both EPL and Champions league though they need help from City to win EPL.  If first SF was a thriller, 2nd over exhilarating. Ajax who had 1-0 lead from first leg scored in 5th minute thanks to goal by Matthijs. Hakim made it 3-0 in aggregate in 35th minute. Spurs stared at massive defeat at half way stage. They needed some inspiration. Kane had some serious discussion with the team during the break. He was being missed badly in this match. Probably discussion helped as Spurs defense started looking more organized. They needed a window and Moura provided them that with goal in 55th minute. He reduced gap to just 1 goal by scoring 2nd goal in 59th minute. If spurs manage to score 3rd goal, they would reach finals based on away goal rule. Ajax plugged the defense in better fashion as they didn’t give the space which Spurs needed. They needed some magic. It came in 96th minute when Moura levelled the aggregate score 3-3. That was some goal as well. Spurs never lead the aggregate till the very last minute of injury time. But that was enough. Football can be cruel and it showed in these 2 SF. Barca and Ajax lead aggregate virtually 95% of the time but still lost. That’s crazy.

 In Madrid open, Federer made a comeback in clay after 3 years. He outclassed Gasquet 6-2 6-3 to win in style and reach pre QF where he would clash with Monfils. Djokovic , Thiem and Fognini also reached pre QF. Zverev beat Ferrer in straight sets in what was Spanish great’s final match in ATP tour. In pre QF, Thiem outclassed Fognini to continue his rich vein of form. Djokovic and Cilic also won their pre QF match. They would clash against each other in QF.

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CSK faced KKR in 29th match of IPL in Eden Gardens. Lynn took KKR to 122-3 in 14 overs to give KKR a platform to take score to 185+. Once Imran Tahir dismissed Lynn and Russell in 15th over , KKR struggled and they just managed to reach 161. This was 20 less than par score in Eden Gardens. Imran Tahir’s 4-24 was truly an exceptional performance. Though CSK kept losing wickets. Raina’s unbeaten 58 ensured CSK won easily by 5 wickets. They won their 7th game in 8 matches. They have one step in playoffs already when others are struggling to win 2 games together. SRH faced DC in Hyderabad. Though openers failed, 40s by Munro and Shreyas Iyer and some late hitting by Axar patel took DC to 155 in 20 overs. It was a par total. Bairstow and Warner looked like taking game away from DC with 72 run opening stand before Paul dismissed English keeper.  Paul dismissed Williamson soon after. SRH 78-2. Warner and Bhui took SRH score past 100. SRH needed 56 from 29 balls. Warner had reached fifty and looked like taking SRH to another victory. What happened post that was mayhem. In next 21 balls, SRH lost 8 wickets for 15 runs. Rabada grabbed 4 wickets and Morris picked up 3 wickets.  It was collapse of the highest order. SRH have lost the rhythm as they lost 3 games in a row now just like KKR.  

RCB faced MI in Wankhade stadium. Though RCB lost Kohli early on, ABD and Parthiv consolidated score for RCB. Parthiv got out for 28. RCB 49-2. Moeen joined ABD. They both played smart cricket mixing aggression with caution. They had 95 run stand in 61 balls before Moeen was dismissed for 32 ball 50.It was a fine innings by English allrounder. RCB lost plot post that. In last 3 overs, they just managed 27 runs. 171 was 15 runs less than par score. ABD runout in final over was a turning point. Malinga starred with 4 wickets. He has haunted RCB in both matches this season. ROhit and Quinton ripped RCB pace bowlers all over the park. By the time, Moeen castled Rohit for 28, MI had scored 70 runs in 7 overs. Umesh and Siraj were again poor. They bowled length balls and with width. They are just not T20 bowlers. RCB need to curse themselves for picking them for such a high cost in auction. Moeen gave RCB some hope by dismissing Quinton in the same over. MI 71-2. Ishan hit 3 sixes in 9 ball 21 as he gave MI further momentum before Chahl dismissed him. MI 104-3. MI needed 68 from57 balls when Ishan was dismissed. Though RCb bowled better post that, fielding again haunted them. Hardik was ropped by Southee when he was just at 6. RCB took the game to final 2 overs . MI needed 22 from last 2 overs. RCB went with Negi. After beating Pandya of the first ball, he gave away 22 runs in next 5 balls to give MI another victory over RCB. Pace bowlers performance and catching have haunted RCB all through this IPL. If Stoinis is not given a chance to bowl RCB need to try Hetmyer a longer run probably as opener. They cant reach playoff any longer. They can as well try few combinations for 2020 IPL.

Punjab faced RR in Mohali. Fifty by KL Rahul and good contributions by Gayle, Mayank and Miller pushed Punjab score to 182. Ashwin hit sixers of last 2 balls which took score to above par. RR started well as they reached to 38-0 in 4 overs. Arshdeep Singh dismissed Butler for 23. Samson and Tripathi took RR forward though run rate was a concern. Samson was eventually was dismissed for 27. RR needed 86 from 50 balls at this stage. There was no Smith and Stokes. Rahane is a not a player who relishes such chase. He tried but just made 26 from 21. Tripathi was dismissed for 50. Binny tried his heart out with 11 ball 33 but it was way too late as RR lost by 12 runs. RR has just been marginally better than RCB. CSK faced SRH in Hyderabad. SRh had lost to CSK in all 3 games including finals in 2018. Watson and Faf had 79 run opening stand in 9.4 overs and it looked like history would repeat itself. Nadeem castled Watson at this point of time Shankar dismissed Rayadu soon after. Rayadu faced Shankar which was an irony as Shankar was chosen ahead of Rayadu in WC squad. Rashid then dealt the match turning over. He dismissed Raina and Jadhav in 14th over. CSK just managed 132-5. They just scored 30 runs in last 6 overs. It was a slow wicket but score was still 20 runs short. Warner hit 10 boundaries in his 25 ball 50 which took the game away from CSK. Though few wickets fell, Bairstow’s unbeaten 61 calmed things for SRH to give them their 4th IPL win

In Champions league. Messi dual strike ensured Barca reach Champions league SF for the first time in 4 years. Messi has not scored in Champions league QF since 2012. In other QF, Juvents took lead via classy Ronaldo goal in 28th minute. Juventus had 2-1 aggregate over Ajax at this stage. What happened post that was a revelation. Youngsters of Ajax shines to give its team 2-1 win and 3-2 aggregate win. Donny and Mathijis scored goals for Ajax. It was top class football from Ajax. Liverpool easily beat Porto 4-1 (aggregate 6-1) to setup clash with Ajax. Spurs vs man City was a blockbuster match. 5 goals were scored inside first 21 minutes as City lead 3-2. Post break, City made it 4-2 as Aguero gave City the lead. Fernando broke the heart of City again by scoring in 73rd minute. It was 4-4 aggregate as of now. Spurs would go through based on away goal rule. City needed a goal. It looked like they got one in injury time but VAR decided that it was offside. City were a bit unfortunate but Spurs played their heart out and deserved this win. Difference was Aguero missing penalty in first leg QF. They would now clash with Barca in SF. This is just their 2nd SF appearance in Champions league.