Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal has hit a half-century in just 13 balls. With this, he has become the fastest fifty players in IPL. He has broken the record of KL Rahul. Rahul hit 50 runs in 14 balls in 2018. Yashasvi Jaiswal completed his half-century in the third over of the innings. He scored 50 runs in 13 balls. He has hit 7 fours and three sixes in his innings. During this, his strike rate was 384.62.
In the match against Kolkata Knight Riders, Yashasvi made his intentions clear by hitting 26 runs in the first over. Captain Nitish Rana bowled the first over from Kolkata, in which Yashasvi Jaiswal hit three fours and two sixes to score 26 runs.
After scoring 26 runs in the first over, Jaiswal scored 11 in the second and reached 37 runs. In the third over, he reached close to a half-century by hitting a hat-trick of fours. He completed his half-century by taking a single off the 13th ball.
The record for the fastest fifty in IPL was in the name of KL Rahul and Pat Cummins. Both had completed the half-century in 14-14 balls. Rahul did this feat against Delhi in 2018, and Pat Cummins against Mumbai Indians. Yashasvi Jaiswal is in scintillating form in IPL 2023. He has also become the first Indian batsman to score more than 500 runs in the ongoing season.
Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored more than 550 runs in 12 matches. The record for scoring the most runs in IPL 2023 is in the name of Faf Duplesey, who has scored 576 runs in 11 matches.
