KKR vs RCB: Kolkata Knight Riders are taking on Royal Challengers Bangalore in their first home game of the Indian Premier League 2023. Batting first, the home side was in a bit of soup as they lost their top order rather cheaply. However, KKR’s newest all-rounder Shardul Thakur had some other plans as he smashed the fastest fifty of IPL 2023. Meanwhile, the two-time champions have posted a total 204 runs in their allotted 20 overs. Follow IPL 2023 LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN
Fastest 50 IPL 2023: ‘All Hail Lord Thakur’ KKR fans can’t keep calm as Shardul Thakur takes Eden Gardens by storm, slams Joint Fastest 50 of IPL 2023 in maiden IPL fifty – Watch video
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Speaking about the first innings, David Willey picked up 2 wickets in 2 balls sending Venkatesh Iyer and Mandeep Singh back in the hut and finishing as the pick of the bowlers with figures of 2/16. It was also a double-wicket maiden.
Karn Sharma then derailed the innings further and picked 2 in 2 balls sending Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Andre Russell on consecutive deliveries. Gurbaz played a special knock scoring his first ever fifty in the league finishing at 57 in 44 balls to hold the innings for the Knight Riders.
Shardul Thakur (68 off 29, 9 fours, 3 sixes) and Rinku Singh (46 off 33, 2 fours, 3 sixes) added 103 runs for the sixth wicket and brought the Knight Riders out of the shackles to push them past 200. The lord of the Knight Riders put the pressure on the bowlers for the first time and made full use of the opportunity.
Meanwhile, here are some Twitter reactions:
𝙆𝙤𝙣𝙤 𝙠𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙖 𝙝𝙤𝙗𝙚 𝙣𝙖! 👏👏👏
Lord. Shardul. Thakur. pic.twitter.com/dnqPPLBPK0
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 6, 2023
Lord Shardul Thakur!
68 (29) with 9 fours and 3 sixes. What a crazy innings by Thakur, once KKR were struggling at 89/5 and then took them to 200. A sensational batting display by Shardul. pic.twitter.com/JTNZaB00eG
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 6, 2023
Fifty for Shardul Thakur from just 20 balls.
KKR was 89 for 5 and then the Thakur show started in Eden, What a knock, The Lord of world cricket. pic.twitter.com/kjsS0CuSGA
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 6, 2023
Lord Shardul Thakur entering dressing room after playing 68(29) at Eden Gardens 🤞✨..#KKRvRCB #IPL2023 #RCBvsKKR pic.twitter.com/xbvWu8LtoP
— Ashutosh Srivastava 🇮🇳 (@sri_ashutosh08) April 6, 2023
Fastest 50 IPL 2023: ‘All Hail Lord Thakur’ KKR fans can’t keep calm as Shardul Thakur takes Eden Gardens by storm, slams Joint Fastest 50 of IPL 2023 in maiden IPL fifty – Watch video
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