Fastest IPL Fifty: The Chinnaswamy crowd was totally stunned as LSG batter Nicholas Pooran smashed the second-fastest fifty in IPL history against Royal Challengers Bangalore on April 10 (Monday). Chasing 212 runs to win, Lucknow was in big trouble as they lost half of their side just after crossing the 100-run mark. However, Pooran had other plans as he smashed his first maximum on the second delivery he faced. He did not stop after that as none of the RCB bowlers were spared. Follow IPL 2023 LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
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Fastest IPL Fifty: Chinnaswamy Stunned as Nicholas Pooran Smokes Second Fastest Fifty in Indian Premier League History, Check Out
𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗡!
This has been a sensational knock in the chase from the @LucknowIPL batter 🫡
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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 10, 2023
Pooran innings came to an end after he was holed out at the deep square leg boundary on the bowling Mohammad Siraj. The left-handed batter faced just 19 balls and smashed 61 runs. It must be noted that Pooran has been impressive touch in IPL 2023. The left-handed batter has amassed 141 runs in just four innings. He is playing at an excellent average of 47.
Fastest IPL Fifty in Terms of balls Faced:
- (14 balls) KL Rahul vs DC Mohali 2018
- (14 balls) Pat Cummins vs MI Pune 2022
- (15 balls) Yusuf Pathan vs SRH Kolkata 2014
- (15 balls) Sunil Narine vs RCB Bengaluru 2017
- 15 Nicholas Pooran vs RCB Bengaluru 2023
Meanwhile, it was a nail-biter between both sides as the visitors just managed to cross the winning line in the end. Lucknow required just 5 runs to win in the last over with Jaydev Unadkat and Mark Wood in the middle for them. For RCB, Harshal Patel was given the responsibility to bowl the final over.
Patel managed to scalp the wicket of Wood early in the over which put pressure on the batting side. However, Ravi Bishnoi kept his calm and collected three runs from his two deliveries he faced. However, Unadkat gave his wicket on the second last ball of the match. The Supergiants required one run off the last ball with Avesh Khan coming as the last wicket standing. Eventually, he missed to connect bat with the ball. However, the duo in the middle ran a bye to complete an absolute anti-climatic victory. To note, this was Lucknow’s highest run-chase in IPL history.
Fastest IPL Fifty: Chinnaswamy Stunned as Nicholas Pooran Smokes Second Fastest Fifty in Indian Premier League History, Check Out
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