IPL 2023: Jaiswal smashes fastest 50 in IPL – ‘Some of the best batting I’ve seen in a while’

On a day that saw a Rajasthan Royals’s player create history in the first innings against Kolkata Knight Riders, 20-year-old Yashasvi Jaiswal found a way to set an even more mind-boggling record. In a matter of 13 balls, he scored the fastest fifty in the history of Indian Premier League.

Striking at over 380, Jaiswal hit three sixes and seven fours in the thirteen-ball affair. The previous quickest 50 in the IPL, scored in 14 balls, was by KL Rahul in 2018 for Kings XI Punjab, a feat matched by Pat Cummins in 2022 playing for Mumbai Indians.

His astonishing innings was also the second fastest in T20 history after India’s Yuvraj Singh clubbed a half century off only 12 balls against England at the 2007 World Cup in South Africa.

Chasing a paltry total of just 150 at the Eden Gardens, Jaiswal’s hitting pretty much dictated the course of the game in the powerplay itself as Rajasthan Royals scored a colossal 78/1 within six overs. In general, Jaiswal has been in impeccable form, amassing 477 runs 11 innings at an average of 43.36. He also scored a 62-ball 124 against Mumbai Indians at Wankhede.

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