After the furious performance of Virat Kohli, Faf Du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell, there was a storm of Nicholas Pooran on the field of Chinnaswamy. Lucknow Supergiants’ wicket-keeper batsman Nicholas Pooran has scored the fastest fifty of IPL 2023 while batting in a blistering fashion.
Pooran played at a strike rate of 340 and completed his half-century in just 15 balls. During this, the Caribbean player hit 3 fours and six sky-high sixes. The 15-ball fifty from Pooran’s bat is also the joint second-fastest fifty in IPL history. Before Pooran, Yusuf Pathan and Sunil Narine have also scored their half-centuries in this league in 15 balls. Yusuf did this feat in the year 2014 and Narine in 2017.
Before Pooran in IPL 2023, the record for the fastest half-century this season was held by Chennai Super Kings batsman Ajinkya Rahane, who scored a half-century in 19 balls against Mumbai Indians. Rahane, batting in a stormy manner, played an explosive inning of 61 runs in 27 balls.
KL Rahul and Pat Cummins hold the record for the fastest fifty in IPL. In 2018, KL Rahul scored Fifty in 14 balls while playing against Delhi Capitals. At the same time, Cummins completed his half-century against Mumbai Indians in just 14 balls in the year 2022.
In a very exciting match of IPL 2023, the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) team, while doing a great job, defeated the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) team, the strongest contender for the title, by 1 wicket on the last ball of the match.
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In the last over of this thrilling match played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) created history and snatched victory from Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) team lost the match against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by one wicket despite giving a target of 213 runs.
