5 sixes, 4 fours and 50, Vaibhav Suryavanshi hits the third fastest fifty in IPL
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Vaibhav Suryavanshi 15 ball fifty vs CSK: In the opening match of Rajasthan Royals against Chennai Super Kings, Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored a half-century in just 15 balls. This is the joint third fastest fifty in IPL. At the same time, this is the second fastest half-century for Rajasthan Royals. Vaibhav destroyed the bowlers with a strike rate above 300.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi hit fifty in 15 balls.
New Delhi. Like IPL 2025, Vaibhav Suryavanshi has made a stormy start to the 19th season of IPL. This young Indian batsman created a stir by scoring a half-century in just 15 balls in his very first match of the season and played an important role in the team's winning start. This is the third fastest half-century in the history of IPL. With this, 15 year old Vaibhav Suryavanshi has also become the second fastest fifty batsman for Rajasthan Royals. In this matter, Yashasvi Jaiswal is at number one, who achieved this feat in 13 balls.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi roared with a strike rate of 300
While chasing the target, Vaibhav Suryavanshi played an explosive inning of 52 runs in 17 balls. Batting at a strike rate of 305, Vaibhav completed his innings with 5 sixes and 4 fours. Vaibhav took full advantage of getting a life on the first ball of his innings. Vaibhav showed his stormy attitude by hitting a six on the very next ball. After this he did not stop and reached his half-century while dealing fours and sixes. In the last over of the powerplay, Vaibhav completed his fifty with two consecutive sixes off the balls of Noor Ahmed. This is also Vaibhav's fastest half-century in IPL. In IPL 2025, he hit a fifty in 17 balls in a match.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi hit fifty in 15 balls.
Partnership of 75 runs for the first wicket
Vaibhav Suryavanshi made a partnership of 75 runs with Yashasvi Jaiswal for the first wicket, in which 52 runs were his only. In front of Vaibhav, bowlers having experience of international cricket like Matt Henry, Khalil Ahmed and Noor Ahmed hit sixes with great ease. Vaibhav Suryavanshi has left behind the big giants of the cricket world with this innings. He left behind Suresh Raina, Ishan Kishan, Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, who have scored half-centuries in 16 balls in IPL. At the same time, in terms of scoring the fastest half-century in IPL, he has equaled the greats like Yusuf Pathan, Sunil Narine, Jake Fraser-McGurk and Nicholas Pooran, who achieved this milestone in 15 balls. In this list, KL Rahul, Pat Cummins and Romario Shepherd are jointly second, who achieved this feat in 14 balls each. The record of fastest fifty in IPL is in the name of Vaibhav's opening partner Yashasvi Jaiswal. Yashasvi had scored fifty in just 13 balls in 2023.
CSK team was bundled out for 127.
Before Vaibhav's storm, there was a blast from Rajasthan's bowlers, who bowled out Chennai Super Kings within 130 runs. If Jamie Overton had not scored 43 runs for this team, CSK was certain to be bundled out within 100 runs. In front of the dangerous bowling of Joffra Archer, Nandre Berger and Ravindra Jadeja, no Chennai batsman could stay on the crease for long. After Overton, the batsmen who scored the most runs for the team were Karthik Sharma (18 runs) and Sarfaraz Khan (17 runs). Joffra Archer, Nandre Berger and Ravindra Jadeja took two wickets each.
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