Hitman's storm came in Wankhede, stormy fifty destroyed KKR, broke Warner's great record

New Delhi. Rohit Sharma has made a bang in IPL 2026. He destroyed Kolkata Knight Riders by scoring the fastest half-century in his IPL history. Rohit completed his fifty in just 23 balls at Wankhede Stadium. He hit 5 sixes and three fours to complete his half-century. While chasing the big target of 221 runs, Rohit Sharma created a stir with his explosive batting while opening the match. During his half-century innings, Rohit Sharma also broke many big records.

Rohit Sharma, who came to open with Ryan Rickelton, gave a stormy start to Mumbai and made a century partnership for the first wicket. Rohit played some balls carefully in the beginning of the innings, but from the third over he started firing in the air. After hitting the first six of his innings in the third over, Rohit did not stop and scored a half-century in the last over of the powerplay itself. Rohit's 50 runs in 23 balls is the fastest half-century in IPL. Earlier, he had made his fastest fifty in 25 balls, which came against Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2015. Rohit's innings ended on 78 runs. He scored this run in 38 balls, which included 6 fours and as many sixes. Rohit batted at a strike rate above 200.

This is Rohit's 50th fifty in IPL. He is at fourth position in terms of making most number of fifties in IPL. Virat Kohli is number-1 with 72 half-centuries. David Warner (66) and Shikhar Dhawan (53) are other names in this list. Rohit also broke David Warner's big record during this innings. He has become the batsman who scored the most runs against KKR in IPL. Warner was on top with 1093 runs. Rohit broke Warner's record as soon as he scored the 11th run of the innings. Before this match, Rohit had 1083 runs in his name against KKR in IPL.

Rohit Sharma also achieved the milestone of 550 sixes in T20 cricket. With this, he has also become the first Asian batsman in the world to hit 550 sixes. No one from Asia has done this feat before Rohit. Rohit also broke Virat Kohli's record. He has become the batsman who has scored the most runs against a franchise in IPL. Earlier, the record was in the name of Virat Kohli, who had scored 1159 runs against Punjab Kings.