Rajasthan Royals batter Vaibhav Suryavanshi on Friday struck a 15-ball half century against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati.
This equalled his own record for the joint second-fastest fifty, which he had scored against Chennai Super Kings earlier this season.
Suryavanshi and Jake Fraser-McGurk are the only two batters to notch up two 15-ball fifties in the IPL. Yusuf Pathan, Sunil Narine and Nicholas Pooran are the other batters with 15-ball half centuries.
Yashasvi Jaiswal’s 13-ball century is the fastest in the IPL, followed by Pat Cummins and KL Rahul’s 14-ball efforts.Led by the teenage prodigy’s innings, Rajasthan put up 97 runs in the first six, the side’s best haul in the PowerPlay. Suryavanshi eventually perished on 78 off 26 balls, holing out to long on while trying to pick another boundary off Krunal Pandya.
But the knock was enough to take him to the top of the Orange Cap standings, at 200 runs from four innings.
