Rajasthan Royals Has defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 9 wickets at its home ground Eden Gardens. After this victory on Thursday, the Rajasthan team has reached number three in the points table. Not only this Rajasthan opener Yashasvi Jaiswal Has created history by scoring a half-century off 13 balls. He hit 7 fours and 3 sixes all around the ground for this half-century. He played an unbeaten inning of 98 runs in this match.
Jaiswal scored 26 runs in the first over
The story starts from here. Yashasvi Jaiswal came to the crease as an opener for Rajasthan to chase the target of 150 runs. The strike was with Jaiswal and captain Nitish Rana himself had come to bowl for KKR. Jaiswal hit a six on the very first ball of Rana. After that he hit a six again on the second ball. After this, Jaiswal hit two fours on two more consecutive balls.
IPL Fastest Fifty: Yashasvi Jaiswal scored the fastest half-century in IPL, broke Rahul’s record of 50 runs in 13 balls
Jaiswal had scored 37 runs off 9 balls
Jaiswan took two runs on the fifth ball of Nitish Rana. Jaiswal again hit a four on the last ball. He scored 26 runs in the first over. Now Harshit Rana brought the second over and Butler was run out on zero and returned to the pavilion. Jaiswal was again at the crease. He again hit a four on the fifth ball of Rana. Jaiwal hit a big six on the last ball of this over. Jaiswal had reached 37 runs in 9 balls at the end of this over.
Fastest FIFTY in the IPL Yashasvi Jaiswal brings up his half-century in just 13 deliveries #TATAIPL #KKRvRR pic.twitter.com/KXGhtAP2iy
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Jaiswal made fifty in the third over of the innings
Shardul Thakur came with the third over. New batsman captain Sanju Samson gave strike to Jaiswal by giving one run, Jaiswal hit three consecutive fours on the second, third and fourth balls of the over. Jaiwal completed his half-century by taking one run on the fifth ball. In this way, Jaiswal broke the record of KL Rahul by scoring a half-century off 13 balls. Rahul scored a 14-ball half-century in 2018 while playing for Punjab Kings against Delhi Capitals in Mohli.
