Fastest half-century in IPL 2022: In today’s match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders, Kolkata Knight Rider’s star bowler & batsman Pat Cummins has scored the fastest half-century of IPL 2022. Cummins has done this feat in just 15 balls, in which he has scored 56 runs with the help of 4 fours and 6 sixes while playing at a strike rate of 373.
And this is the first time since the 2018 IPL season that a batsman has completed a half-century in 15 balls, before this feat, former Punjab Kings batsman KL Rahul had scored a half-century in just 14 balls in the 2018 IPL season.
By the way, from IPL Season 2008 to till date, there have been only 3 times in IPL history when a batsman has scored a half-century in just 15 balls. Because this feat was done for the first time in the year 2014, then in the year 2017 and in 2018. And now after 4 years, Pat Cummins has repeated this feat again.
KL Rahul has scored the fastest half-century in IPL history
The record for the fastest 50 runs in IPL so far is held by KL Rahul, who scored a half-century in just 14 balls against Delhi Daredevils in the 2018 IPL season with Punjab Kings. And in this, he scored a total of 51 runs with the help of 6 fours and 4 sixes.
Top 10 fastest half-century in the History of IPL
In this short format cricket, and especially in this IPL league, every batsman has to adopt an attacking attitude from the very first ball, and during this time the records of the fastest half-century and century are also made. So let’s know about the fastest half-century in IPL history.
Here is the name of the batsman, who hit the fastest half-century in the History of IPL from 2008 to 2022
| Player Name | Runs | Balls | Against Team | Year |
| KL Rahul | 51 | 14 | DC | 2018 |
| Yusuf Pathan | 72 | 15 | SRH | 2014 |
| Sunil Narine | 54 | 15 | RCB | 2017 |
| Pat Cummins | 56 | 15 | MI | 2022 |
| Suresh Raina | 87 | 16 | PBKS | 2014 |
| Ishan Kishan | 84 | 16 | SRH | 2021 |
| Chris Gayle | 175* | 17 | PWI | 2013 |
| Hardik Pandya | 91 | 17 | KKR | 2019 |
| Kieron Pollard | 87 | 17 | CSK | 2021 |
| Adam Gilchrist | 85 | 17 | DC | 2009 |
| Chris Morris | 82 | 17 | GL | 2016 |
| Nicholas Pooran | 77 | 17 | SRH | 2020 |