Fastest Fifty in IPL

Last Modified Mar 22, 2025 15:14 IST
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The Indian Premier League (IPL) is notable for being one of the most popular T20 (Twenty20) format of cricket league in India as of 2025. Since the introduction of the league in 2008, they are all set to enter the eighteenth edition in 2025. Better known as TATA IPL, the 2025 edition of the league will be taking place from March 22, 2025 to May 25, 2025 across 74 matches. Administered by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the IPL consists of ten teams that are located throughout cities all over India.

The ten teams under IPL compete against each other every year through group stage and playoffs to become the champions every year. The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and the Mumbai Indians (MI) are notable for being the most successful teams in the league with both teams winning the IPL five times each as of March 2025. They are closely followed by the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) with three IPL titles in their collections. The 2025 edition of IPL once again will see all ten teams compete to become the champion for the season.

Fastest fifties in IPL History

The Indian Premier League (IPL) has seen some of the fastest batsmen to score fifty runs within a short smount of time durig matches. The most notable to do so is Yashasvi Jaiswal, who scored 50 runs in only 13 balls, while representing his team the Rajasthan Royals against the Kolkata Knight Riders on May 11, 2023. The folloiwing table includes some other notable players who has scored fastest fifties in their IPL career as of March 17, 2025 -

Player Name Balls Match Venue Date
Yashasvi Jaiswal 13Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight RidersKolkata11 May 2023
KL Rahul14Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi CapitalsMohali08 April 2018
Pat Cummins14Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai IndiansPune06 April 2022
Yusuf Pathan15Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers HyderabadKolkata24 May 2014
Sunil Narine15Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers BangaloreBangalore07 May 2017
Nicholas Pooran15Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers BangaloreBengaluru10 April 2023
Jake Fraser-McGurk15Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers HyderabadDelhi20 April 2024
Jake Fraser-McGurk15Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai IndiansDelhi27 April 2024
Suresh Raina16Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI PunjabMumbai30 May 2014
Ishan Kishan16Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers HyderabadAbu Dhabi8 October 2021
Abhishek Sharma16Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians Hyderabad27 March 2024
Travis Head16Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals Delhi20 April 2024
Travis Head16Sunrisers Hyderabad v Lucknow Super Giants Hyderabad08 May 2024
Kieron Pollard17Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight RidersMumbai28 April 2016
Chris Gayle17Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Pune WarriorsBangalore23 April 2013
Sunil Narine17Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers BangaloreKolkata08 April 2018
Hardik Pandya17Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight RidersKolkata28 April 2019
Adam Gilchrist17Deccan Chargers vs Delhi CapitalsCenturion22 May 2009
Ishan Kishan17Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight RidersKolkata09 May 2018
Chris Morris17Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat LionsDelhi27 April 2016
Nicholas Pooran17Kings XI Punjab vs Sunrisers HyderabadDubai (DSC)08 October 2020
Kieron Pollard17 Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super KingsDelhi01 May 2021
Suryakumar Yadav17Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers BengaluruWankhede11 April 2024
Rishabh Pant18Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai IndiansMumbai24 March 2019
Jos Buttler18Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi CapitalsDelhi02 May 2018
Prithvi Shaw18Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight RidersAhmedabad29 April 2021
Travis Head18Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians Hyderabad27 March 2024
Prabhsimran Singh18Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight RidersKolkata26 April 2024
Faf du Plessis18Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat TitansBengaluru04 May 2024
David Miller19Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan RoyalsSharjah20 April 2014
Owais Shah19Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers BangaloreBangalore15 April 2012
Chris Lynn19Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat LionsRajkot07 April 2017
KL Rahul19Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super KingsMohali05 May 2019
Robin Uthappa19Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI PunjabBangalore16 March 2010
Andre Russell19Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI PunjabKolkata09 May 2015
Harbhajan Singh19Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI PunjabMumbai12 April 2015
Sanju Samson19 Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super KingsSharjah22 Sep 2020
Yashasvi Jaiswal19 Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super KingsAbu Dhabi02 Oct 2021
Moeen Ali19 Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals Mumbai20 May 2022
Ajinkya Rahane19Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai IndiansMumbai08 April 2023
Jason Roy19Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super KingsKolkata23 April 2023
Tristan Stubbs19Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai IndiansWankhede07 Apr 2024
Rajat Patidar19Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers HyderabadHyderabad25 April 2024
Jake Fraser-McGurk19Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan RoyalsDelhi07 May 2024
Abhishek Sharma19Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants Hyderabad08 May 2024
Nicholas Pooran19Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai IndiansMumbai17 May 2024

Read More:- Fastest Centuries in IPL History

FAQs on Fasest Fifties in IPL

A. Yashahsvi Jaiswal has the fastest 50 in only 13 balls in his IPL career as of March 2025.

A. The Kolkata Knight Riders will be facing off against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the first macth of the 2025 IPL season.

A. There will be ten teams in the IPL 2025 season.

A. The 2025 edition starts on March 22, 2025. 

A. The Kolkata Knight Riders, the defending champions from the 2024 IPL season will be opening the 2025 IPL season.

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