IPL 2018: 5 fastest fifties of this season

#3 Sunil Narine (17 balls)

Narine is an explosive batsman at the top of the order

It was in 2017 that Sunil Narine was sent to open the innings for KKR in the absence of regular opener Chris Lynn, and the rest, as they say, is history. A fearless hitter at the top of the order, Narine has provided many explosive starts for KKR in the last two seasons of the IPL.

In KKR's season opener this year, RCB set a stiff target of 177 in 20 overs. However, Narine came out all guns blazing as he smashed his way to a 17-ball fifty which included five boundaries and four hits over the fence.

By the time he fell, KKR had already racked up an impressive 65 runs in just 5.2 overs leaving the middle order with a much less asking rate than what it was at the start of the innings.