DC vs SRH, IPL 2024: Jake Fraser-McGurk put up a show with the bat while playing for Delhi Capitals against Sunrisers Hyderabad in match 35 of the IPL 2024 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday, April 20.
Fraser-McGurk smashed the fastest half-century of the IPL 2024, achieving the milestone in just 15 balls during DC's run chase.
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He surpassed SRH's Abhishek Sharma who had scored fifty in 16 balls during their match against Mumbai Indians in Hyderabad.
Fastest fifty this IPL (by balls taken)
15 - Jake Fraser-McGurk vs SRH, Delhi, today*
16 - Abhishek Sharma vs MI, Hyderabad
16 - Travis Head vs DC, Delhi, today*
The young batter also smashed joint third-fastest in the IPL history after Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul and Pat Cummins.
Fastest fifties in IPL history
1) Yashasvi Jaiswal - 13 balls for Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 2023
2) KL Rahul - 14 balls for Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) vs Delhi Capitals, 2018
3) Pat Cummins - 14 balls for Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians, 2022
4) Jake Fraser-McGurk - 15 balls for Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, 2024
Notably, a total of four batters have scored half-century in 15 balls in IPL history including Yusuf Pathan, Sunil Narine, and Nicholas Pooran.
Fraser-McGurk's knock carnage with the bat kept DC alive in the huge run chase for at least the early part of their innings.
Chasing the mammoth target of 267 runs, DC were off to a flying start despite losing David Warner (1) and Prithvi Shaw (16) inside the first two overs.
Abhishek Porel joined Jake in the middle and the duo started dealing in boundaries for dun, having stitched 84 runs for the third wicket.
Fraser-McGurk's marvellous knock of 65 runs in 18 balls included five fours and seven sixes before he was dismissed by Mayank Markande in the seventh over.
Earlier, SRH came up with a record-breaking performance once again after being put into bat first as they posted a mammoth total of 266/7 in their 20 overs.
While Travis Head (89) and Abhishek Sharma (46) unleashed early fireworks with the bat for their 131-run opening stand, Shahbaz Ahmed's unbeaten 59 off 29 made sure that SRH registered the fourth-highest-ever total in IPL history.
The visitors recorded their third score of 250-plus this season, having already registered the highest-ever IPL total of 287/3 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.