DC vs MI, IPL 2024: Delhi Capitals' opener Jake Fraser-McGurk put up a show with the bat against Mumbai Indians in match 43 of the IPL 2024 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday, April 27.
McGurk set the stage on fire with his power hitting and ended up equalling his own record of the fastest fifty this IPL season.
Firing from the first ball of the match, McGurk smashed the half-century in just 15 balls with a six off leg-spinner Piyush Chawla.
The young Australian batter had scored a 15-ball fifty against Sunrisers Hyderabad earlier in the tournament at the same venue.
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Jake Fraser-McGurk - 15 balls - DC vs MI - New Delhi
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After being put into bat first, Delhi got 19 runs in the first over of their innings as Fraser-McGurk smashed Luke Wood for three boundaries and a six.
He then hit Jasprit Bumrah for two fours and a six, as the pacer conceded 18 runs in the second over of the match.
While Nuwan Thushara was smashed for 18 runs in the third, Delhi went past 50 in no time before McGurk achieved the milestone in the very next over.
He became only the third batter to hit a half-century in 15 or fewer balls twice in the T20 cricket after West Indies'Andre Russell and Sunil Narine.
In the fifth over of the match, the 22-year-old smashed MI skipper Hardik Pandya for 20 runs, hitting him for two fours and two sixes.
Delhi Capitals reached 92 runs without the loss of any wicket in the powerplay, marking the fifth-best ever in the IPL history.
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125/0 SRH vs DC Delhi 2024
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92/0 DC vs MI Delhi 2024 *
90/0 CSK vs MI Wankhede 2015
On the other hand, Abhishek Porel was struggling to get going and was scoring at run a ball as MI bowlers did well to contain him.
While Jake was heading towards the fastest IPL century, he was dismissed by Piyush Chawla in the eighth over, bringing end to an absolute carnage.
Fraser-McGurk headed back to pavilion after providing a fiery start to DC, scoring 84 runs in just 27 balls on the back of 11 fours and six sixes.
This is the second match between MI and DC this season as the reverse fixture which was a high-scoring contest, was won by the five-time champions at the Wankhede Stadium earlier this season.
Earlier on Saturday, Mumbai Indians won the toss and opted to field first with both teams making a change each.