Rajasthan Royals batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal celebrates after scoring a half-century during the IPL 2023 cricket match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday. Jaiswal scored his half-century in just 13 deliveries. Jaiswal hit the fastest fifty in Indian Premier League history. He remained unbeaten at 98 in 47 deliveries. He hit 13 boundaries and five sixes. Jaiswal achieved a strike rate of 208.51. Chasing 150 to win, RR reached the target in just 13.1 overs
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Yuzvendra Chahal added another feather to his T20 cap during Rajasthan Royals’ crucial match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday. The RR bowling wizard Chahal bagged the important wicket of Nitish Rana to surpass legendary all-rounder Dwayne Bravo. With Rana’s wicket, Chahal also became the all-time leading wicket-taker in the history of the IPL. Chahal finally took four wickets for just 25 runs to dismiss KKR for a meagre 149 runs
Kolkata Knight Riders batsman Venkatesh Iyer plays a shot during the IPL 2023 cricket match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday. Venkatesh was the pick of KKR’s batting line up as he scored an impressive 57 runs in 42 balls. He hit two boundaries and four sixes. Rinku Singh failed to click on Thursday and scored a mere 16 in 18 deliveries. His inning was laced with only one sixer. Earlier, Roy and KKR captain Nitish Rana failed to impress too
