KL Rahul smashed the fastest fifty in the history of Indian Premier League (IPL) on Sunday.
Opening the batting for Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) against Delhi Daredevils, Rahul began his assault right from ball one. In the very first over of the second innings, Rahul whacked Trent Boult for a huge six and from thereon he looked in imperious form as boundaries and sixes flowed from his willow.
After taking 16 runs of Boult’s first over, Rahul milked Mohammed Shami for 12 runs. However, his assault on Amit Mishra was brutal as the leg-spinner was taken apart for 24 runs in one over.
In his brutal 51 runs knock which came off just 16 balls, Rahul slammed six fours and four sixes. Incidentally, three of those fours and two sixes came in Mishra’s over. He was finally dismissed for 51 by Chris Morris.
Here are some of the best tweets for KL Rahul’s superb innings
KL Rahul … Fastest ever #IPL 50 … 14 balls !!!!!!!! #Carnage
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) April 8, 2018
Best part of Rahul’s super-knock was the fact that he played all the cricketing shots….rate him very highly. Good to see him shine. #KXIPvDD #IPL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 8, 2018
Holy heck… what a rippa half ton by KL Rahul here at Mohali 😎👏👍 Fastest 50 ever in IPL history! Extraordinary exhibition of clean classical striking 😱 #VIVOIPL2018 #smashing&bashingbaby!
— Danny Morrison (@SteelyDan66) April 8, 2018
KL Rahul scores the fastest ever fifty in the history of #IPL for @lionsdenkxip!
RCB right now – pic.twitter.com/HnJZwpFoai
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) April 8, 2018
fastest indv 50s in #IPL
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15 Y Pathan
15 S Narine#IPL2018— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 8, 2018
Mind boggling stuff that was from KL Rahul. Has set his team up, done his job 👏👏👏
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) April 8, 2018
KL Rahul to everyone who trolled him when KXIP bought him by paying 11cr.#DDvKXIP pic.twitter.com/xdDfw6r71b
— Aman (@Humourlessly) April 8, 2018
Fastest 50 in the history of VIVO #IPL
Take a bow @klrahul11 #KXIPvDD pic.twitter.com/G7zFGXw8vY
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 8, 2018
DD might be 15 runs short in setting the target. Fastest ever #IPL fifty by KL Rahul is certainly not going to help their cause. #KXIPvsDD superb batting display
— zaheer khan (@ImZaheer) April 8, 2018
Fastest ever fifty in #IPL history, of just 14 balls – thank you @klrahul11.. 6 4s and 4 6s.. Amazing is the word! Fireworks 🎆🎇! #Rahul #KXIPvDD #KLRahul
— Kaushik LM (@LMKMovieManiac) April 8, 2018
WOW! KL Rahul has smashed the fastest ever half-century in the IPL history #KXIPvDD #DDvKXIP pic.twitter.com/9OspVPACy6
— CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) April 8, 2018
Wow, that is some start from KL Rahul, making a statement about where he should bat!
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 8, 2018
Today kl rahul will be embraced by priti zinta…lucky guy!!!
— हेमंत सोनू कश्यप (@HK_420_) April 8, 2018
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— ICC (@ICC) April 8, 2018
KL Rahul is proving his worth as the most expensive Indian buy with his blistering knock. Fearless batting display. #IPL2018 #KXIPvDD
— Surendhar MK (@SurendharMK) April 8, 2018
KL Rahul is the first batsman to reach his fifty within first 3 overs of the inns in T20s.
He completed it in the 5th ball of 3rd over. #KXIPvDD #IPL2018
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) April 8, 2018
#KLRahul is very good on the eyes! Uncomplicated with his approach and his Carnage has a lot of class and character involved in it. Lot of normal cricket shots in his shot making . #KXIPvDD
— Mikkhail Vaswani (@MikkhailVaswani) April 8, 2018
Virender Sehwag in as KL Rahul..😂😂😂@virendersehwag @klrahul11 #IPL2018 #DDvsKXIP.
— Tuffey (@kishore_batta) April 8, 2018
fastest 50 ever in #IPL history.. #KLRahul
14 balls 50.. #amazing batting @klrahul11 👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/Ffe1pl7l4j— thirupathi azmeera (@thirupathipower) April 8, 2018
https://twitter.com/GokulSmehra/status/982962526521561088
K L Rahul – This is why he should be a regular for India. Outstanding knock. 50 in just 14 balls – an IPL record! #IPL2018 #KLRahul
— Suhas A R (@Suhas2009) April 8, 2018
https://twitter.com/tushartweets13/status/982964159825375233
Preity Zinta was ecstatic during KL Rahul's record innings#IPL2018 #KXIPvDD #DDvKXIP #IPL #T20 pic.twitter.com/s219wljuN7
— CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) April 8, 2018
