Today, the 9th IPL 2023 was played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The match saw Faf du Plessis’s RCB take on Shah Rukh Khan’s KKR at their home, with KKR’s Shardul Thakur batting first and hitting the fastest half-century of the IPL to help his team post a big total. The video of his celebration is becoming quite viral on social media.
Shardul Scored Half a Century With a 250+ Strike Rate.
Team Kolkata faltered a lot in the beginning while batting first. Venkatesh Iyer, Mandeep Singh, Nitish Rana, and Andre Russell, none of the batters could do anything amazing for the team today. At one time, it seemed difficult for the team to cross even 100 when Shardul Thakur, who came to bat at number 7, turned the tide of the match.
Shardul started his innings best, starting with the first ball when he came on the field. Shardul rained fours and sixes badly and scored fast runs under challenging times for the team. Shardul scored the second-fastest half-century of IPL 2023 in 20 balls by hitting 9 fours and 3 sixes. Shardul performed brilliantly while bowling at a strike rate of 250+.
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The Competition So Far
After winning the toss, Faf decided to bowl first. This decision of FAS proved to be correct. David Willey showed Venkatesh Iyer and Mandeep Singh the way to the pavilion in a single over. After this, Nitish Rana also returned to the pavilion after scoring one run.
Opener Rahmanullah continued to stay at one end and was dismissed for 57 runs. After him, Rinku Singh and Shardul played brilliant innings while batting at the crease. Till the writing of the article, both the batters are playing unbeaten on 30 runs and 63 runs at Banka crease.
