New Delhi. A record-breaking match was played in IPL 2024 on Wednesday. In this Indian Premier League match, the record of fastest half-century was made twice in 20 minutes for Sunrisers Hyderabad. In the match played against Mumbai Indians, Travis Head hit fifty in 18 balls, which was the record of fastest fifty for Sunrisers Hyderabad. But this record of Travis Head did not last even for about 20 minutes. Travis Head’s partner Abhishek Sharma broke this record.
The IPL 2024 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians was played on Wednesday. Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and decided to bowl first. This decision liked the Hyderabad batsmen more than the Mumbai Indians bowlers. SRH openers Travis Head (62) and Mayank Agarwal (11) scored 45 runs in just 25 balls for the first wicket. This pair broke due to Mayank’s dismissal.
After this, the pair of Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head, who came to bat at number three, got established. Both of them made a partnership of 68 runs in just 22 balls. During this, Travis Head completed his half-century on the 18th ball. He completed his half-century in the sixth over of the innings itself. Travis Head was out after hitting 9 fours and 3 sixes in his innings of 24 balls.
Within 10 balls of Travis Head’s dismissal, Abhishek Sharma broke the record of this Australian batsman. Abhishek Sharma changed Travis Head’s record into history by completing his fifty on the 16th ball. Abhishek Sharma hit 3 fours and 7 sixes in his innings of 23 balls.
Let us tell you that before Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head, the joint record of the fastest half-century for Sunrisers Hyderabad was in the name of David Warner and Moises Henriques. David Warner scored half-centuries twice in 20-20 balls for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Henriques has also scored fifty on the same number of balls for Hyderabad team. The record of overall fastest fifty in IPL is in the name of Yashasvi Jaiswal (13 balls).
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FIRST PUBLISHED: March 27, 2024, 20:58 IST