Yashasvi Jaiswal holds the record for the fastest fifty in IPL history, reaching 50 off just 13 balls for Rajasthan Royals against Kolkata Knight Riders in May 2023.
Three players share the second spot at 14 balls: KL Rahul (2018), Pat Cummins (2022), and Romario Shepherd (2025).
This article covers the complete list of the top 10 fastest half-centuries in IPL history, including ball-by-ball context, match results, and what made each knock special.
Top 11 Fastest Fifties in IPL History (Complete List)
Here is the complete list of the fastest fifties in IPL from 2008 to 2026:
| Rank | Player | Balls | Team | Opponent | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yashasvi Jaiswal | 13 | RR | KKR | Kolkata | 11 May 2023 |
| 2 | KL Rahul | 14 | KXIP | DC | Mohali | 08 Apr 2018 |
| 3 | Pat Cummins | 14 | KKR | MI | Pune | 06 Apr 2022 |
| 4 | Romario Shepherd | 14 | RCB | CSK | Bengaluru | 03 May 2025 |
| 5 | Yusuf Pathan | 15 | KKR | SRH | Kolkata | 24 May 2014 |
| 6 | Sunil Narine | 15 | KKR | RCB | Bangalore | 07 May 2017 |
| 7 | Nicholas Pooran | 15 | LSG | RCB | Bengaluru | 10 Apr 2023 |
| 8 | Jake Fraser-McGurk | 15 | DC | SRH | Delhi | 20 Apr 2024 |
| 9 | Jake Fraser-McGurk | 15 | DC | MI | Delhi | 27 Apr 2024 |
| 10 | Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | 15 | RR | CSK | Guwahati | 30 Mar 2026 |
| 11 | Suresh Raina | 16 | CSK | KXIP | Mumbai | 30 May 2014 |
Four players have scored fifties in 15 balls, making it the most crowded bracket on this list. Jake Fraser-McGurk is the only batter to appear twice, both times in IPL 2024.
Kolkata Knight Riders feature three entries through Cummins, Pathan, and Narine. Add the fact that Jaiswal’s record-breaking 13-ball fifty came at Eden Gardens (KKR’s home ground), and the Kolkata connection runs deep.
Detailed Breakdown of Each Record-Setting Innings
Detailed info of all Records:
1. Yashasvi Jaiswal – 13 Balls (RR vs KKR, IPL 2023)
Yashasvi Jaiswal rewrote the IPL record books on 11 May 2023 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
KKR captain Nitish Rana made the bold call to bowl the first over himself. It backfired spectacularly. Jaiswal smashed 26 runs off that opening over alone.
Harshit Rana and Shardul Thakur fared no better. Jaiswal chopped, drove, and flat-batted everything thrown at him.
His fifty arrived inside three overs. Let that sink in. Most batters are still playing themselves in at that point.
Jaiswal eventually finished unbeaten on 98 off 47 balls as Rajasthan Royals chased down 150 with nine wickets and nearly seven overs to spare.
At just 21, Jaiswal turned a two-paced Kolkata pitch into a batting paradise. That’s not just hitting. That’s talent on another level.
2. KL Rahul – 14 Balls (KXIP vs DC, IPL 2018)
KL Rahul held the fastest fifty in IPL record for nearly five years before Jaiswal broke it.
Playing his debut match for Kings XI Punjab on 8 April 2018 at Mohali, Rahul came out swinging against Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals).
A top-edged six off Trent Boult started the carnage. Then came an array of cover drives and pulls off Mohammad Shami.
At 27 off 9 balls, the record still felt distant. Then Amit Mishra bowled his first over. Rahul collected 24 runs off it to blow past the 15-ball mark that had stood since 2014.
He got out soon after, caught at short third man off a leading edge while trying to whip Boult. By then, the damage was well and truly done.
For a batter often labelled as an anchor, this innings remains the perfect counter-argument.
3. Pat Cummins – 14 Balls (KKR vs MI, IPL 2022)
When an Australian fast bowler matches a record held by one of India’s most stylish batters, you know something unusual happened.
Pat Cummins walked in at No. 6 with Kolkata Knight Riders struggling at 83/4 in the 12th over, chasing 162 against Mumbai Indians in Pune on 6 April 2022.
He hoicked the second ball he faced for six. Took Jasprit Bumrah for a six and four in the next over.
Then came the Daniel Sams over: 6, 4, 6, 6, 2 (no ball), 4, 6. That sequence alone tells you how absurd it got.
Cummins finished on 56* off 15 balls and sealed the win for KKR. A No. 6 batter chasing down a target in that fashion? That’s straight out of a video game.
4. Romario Shepherd – 14 Balls (RCB vs CSK, IPL 2025)
Romario Shepherd is the newest entrant on this list, joining the 14-ball club on 3 May 2025 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.
Playing for Royal Challengers Bengaluru against Chennai Super Kings, Shepherd walked in with RCB at 159/5 after 18 overs.
What followed was chaos. RCB scored an astonishing 54 runs off their last two overs, setting a new IPL record for most runs across the 19th and 20th overs.
Shepherd faced all but one of the final 12 legal balls. He hammered four sixes and two fours off Khaleel Ahmed in the 19th over, then added two more sixes and two fours off Matheesha Pathirana in the 20th to finish unbeaten on 53* off 14 balls.
Death bowling? Shepherd turned it into death batting.
5. Yusuf Pathan – 15 Balls (KKR vs SRH, IPL 2014)
Yusuf Pathan scored this blistering fifty on 24 May 2014 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, in a do-or-die league match.
Kolkata Knight Riders needed to chase 161 in 15.2 overs to secure two shots at qualifying for the final against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Pathan was dropped twice early. He made the opposition pay in full. Dale Steyn, one of the greatest fast bowlers ever, went for 26 runs in a single over.
KKR closed out the chase in just 14.2 overs. Pathan’s 15-ball fifty was the IPL’s fastest at the time and held the record for four years until Rahul broke it.
6. Sunil Narine – 15 Balls (KKR vs RCB, IPL 2017)
A mystery spinner opening the batting? That was Kolkata Knight Riders’ experiment after Chris Lynn injured his shoulder in IPL 2017.
Sunil Narine took to the role like a duck to water. On 7 May 2017 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, chasing 159 against RCB, Narine and Lynn decided they wanted to finish the game inside 10 overs.
Narine smashed fellow Trinidadian Samuel Badree for three sixes in a row. Then he cracked three consecutive fours off S Aravind.
A lofted six over long-on off Aravind brought up his fifty in 15 balls, equalling Pathan’s record. For a bowler who averaged barely 10 with the bat in Tests, this was borderline comic.
7. Nicholas Pooran – 15 Balls (LSG vs RCB, IPL 2023)
Nicholas Pooran produced one of the great rescue acts on 10 April 2023 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.
Chasing 213, Lucknow Super Giants needed 114 from 56 balls when Pooran walked in against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
At one stage, he was 10 off 5 balls. Then the gears shifted completely. Seven sixes and four fours brought him to 62 off just 19 balls.
His fifty came off 15 deliveries. By the time he was dismissed, LSG needed just 24 off 18. They edged home in a one-wicket thriller.
Pooran didn’t just bat. He willed his team across the line against a 213-run target.
8. Jake Fraser-McGurk – 15 Balls (DC vs SRH, IPL 2024)
Jake Fraser-McGurk announced himself in IPL 2024 with a 15-ball fifty in just his third match for Delhi Capitals on 20 April 2024 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.
Chasing a mammoth 267 against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Fraser-McGurk came in at No. 3.
After starting with two dot balls (a rare sight in what followed), he hit four fours in the next six balls. Three sixes off Washington Sundar and more punishment for Mayank Markande brought up his fifty.
He finished on 65 off 18 balls with seven sixes and five fours. Not bad for a player who was a replacement signing for Lungi Ngidi and was unsold at the auction.
9. Jake Fraser-McGurk – 15 Balls (DC vs MI, IPL 2024)
Seven days later, Fraser-McGurk did it again. Same pace, different opposition.
On 27 April 2024, opening the batting against Mumbai Indians at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, he took on Mark Wood from ball one.
Wood’s first over went for 19 runs. Even Jasprit Bumrah copped a six and four in the second over, which leaked 18.
A six over long-on off Piyush Chawla brought up his second 15-ball fifty of the season. He then tore into Hardik Pandya in a 20-run over before falling for 84 off 27 balls.
DC posted 257 that day. Fraser-McGurk set the tone. His two entries on this list make him the only player to feature twice among the fastest fifties in IPL history.
10. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi – 15 Balls (RR vs CSK, IPL 2026)
Three days after his 15th birthday, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi returned to the IPL like he had never been away, beginning his 2026 season with a half-century off 15 balls at the ACA Stadium in Guwahati.
Chennai Super Kings had just been bundled out for a modest 127 on a sticky, red-soil pitch where their entire top seven managed only 55 runs. Sooryavanshi made it look like a completely different track.
Matt Henry and Anshul Kamboj were the targets of his relentless assault. After a nervous drop on the first ball he faced, the teenager responded by smashing the very next delivery for six. He didn’t just survive; he dominated, taking 19 runs off a single Henry over.
His fifty arrived in just 15 balls, effectively ending the contest before the PowerPlay was even over. While his partner Yashasvi Jaiswal played the anchor, Sooryavanshi was the hurricane, finishing with 52 off 17 balls.
Rajasthan Royals chased down the target in just 12.1 overs with eight wickets to spare.
11. Suresh Raina – 16 Balls (CSK vs KXIP, IPL 2014)
Some innings belong in a time capsule. Suresh Raina’s 16-ball fifty on 30 May 2014 at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai is one of them.
It was Qualifier 2. Chennai Super Kings were chasing a massive 227 set by Kings XI Punjab, powered by Virender Sehwag’s 122 off 58 balls.
Raina made Sehwag’s century look ordinary. He tore into Sandeep Sharma for three fours and a six in the second over. A signature inside-out six off Sharma in the fifth over brought up his fifty in 16 balls.
Then came the sixth over. Parvinder Awana’s sequence read: 6, 6, 4, 4, 4 (no ball), 4, 4. That’s 33 runs off a single over. Cricket’s version of a highlight reel meltdown.
Raina finished with 87 off just 25 balls, striking at 348. CSK were 100/2 after the powerplay, the highest in T20 history at the time.
Despite Raina’s heroics, CSK lost by 24 runs after the middle order collapsed. But Raina’s assault remains one of the greatest individual performances in IPL playoff history.
Key Observations And Patterns
Here are Key Observations and Patterns that Fans can Know:
KKR’s Power-Hitting Legacy
Kolkata Knight Riders have the strongest representation on this list. Yusuf Pathan, Sunil Narine, and Pat Cummins all scored their record fifties while playing for KKR.
Jaiswal’s 13-ball blitz also came at Eden Gardens, KKR’s home ground. Something about that Kolkata crowd clearly brings out the aggressive best in batters.
Chasing Dominance
Eight of the 10 entries on this list came while chasing a target. Only Fraser-McGurk (vs MI) and Shepherd (RCB batting first vs CSK) broke the trend.
A clear target and scoreboard pressure seem to sharpen the mind. When batters know exactly what they need, they go after it without hesitation.
The 15-Ball Club Is Crowded
Four players share the mark of 15 balls: Pathan, Narine, Pooran, and Fraser-McGurk (twice). This suggests that 15 balls has been a natural ceiling for explosive batting across multiple IPL eras.
The gap between 13 (Jaiswal) and the next tier (14 balls) is only one delivery. But the gap between 14 and 15 has been breached three times since 2022 (Cummins, Jaiswal, Shepherd), suggesting the record could fall again soon.
Not Just Specialist Batters
Three of the top 10 are players primarily known for bowling: Pat Cummins (pace bowler), Sunil Narine (spinner), and Romario Shepherd (seam-bowling all-rounder).
That speaks to the IPL’s ability to unlock hidden batting talent. The format rewards fearlessness over technique, and these bowlers brought exactly that.
Can Jaiswal’s 13-Ball Record Be Broken in IPL 2026?
IPL 2026 begins on 28 March 2026 and runs through 31 May 2026. With 84 matches scheduled (up from 74 in 2025), there are more opportunities than ever for a new record.
Batters like Jake Fraser-McGurk (now at Delhi Capitals), Travis Head (Sunrisers Hyderabad), and Abhishek Sharma (SRH) are among the likeliest candidates to challenge Jaiswal’s mark.
Smaller grounds at venues like Chinnaswamy Stadium and Wankhede Stadium continue to favour big hitters. A 12-ball or even sub-12-ball fifty is not unthinkable in the right conditions.
For context, Dipendra Singh Airee of Nepal holds the all-format record for the fastest T20 fifty at just 9 balls, set in the 2023 Asian Games against Mongolia. So theoretically, there is room to go much lower.
Jaiswal himself remains a threat to break his own record. At 24, he is in the prime of his power-hitting career and opens for Rajasthan Royals where he gets the powerplay overs.
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Final Verdict: Yashasvi Jaiswal Leads the Fastest 50’s in IPL Board Currently
Jaiswal’s 13-ball fifty remains the gold standard for explosive batting in the IPL. But with three players already at 14 balls and the league expanding to 84 matches in 2026, the window for a new record has never been wider.
Every entry on this list changed the course of a match in under 20 deliveries. That’s the beauty of T20 cricket at its best: a single batter, a handful of balls, and an entire game turned on its head.
