Australia and Delhi Capitals (DC) opener Jake Fraser McGurk continued his brilliant run in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) and became the first batsman to hit half-centuries in 15 or fewer balls twice in a tournament. McGurk achieved the feat during the match against Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. In the match, McGurk hit 84 in 27 balls, with 11 fours and six sixes. His runs had a strike rate of 311.11. The Australian batting sensation reached his half-century in 15 balls, equaling his own record of the fastest fifty for the franchise against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), which also came this season.
He is the only batsman besides West Indian T20 giants Sunil Narine and Andre Russell to have hit half-centuries twice in 15 balls or less in T20 cricket.
McGurk has the third highest strike rate by a batsman in an IPL innings consisting of 20 or more balls. Suresh Raina has the highest strike rate in an IPL innings of 20 balls or more. His knock of 87 in 25 balls against Punjab Kings (PBKS) for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in IPL 2014 has a strike rate of 348.00, which is still a record. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) batsman Yusuf Pathan scored 72 in 22 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in IPL 2014, with a strike rate of 327.27.
Eighty of the 84 runs scored by McGurk came through fours and sixes, meaning 95.23 percent of his runs came through boundaries, making this the fourth highest percentage of runs through boundaries in an IPL innings (50 or more runs).
Raina occupies the top spot here too as 84 of his 87 runs during his iconic defeat against Punjab in 2014 came through fours and sixes, taking the total to 96.55 runs through fours and sixes.
McGurk hit 78 of his 84 points on the power play, making it the third-most points by any player on the power play. Raina occupies the top spot again, scoring all his 87 runs in 25 balls against Punjab in 2014.
In five matches this season, McGurk has scored 247 runs at an average of 49.40 and a strike rate of 237.50, with three half-centuries. His best score is 84.
DC were put to bat first after Mumbai Indians (MI) won the toss.
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Mumbai Indians (playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (w), Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera, Hardik Pandya (c), Tim David, Mohammad Nabi, Piyush Chawla, Luke Wood, Jasprit Bumrah, Nuwan Alsohara.
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