In the Indian Premier League (IPL 2024), Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians played a match on Saturday, April 27th. Delhi Capitals batted first in the match played at Arun Jaitley International Cricket Stadium. Jake Fraser McGurk, who came to open the batting for Delhi, created a storm with the bat and became the batsman to score one of the fastest half-centuries in IPL.
Jake completed his half-century in just 15 balls in the match. He has become the fastest batsman to score a half-century for Delhi Capitals. Let’s take a look at the 4 batsmen of Delhi Capitals, who have scored fastest half-centuries on the least number of balls.
| Player | Balls taken to complete half century | Against |
| Jake Fraser McGurk | 15 | Mumbai Indians |
| Chris Morris | 17 | Gujarat Lions |
| Rishabh Pant | 18 | Mumbai Indians |
| Prithvi Shaw | 18 | Kolkata Knight Riders |
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Fastest Half Centuries for Delhi Capitals
4. Prithvi Shaw:
Delhi Capitals’ star opening batsman Prithvi Shaw is considered one of the most explosive batsmen of the team. Prithvi plays explosive innings on the field. In the year 2021, Shaw played a stormy innings with the bat against Kolkata Knight Riders and scored 50 runs in just 18 balls.
3. Rishabh Pant
The current captain of Delhi Capitals, Rishabh Pant is famous all over the world for his explosive style of batting. When Pant’s bat moves, the problems of the bowlers increase. Pant scored a half-century in 18 balls against Mumbai Indians in 2019.
2. Chris Morris
Former South African all-rounder Chris Morris, who was a part of Delhi Capitals, scored a half-century against Gujarat Lions in 17 balls. In this match, he hit many amazing shots with the bat. Chris Morris is the third fastest batsman to score 50 runs for Delhi Capitals.
1. Jake Fraser McGurk
Delhi Capitals star batsman Jake Fraser McGurk is in amazing form. He played a stormy innings against Mumbai Indians today. Jake scored a half-century for Delhi in 15 balls. In the match against Mumbai, he played a brilliant inning of 84 runs in 27 balls with the help of 11 fours and 6 sixes.
