It was a Yashasvi Jaiswal present on the Eden Gardens because the teen broke the file for the quickest fifty within the Indian Premier League (IPL) through the match in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders on Thursday. Jaiswal regarded in very good contact as he scored his half century in 13 balls – one ball lower than the earlier file held by KL Rahul and Pat Cummins. It was sufficient to clinch the victory for Rajasthan Royals and it was Rahul who led the tributes for the opener on social media.

Yashasvi Jaiswal continued his sensational run within the IPL by smashing the quickest fifty in event historical past after Yuzvendra Chahal turned the all-time main wicket-taker as Rajasthan Royals cruised to a nine-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders to resurrect their playoff hopes on Thursday.

Chahal turned IPL’s main wicket-taker earlier than finishing a superb 4/25 as RR restricted KKR to a below-par 149/8 on the Eden Gardens On a day KKR batters struggled to time the ball, 21-year-old Jaiswal confirmed the best way by mentioning quickest fifty within the historical past of IPL in simply 13 balls, bettering the earlier file held by KL Rahul and Pat Cummins (14 balls every).

With the modest chase, Jaiswal remained two runs shy of a century (98 from 47 balls), a knock studded with 12 fours and 5 sixes as RR cantered to victory 13.1 overs.

Samson gave advantageous assist to the southpaw with a 48 not out from 29 balls because the duo shared an unbroken match-winning partnership of 121 runs off simply 69 balls.