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“Nicholas Pooran madness!” – Twitterati erupts after Nicholas Pooran scores the fastest fifty of IPL 2023

by
Rohit Sarkar
April 10, 2023

Lucknow Super Giants are locking horns with Royal Challengers Bangalore at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Earlier in the game. LSG captain, KL Rahul won the toss and chose to bowl first.

Royal Challengers Bangalore posted a mammoth total of 212 for the loss of two wickets in their designated quota of 20 overs. Faf du Plessis played a captain’s knock as he chipped in with an unbeaten 79 off 46 balls including 5 fours and 5 sixes.

On the other hand, former RCB captain Virat Kohli scored 61 off 44 balls whereas Glenn Maxwell looked really good with his 59 off 29 balls. Mark Wood was the pick of the bowlers for LSG as he registered 1/32 and also bowled a maiden over.

Nicholas Pooran scores the fastest fifty of IPL 2023

West Indies’ international, Nicholas Pooran unleashed his storm against Royal Challengers Bangalore as he weaved magic with the bat and scored the fastest fifty of IPL 2023.

The left-handed batter went about his work and scored a lightning-fast fifty of just 15 deliveries. Lucknow Super Giants largely benefitted from his quickfire services.

Earlier, Marcus Stoinis scored runs at a rate of knots by scoring 65 off 30 balls where he smoked 6 fours and 5 sixes. Nicholas Pooran, the wicketkeeper-batter provided a ray of hope for LSG in the run-chase with his incredible innings.

At the time of writing this article, Lucknow Super Giants posted 185 for the loss of five wickets in their quota of 20 overs. Nicholas Pooran is batting on 62 off 18 balls where he struck four boundaries and seven hits over the fence at a strike rate of 344.44.

Royal Challengers Bangalore’s playing XI: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Anuj Rawat, David Willey, Wayne Parnell, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj

Lucknow Super Giants’ playing XI: KL Rahul (c), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Jaydev Unadkat, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Mark Wood, Ravi Bishnoi