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Shardul Thakur has become the fastest Indian to score an IPL fifty in the 16th edition of the Indian Premier League. The Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder played a blinder & pulled KKR out of the mud. Shardul Thakur came into bat when KKR were at 89/5, but then played an inning to remember. The Indian all-rounder showed impeccable skills of batting and cleared the fence with ease with his shots. He also broke another record. Shardul Thakur scored the second-highest runs in IPL after coming down to bat between seventh to eleventh position. He came down to bat as a seventh batter in the KKR vs RCB match.
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KKR vs RCB:
Shardul Thakur got to his fifty in just 20 balls, becoming the fastest Indian player to get to a half-century in this edition of the Indian Premier League. He demonstrated a display of batting the top-order KKR batters failed to do and took on the RCB bowlers in a devastating fashion. This is also Shardul's 1st fifty in IPL. He ended up scoring 68 runs off just 29 balls. Thakur was outstanding for the two-time IPL champions, constructing his inning with 9 fours and 3 sixes. KKR, at one stage, were loosing hope but ended up scoring 204/7 at the end of their 20 overs.
Highest IPL Scores by batters batting at no 7-11 position:
| Batsman | Score | Position of Batting |
| Andre Russell (KKR) | 88*(36) | 7 |
| Shardul Thakur (KKR) | 68(29) | 7 |
| Dj Bravo (CSK) | 68(30) | 7 |
| Pat Cummins (KKR) | 66*(34) | 8 |
| Dinesh Karthik (RCB) | 66*(34) | 7 |