KKR vs RCB: Shardul Thakur breaks record with the bat at Eden Gardens

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: