NEW DELHI: Gujarat Titans‘ slogger Shahrukh Khan on Saturday smashed a stunning 30-ball 58 at dwelling in opposition to Royal Challengers Bengaluru however went on to prime the record of an undesirable IPL document.
Shahrukh alongside Sai Sudharsan (49-ball 84 not out) shared a elegant 84-run stand to energy Titans to 200 for 3 in Ahmedabad.
As Shahrukh cracked a whirlwind 58, the hard-hitting finisher notched up his maiden IPL half-century.
And it took Shahrukh 36 innings to get to his first 50-plus rating within the league. With that, Shahrukh has now taken the longest time for a specialist batter or a batting all-rounder to get to a primary 50-plus IPL rating.
Earlier than Shahrukh, the undesirable document was in Steve Smith‘s identify, who took 31 innings to get to his maiden IPL fifty.
Solely 5 batters (bowling all-rounders) have taken longer to register their maiden IPL fifty – Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel , R Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh and Rashid Khan.
In December public sale final 12 months, Shahrukh was purchased by Titans for a whopping Rs 7.four crore.
Previous to that, Shahrukh represented Punjab Kings between 2021-23.
Final 12 months’s finalists Titans are at present on the seventh spot whereas RCB are languishing on the backside of the IPL desk this 12 months.
Shahrukh alongside Sai Sudharsan (49-ball 84 not out) shared a elegant 84-run stand to energy Titans to 200 for 3 in Ahmedabad.
As Shahrukh cracked a whirlwind 58, the hard-hitting finisher notched up his maiden IPL half-century.
And it took Shahrukh 36 innings to get to his first 50-plus rating within the league. With that, Shahrukh has now taken the longest time for a specialist batter or a batting all-rounder to get to a primary 50-plus IPL rating.
Earlier than Shahrukh, the undesirable document was in Steve Smith‘s identify, who took 31 innings to get to his maiden IPL fifty.
Solely 5 batters (bowling all-rounders) have taken longer to register their maiden IPL fifty – Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel , R Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh and Rashid Khan.
In December public sale final 12 months, Shahrukh was purchased by Titans for a whopping Rs 7.four crore.
Previous to that, Shahrukh represented Punjab Kings between 2021-23.
Final 12 months’s finalists Titans are at present on the seventh spot whereas RCB are languishing on the backside of the IPL desk this 12 months.
