Regardless of scoring a blazing 30-ball 58, Gujarat Titans' Shahrukh Khan on the incorrect facet of document books | – Occasions of India

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.



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