IPL 2020: Marcus Stoinis Hit the Second-Fastest Half-Century of IPL in UAE

Delhi Capitals batsman Marcus Stoinis hit the fastest half-century of IPL against Kings XI Punjab this season. He completed his half-century off just 20 balls. His innings was extremely important for Delhi as the team has suffered a slow start. He played spectacular innings with his bat and helped Shreyas Iyer’s team to score 157 for 8 wickets in 20 overs. This was his debut IPL match for Delhi.

Marcus hit the second-fastest half-century in UAE and successfully reached the second place. He left behind Maxwell, who hit a half-century in the UAE off 21 balls. However, the record of setting the fastest half-century in the IPL here is in the name of David Miller, who had scored a half-century off just 19 balls in 2014. Marcus missed out on breaking his record but came in second in the UAE for the fastest half-century.

Top 3 Batsman to Score the Fastest Half-Century in IPL in UAE

1. David Miller – 19 balls
2. Marcus Stoinis – 20 balls
3. Glenn Maxwell – 21 balls

Top 4 Batsman Scoring the Fastest Half-Century for Delhi

1. Chris Morris – 17 balls
2. Rishabh Pant – 18 balls
3. Virender Sehwag – 20 balls
4. Marcus Stoinis – 20 balls

Stoinis’s innings proved as life-saving innings for Delhi Capitals. He scored 53 runs off 21 balls with a strike rate of 252.38. In this innings, he hit 3 sixes and 7 fours.

Many veteran batsmen of Delhi failed, starting with Dhawan, who could not even able to open, Prithvi Shaw also walked for 5 runs, Hetmyer could also score only 7 runs. After this, Captain Shreyas scored 39 and Rishabh Pant tried to manage the team by scoring 31 runs. Other batsmen of the team, Akshar Patel contributed 6 while R Ashwin contributed 4 runs.

There was a time when the Delhi team lost 6 wickets for 96 runs and felt that this team would not be able to make a big score, but Stoinis changed the whole picture and took the team to appreciable score.