Nicholas Pooran: In the 47th match of IPL 2026, Nicholas Pooran played such a stormy inning, which forced the Mumbai Indians bowlers to become spectators. At Wankhede, Puran not only thrashed the bowlers by scoring a half-century in just 16 balls, but also left Vaibhav Suryavanshi behind. For Lucknow Super Giants, Puran and Mitchell Marsh wreaked such havoc in the powerplay that Mumbai bowlers looked completely helpless. Batting first, Lucknow scored 90 runs by losing 1 wicket in the first 6 overs, which is their biggest powerplay score not only this season but in the history of IPL. Earlier, the team’s best performance in powerplay was 80 runs losing 1 wicket against Chennai in IPL 2023.
rain of records
Puran hit 5 sixes during the powerplay itself and destroyed Mumbai’s bowling attack. His innings was so explosive that Lucknow fans started expecting rain of fours and sixes on every ball. Puran played an explosive inning of 63 runs in 21 balls, in which 52 runs came from just 9 balls. He hit 8 sixes and 1 four in his stormy innings. Although he was out on the first ball of the 9th over, by then Lucknow Super Giants had scored 123 runs on the scoreboard.
This is the second fastest half-century of Nicholas Pooran while playing for LSG. The record of scoring the fastest half-century is also in the name of Puran. While playing for Lucknow against RCB in IPL 2023, he had done a great feat of scoring a half-century in just 15 balls. The special thing is that in the matter of scoring most fifties in less than 20 balls in IPL, he further strengthened his name and left Vaibhav Suryavanshi behind in this list.
Batsmen who scored most half centuries in less than 20 balls in IPL
- 6 – Abhishek Sharma
- 5 – Nicholas Pooran
- 4 – Vaibhav Suryavanshi
Pooran and Marsh wreaked havoc
The partnership of 94 runs between Puran and Mitchell Marsh was also very special, which is the second highest partnership of Lucknow against Mumbai. Overall, this stormy innings of Nicholas Pooran not only created a series of records but also made the match very difficult for Mumbai Indians.
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