Fastest IPL fifties, full list: West Indies all-rounder equals overseas player record with 14-ball blitz

Asked to bat first, RCB added 97 runs off 59 balls for the first wicket. At 21 years and 192 days, Jacob Bethell became the third youngest overseas player to hit a fifty in the tournament after Sam Curran (20 years and 334 days) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (21 years and 129 days). Virat Kohli top-scored with a 33-ball 62, while Bethell hit 55 off 33.

Shepherd provided the perfect finish to RCB’s innings. At 159-5 after 18 overs, 200 seemed unlikely – until he smashed Khaleel Ahmed for 33 runs in the 19th over, the most expensive over of this IPL season. Khaleel’s figures of 0-65 now stand as the costliest three-over spell in T20 history. Shepherd wasn’t done yet: he hammered Pathirana for a four and two sixes in the final over, racing to a 14-ball fifty and powering RCB to 213-5.

Fastest fifties in IPL, full list

Shepherd’s 14-ball half-century is now the joint second-fastest in the history of IPL, just shy of Yashasvi Jaiswal’s 13-ball effort for Rajasthan Royals against Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2023 season. Apart from Shepherd, KL Rahul and Pat Cummins have also scored a fifty each in 14 balls. That means Shepherd and Cummins now jointly hold the tournament record by an overseas player.

The West Indies all-rounder’s last-ball six to reach the landmark saw him end with an unbeaten 53 off 14 balls. His strike-rate of 378.57 is the highest in a 50-plus score in the tournament. Shepherd eclipsed Cummins’ 15-ball 56 not out, which came at 373.33 for Kolkata Knight Riders against Mumbai Indians in 2022.

Player Balls Team Opposition Venue Year
Yashasvi Jaiswal 13 Rajasthan Royals Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata 2023
Romario Shepherd 14 Royal Challengers Bengaluru Chennai Super Kings Bengaluru 2025
KL Rahul 14 Kings XI Punjab Delhi Capitals Mohali 2018
PJ Cummins 14 Kolkata Knight Riders Mumbai Indians Pune 2022
YK Pathan 15 Kolkata Knight Riders Sunrisers Hyderabad Kolkata 2014
SP Narine 15 Kolkata Knight Riders Royal Challengers Bangalore Bangalore 2017
Nicholas Pooran 15 Lucknow Super Giants Royal Challengers Bangalore Bengaluru 2023
Jake Fraser-McGurk 15 Delhi Capitals Sunrisers Hyderabad Delhi 2024
Jake Fraser-McGurk 15 Delhi Capitals Mumbai Indians Delhi 2024
SK Raina 16 Chennai Super Kings Kings XI Punjab Mumbai 2014
Ishan Kishan 16 Mumbai Indians Sunrisers Hyderabad Abu Dhabi 2021
Abhishek Sharma 16 Sunrisers Hyderabad Mumbai Indians Hyderabad 2024
Travis Head 16 Sunrisers Hyderabad Delhi Capitals Delhi 2024
Travis Head 16 Sunrisers Hyderabad Lucknow Super Giants Hyderabad 2024

Highest strike-rate in a fifty-plus IPL knock

Player Team Runs Balls Strike Rate Opposition Venue Date
Romario Shepherd Royal Challengers Bengaluru 53* 14 378.57 Chennai Super Kings Bengaluru 2025
Pat Cummins Kolkata Knight Riders 56* 15 373.33 Mumbai Indians Pune 2022
Jake Fraser-McGurk Delhi Capitals 65 18 361.11 Sunrisers Hyderabad Delhi 2024
Suresh Raina Chennai Super Kings 87 25 348 Kings XI Punjab Wankhede 2014
Yusuf Pathan Kolkata Knight Riders 72 22 327.27 Sunrisers Hyderabad Eden Gardens 2014
Nicholas Pooran Lucknow Super Giants 62 19 326.31 Royal Challengers Bengaluru Bengaluru 2023
KL Rahul Kings XI Punjab 51 16 318.75 Delhi Daredevils Mohali 2018
Sunil Narine Kolkata Knight Riders 54 17 317.64 Royal Challengers Bengaluru Bengaluru 2017
Jake Fraser-McGurk Delhi Capitals 84 27 311.11 Mumbai Indians Delhi 2024
Kieron Pollard Mumbai Indians 51* 17 300 Kolkata Knight Riders Wankhede 2016