MI vs LSG: Nicholas Pooran’s storm in Wankhede, created history by scoring fifty in just 16 balls
Nicholas Pooran: In the 47th match of IPL 2026, the bat of Lucknow Super Giants star batsman Nicholas Pooran has spoken strongly.
Nicholas Pooran: In the 47th match of IPL 2026, the bat of Lucknow Super Giants’ star batsman Nicholas Puran has spoken fiercely. In this match played against Mumbai Indians, he batted stormily and created history by scoring a brilliant half-century in just 16 balls.
Nicholas Pooran hit a stormy fifty
In this match played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Nicholas Puran batted explosively and played a stormy innings of 63 runs in 21 balls. During this, 1 four and 8 sixes came from his bat. During this innings, he completed his half-century in 16 balls. With this he has scored the second fastest half-century for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL.
LSG’s fastest fifties in the IPL:
◾️ Pooran: 15 balls vs RCB, 2023
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◾️ Pooran: 18 balls vs SRH, 2025
◾️ Pooran: 19 balls vs MI, 2024 pic.twitter.com/fKlMrWMqrK— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) May 4, 2026
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Left behind Vaibhav Suryavanshi
With his explosive half-century against Mumbai Indians, Puran has added his name to the list of batsmen who have scored the most number of half-centuries in less than 20 balls in IPL history. Let us tell you, this is the fifth time in IPL history when Nicholas Pooran has scored his half-century in less than 20 balls. With this he has come at second place in this list. He has left behind the young sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Abhishek Sharma is at the top in terms of scoring most fifties in less than 20 balls, who has achieved this feat 6 times.
nicholas puran ipl career
Talking about the IPL career of 30-year-old Nicholas Puran, he made his IPL debut in the year 2019. So far, he has played 99 matches in IPL, in which he has scored 2438 runs at an average of 32.07 in 96 innings. During this period, he has scored 15 half-centuries and his high score has been 87 not out runs. Apart from Lucknow Super Giants, he has played for Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings in IPL.
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