Jake Fraser McGurk: Travis Head scored a half-century off 16 balls against Delhi Capitals. Head's opening partner Abhishek Sharma had earlier smashed a half-century in 16 balls. The young Delhi Capitals batsman valued 20 lakh broke the record of fastest half-centuries of the season in front of both of them.
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Sunrisers Hyderabad's opening batsman Travis Head has created a headache for the bowlers in IPL 2024. This explosive Australian batsman has constantly tormented teams. Abhishek Sharma is his opening partner. Both of them had the record of the fastest half-century in IPL 2024 so far, but this record was broken by a brand new batsman worth only 20 lakh, that too in front of their eyes. The batsman's name is Jake Fraser McGurk.
On Saturday, April 20, it rained fours and sixes at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma opened the innings for Hyderabad. The duo smashed the Delhi bowlers to take the team past 100 in just 5 overs and then added 125 runs by the end of the powerplay. Travis Head scored a half-century in 16 balls. It was his fastest half-century this season. Before him, Abhishek had also scored a fifty in the same number of balls against Mumbai Indians.
To achieve such a mammoth 267 target, Delhi also needed a stormy start and McGurk did it. Chasing an improbable target of 267 runs, Delhi got off to a flying start. The 22-year-old Australian batsman also surpassed the speed of his own country's senior Travis Head. McGurk started it in the third over of Delhi's innings and scored boundaries on all 6 balls of Washington Sundar. Jake Fraser McGurk hit 3 fours and 3 sixes. That's a total of 30 runs from the over scored by McGurk
Fraser McGurk Scored 50 in Just 15 Balls
Even after this, the right-handed batsman continued to attack. In no time, he hit a hat-trick of sixes off leg-spinner Mayank Markande. McGurk completed his second half-century in the IPL with the first of these sixes. His half-century came in just 15 balls, which also proved to be the fastest half-century of this season. Fraser broke record in front of Abhishek and Head's eyes for fastest 50 in IPL 2024.
However, the young batsman scored 65 runs (5 fours, 7 sixes) in just 18 balls. After hitting 3 sixes in a row, McGurk was not ready to stop and while trying to hit the fourth six, he got out on the ball of Markande. This was his second half-century in 3 matches this season. Fraser McGurk was roped in by Delhi as a replacement player and it cost just Rs 20 lakh. Overall, McGurk has done more than his price in just 3 matches.
Fraser McGurk was born on April 11, 2002. He went unsold in the IPL 2024 auction but Fraser was roped in by Delhi due to an injury to South African pacer Lungi Ngidi. Victoria's Fraser represented Australia at various age groups, including the U-19 World Cup in 2019. He has also played for the senior national team.
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