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The 47th match of IPL 2026 is being played between Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants. In this match, after winning the toss, Mumbai Indians invited LSG to bat first. Where, for Lucknow Super Giants, Nicholas Puran batted stormily and scored a half-century. Puran completed his fifty in just 16 balls and joined an elite list, in which he has secured the second position, leaving behind Vaibhav Suryavanshi.

Nicholas Puran made fifty in 16 balls

In the match being played with Mumbai Indians, Lucknow Super Giants’ star batsman Nicholas Puran batted amazingly. He attacked the Mumbai bowlers and completed his half-century in just 16 balls. However, Puran could not make his innings much bigger and returned to the pavilion after playing an innings of 63 runs in 21 balls. In his innings, Puran hit 8 sixes and 1 four. At the same time, his strike rate was 300.

Puran left Vaibhav Suryavanshi behind

In IPL 2026, the first fifty from the bat of Nicholas Pooran has come against Mumbai Indians. Puran scored fifty in 16 balls against Mumbai. With this, he has reached second place in the list of batsmen who have scored most fifties in less than 20 balls in IPL.

Nicholas has gone ahead of Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Yes, this was Nicholas’ 5th fifty in IPL, which he completed in less than 20 balls. Whereas Vaibhav Suryavanshi has scored half-century in less than 20 balls 4 times in IPL. At the same time, the record of scoring most fifties in less than 20 balls in IPL is held in the name of Abhishek Sharma. He has done this feat 6 times.

6- Abhishek Sharma
5 – Nicholas Pooran*
4- Vaibhav Suryavanshi

Batsman who scored the fastest century for LSG:-

15 – Nicholas Pooran vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2023

16 – Nicholas Pooran vs MI, Wankhede, 2026*

18 – Nicholas Pooran vs SRH, Hyderabad, 2025

19 – Nicholas Pooran vs MI, Wankhede, 2024

20 – Kyle Mayers vs PBKS, Mohali, 2023

20 – Nicholas Pooran vs DC, Delhi, 2024