Sunil Narine blasted the joint-fastest fifty in the history of the Indian Premier League as he helped Kolkata Knight Riders thrash Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets to move to second spot.
The off-spinner, who has opened for Kolkata regularly this season, dealt only in boundaries and smoked a six off S Aravind to reach the historic feat. His fifty had five fours and four sixes.
The West Indian was at his attacking best and punished his countryman Samuel Badree. In a single over of Badree, Narine hit three identical sixes towards long-off and followed with a four.
Twitter Reactions:
David Warner
I think @KKRiders want the 22:45pm flight out of Bangalore tonight
Yuvraj Singh
If West Indies are looking for a new opener in the shorter format @SunilPNarine74 it is ! @IPL
Sir Ravindra Jadeja
Sunil Narine Smoked Samuel Badree For 25 Runs In An Over. Scored 50 Off 15 Balls.#RCBvKKR #KKRvRCB #KXIPvGL#GLvKXIP #Narine #Lynnsanity
Sanjay Manjrekar
If you thought it couldn’t get worse for RCB, Sunil Narine has just hit the fastest IPL 50 ever against them.#RCBvKKR
Isha Guha
Deep Das Gupta
Chris Lynn’s fifty of 21 deliveries suddenly seems a little slow after the the Narine highlight package #RCBvKKR
Cricbuzz
Narine creams Badree for a hat-trick of sixes, all over long-off!
KKR race to the fastest fifty in #IPL – 3.3 overs#RCBvKKR