Remember the name: Urvil Patel of CSK hits the joint-fastest IPL fifty against LSG

He put the LSG bowlers to the sword and hit five consecutive sixes during the course of his fifty.

Updated on: May 10, 2026, 19:19:20 IST

Written by Prateek Srivastava

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Urvil Patel has arrived at last. After showing promise in domestic cricket for Gujarat, the Chennai Super Kings batsman scored the joint fastest fifty (off 13 balls) in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Yashasvi Jaiswal of Rajasthan Royals had scored a fifty off 13 balls in 2023 against Kolkata Knight Riders.

Against Lucknow Super Giants at the Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday, the 27-year-old batsman owned the stage and put the visitors’ bowlers to the sword.

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After a single of his first ball, he smashed three consecutive sixes off the bowling Avesh Khan and then off the second and third balls of the next over of Digvesh Rathi, he hit back-to-back sixes. Then came a four. Off the fifth ball of the over, there was another huge six.

The wicketkeeper batsman, who made his List A debut in 2018, is the first batter to smash six sixes off the first eight balls of an IPL innings. He was 41* off 8 at one point. Before him, the next best score after the first eight balls for anyone in the IPL was 33.

Urvil was all power!

Urvil was all muscles against LSG. All of his sixes went a long way and he oozed confidence. His hitting left both Avesh and Digvesh really perplexed. LSG captain Rishabh Pant tried to have a word with Digvesh but it didn't work as Urvil continued his onslaught.

Earlier, CSK won the toss and decided to have a bowl. Aussie Josh Inglis, with 85 off 33 balls, was the top scorer for LSG. Pant’s men should have scored a lot more, but a middle-order collapse did for them. They could only put 203/8 on the board. Jamie Overton of England was CSK’s pick of the bowlers with figures of 3/36.

Later, Digvesh dropped Urvil off the bowling of Prince Yadav to make it a forgettable outing for himself. However, Urvil couldn't make the most of the dropped chance as shortly after he succumbed to Shahbaz Ahmed. He took just 23 balls for his 65 runs. After his onslaught, CSK can't lose from here for sure. With the asking rate being not challenging at all, the hosts would fancy to get over the line sooner rather than later.

What a fantastic knock, to all intents and purposes!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Prateek Srivastava
Prateek Srivastava is a senior sports journalist having been in the profession for two decades now. He started his print career with the India Today Group and later also worked for the Asian Age. In 2009, sensing the wind of change, he switched to the digital media and joined Mobile ESPN. There, he covered the 2011 Cricket World Cup and 2010 Hockey World Cup as a venue reporter. He did plenty of voice-over work too, over there. After leaving Mobile ESPN, Prateek went on to work for Cricketnext, Gocricket and Cricbuzz. At Gocricket (Times Internet Limited), he covered the 2014 T20 World from Bangladesh. There he also received a team leadership award, given at the end of the month. Prateek has also covered the 2016 T20 World Cup in India, this time working for Sportz Interactive. He also worked for Chinese giants Alibaba over two years and led their ""Short News"" content team at UC Browser. While cricket is Prateek’s expertise, he has also done a lot of golf. In fact, he has covered India’s first two European Tour events back in the late noughties. He has also done extensive writing on football having been associated with the Indian Super League for three seasons. Finally, Prateek is a literature aficionado and swears by Philip Roth and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and when he doesn’t joke, he is usually quiet and at work.Read More

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