India, May 10 -- 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 Ridres.

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.

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.

The wicketkeeper batsman, who made h...