India, May 11 -- Urvil Patel had an evening to remember on Sunday. In the three games before facing Royal Challengers Bengaluru, the 27-year-old was getting starts with scores of 24 against Mumbai Indians and 17 against Delhi Capitals, but finally utilised them brilliantly against Lucknow Super Giants, registering the joint-fastest half-century in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL). In the process, Urvil became the first batsman ever to smash six sixes in eight balls, rewriting the history books and providing the Chennai Super Kings with some blazing tempo in pursuit of 204 runs.

By the time he got out after scoring 65 off 23 balls, Urvil had already won plenty of fans over, but one individual he would be glad followed his kn...