New Delhi, May 10 -- Chennai Super Kings (CSK) batter Urvil Patel etched his name into the Indian Premier League (IPL) record books with the joint-fastest fifty in the tournament's history, leading his team to a five-wicket win against Lucknow Super Giants. While Urvil's record-breaking innings took place at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, the reverberations were felt over 1,100 km away at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur. Urvil equalled the record of Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Chasing 204 runs to win, Urvil came to bat at no.3, after the dismissal of Sanju Samson. The 27-year-old went with his business from the second delivery itself, smashing six sixes in his first eight deliveries. He got to his maiden IPL ...