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KXIP Vs DD: KL Rahul smashes fastest IPL fifty in just 14 balls

April 8, 2018, 8:55 PM

Nation Next Newsroom | Punjab

KXIP opening batsman KL Rahul, on Sunday, smashed the fastest fifty in the history of IPL by reaching the half-century landmark in 14 balls. — KL Rahul during the KXIP Vs DD match at IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali. (Photo Source: IPL/Twitter)

Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) opening batsman KL Rahul, on Sunday, smashed the fastest fifty in the history of Indian Premier League (IPL) by reaching the half-century landmark in 14 balls. The openers milestone came against his teams match against Delhi Daredevils (DD) at IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali, as KXIP chased a target of 167 runs. Rahul also became the first player in T20 cricket to hit a fifty in just first three overs of a match. In his innings of 51, Rahul smashed six boundaries and four sixes.

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By scoring fifty runs in just 14 balls, Rahul broke the record of fastest IPL fifty by Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders), who scored a half-century in 15 balls against Royal Challengers Bangalore, in a previous season of IPL. Narine was joined by Yusuf Pathan in 2014 as he too smashed a fifty off 15 balls for Sunrisers Hyderabad against KKR.

The half-century was Rahuls sixth half-century in IPL since he made his debut in league in 2013.

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Active COVID cases near 30,000 mark in Nagpur

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4 years ago

January 25, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally, on Tuesday, January 25, reached 5,43,064 (till 5 pm) as 4028 (972 from rural and 2956 from city) new cases were recorded in a single day.

Also, active COVID cases, as on Tuesday, could be seen inching closer to 30,000 mark in the district.

Six people lost their lives (one from rural and five from city) on Tuesday. Till now, 10,183 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the district. Total tests taken were 11,377.

While patients who recovered on Tuesday were 2519, the total number of recovered patients stood at 503729.

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Nagpur reports 90 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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January 2, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally on Sunday, January 2 reached 4,94,193 (till 5 pm) as 90 (73 city, nine rural) more people tested positive for the virus.

Also, five patients recovered on Sunday taking the number of recoveries to 4,83,664.

Till now, 10123 people have lost their lives due to COVID in the district. As of now, there are 406 active COVID patients in the district.

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ALARMING! Nagpur reports 88 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

December 31, 2021

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur registered 88 (81 from city) new COVID-19 positive cases on Friday, December 31. Nagpur previously had recorded as minimum as six cases on December 24.