The joy within the stadium is palpable when he steps onto the pitch. Apart from his means to ship the ball hovering over the boundary for sixes, The 22-year-old Australian additionally has a knack for locating gaps within the area.
On Saturday, Fraser-McGurk made a mockery of Mumbai Indians’ bowling as he cracked 84 off simply 27-ball balls with the assistance of 11 fours and 6 sixes, which is greater than 95 % of runs (80 runs) coming in boundaries.
This distinctive show by Fraser-McGurk is not a one-off. Earlier within the season in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad, he achieved an analogous feat, scoring over 95% of his runs in boundaries.
Highest % of runs in boundaries in an IPL innings (50+ runs)
- 96.55
Suresh Raina (84/87) CSK vs PK Wankhede 2014 - 96.30 Kyle Mayers (52/54) LSG vs PK Mohali 2023
- 95.38 Andre Russell (62/65) KKR vs RCB Kolkata 2019
- 95.38 Jake Fraser McGurk (62/65) vs SRH Delhi 2024
- 95.23 Jake Fraser McGurk (80/84) vs MI Delhi 2024
Fraser-McGurk has predominantly scored by means of boundaries, with 220 out of his 247 runs coming from fours and sixes. Throughout 5 innings, he has smashed 22 fours and 22 sixes, sustaining a powerful strike fee of 237.50.
The best-handed batsman’s means to hit boundaries at will means that he possesses a stable method and appears to have the reward of timing the ball completely.
He equalled his earlier quickest T20 fifty, which additionally got here off 15 balls earlier this season in opposition to SRH. It’s Fraser-McGurk’s third half-century in his debut IPL version.
He’s now the third batsman to have scored a half-century in 15 or fewer balls twice in T20 cricket. Kolkata Knight Riders’ gamers Andre Russell and Sunil Narine are the opposite two.
The following finest by way of quickest IPL fifty for Delhi Capitals are Chris Morris (17 balls), Rishabh Pant (18 balls) and Prithvi Shaw (18 balls).
