Who is Urvil Patel? CSK batter who smashed joint-fastest IPL fifty in 13 balls

NEW DELHI: Chennai Super Kings batter Urvil Patel produced a breathtaking show of power-hitting arsenic helium smashed a 13-ball half-century against Lucknow Super Giants successful their IPL 2026 clash astatine the MA Chidambaram Stadium successful Chennai connected Sunday.With that explosive knock, Urvil equalled the grounds for the fastest 50 successful IPL history.

His 13-ball 50 present sits alongside Yashasvi Jaiswal’s effort against Kolkata Knight Riders successful 2023 arsenic the joint-fastest half-century successful the tournament.

Fastest fifties successful IPL past (by balls faced)

13 balls - Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR) vs KKR, Kolkata, 202313 balls - Urvil Patel (CSK) vs LSG, Chennai, 202614 balls - KL Rahul (PBKS) vs DC, Mohali, 201814 balls - Pat Cummins (KKR) vs MI, Pune, 202214 balls - Romario Shepherd (RCB) vs CSK, Bengaluru, 2025

Who is Urvil Patel?

Urvil Patel is simply a 27-year-old cricketer from Gujarat who bats right-handed and besides keeps wickets.

Though comparatively caller to IPL fans, helium has built a beardown estimation successful home cricket for his fearless batting and quality to people quickly. This is acold from the archetypal clip Urvil has dismantled bowling attacks. During the 2024-25 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, helium blasted a T20 period successful conscionable 28 balls — the fastest by an Indian and the second-fastest 100 successful men’s T20 cricket overall.He besides hammered a 36-ball period against Uttarakhand past season, further showcasing his quality to predominate attacks successful the shortest format.

His white-ball exploits are not constricted to T20s either. In List-A cricket, Urvil owns a 41-ball century, which is the second-fastest 100 by an Indian successful the format aft Yusuf Pathan.

Urvil Patel IPL journey: From unsold subordinate to CSK hero

Urvil was archetypal picked up by Gujarat Titans up of IPL 2023 for his basal terms of Rs 20 lakh. However, helium did not get a azygous accidental during his stint with the franchise and was released earlier the IPL 2024 auction.Despite his awesome home performances, Urvil amazingly went unsold successful the IPL 2025 auction arsenic well.His fortunes changed erstwhile Chennai Super Kings signed him arsenic a replacement for the injured Vansh Bedi during IPL 2026. CSK acquired him for his basal terms of Rs 30 lakh, and the wicketkeeper-batter has present announced himself connected the biggest signifier with a record-equalling knock.