IPL 2024 - DC's Jake Fraser McGurk trashes India's T20 World Cup reserve bowler, slams 28 in 1 over

Soon after the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 comes to an end, it will only be a matter of days before the start of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024. While most teams have already announced their squads for the upcoming ICC tournament, Indian fans are on edge, closely watching the performances of players bound for the USA and West Indies.

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Currently, in the clash between Delhi Capitals (DC) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, home team batter Jake Fraser-McGurk got off to the kind of start everyone knows him for. He decimated RR pacer Avesh Khan, one of India's reserves for the World Cup, with a 28-run over. With that over, McGurk slammed a 19-ball half-century.

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He departs not before another breathtaking FIFTY off just 19 balls 👏👏

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Although he was dismissed in the next over by R Ashwin, he ensured he laid a solid platform for Delhi for the rest of the batters to follow. Earlier this season, Fraser-McGurk also slammed a 15-ball half-century.

Most IPL fifties scored in less than 20 balls

3 - Jake Fraser-McGurk

2 - Yashasvi Jaiswal

2 - Nicholas Pooran

2 - Ishan Kishan

2 - Sunil Narine

2 - Kieron Pollard

2 - Travis Head

2 - KL Rahul

Abhishek Porel keeps the scoreboard ticking..

..but Rajasthan Royals get Axar Patel at the other end!@ashwinravi99 with his second wicket 👌👌

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As of writing this article, 10 overs are done and DC lost three wickets, but scored 116 runs. Ravichandran Ashwin picked two wickets while one was a runout. After Jake Fraser-McGurk departed for 50 off 20, his opening partner Abishek Porel went on to smash his first 50 off 29 balls. Shai Hope was run out for 1 off 1. Axar Patel who now comes up the order was also sent back for 15 off 10. 

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Earlier, Rajasthan Royals won the toss and opted to field. Two overseas players made their IPL debuts for both groups - Gulbadin Naib (DC) and Donovan Ferreira (RR).

Teams:

Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Tristan Stubbs, Gulbadin Naib, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed

Impact Subs: Rasikh Dar Salam, Praveen Dubey, Lalit Yadav, Sumit Kumar, Kumar Kushagra

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Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal

Impact Subs: Jos Buttler, Kuldeep Sen, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Tanush Kotian, Kunal Singh Rathore