The Indian Premier League (IPL) is notable for being one of the most popular T20 (Twenty20) format of cricket league in India as of 2025. Since the introduction of the league in 2008, they are all set to enter the eighteenth edition in 2025. Better known as TATA IPL, the 2025 edition of the league will be taking place from March 22, 2025 to May 25, 2025 across 74 matches. Administered by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the IPL consists of ten teams that are located throughout cities all over India.
The ten teams under IPL compete against each other every year through group stage and playoffs to become the champions every year. The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and the Mumbai Indians (MI) are notable for being the most successful teams in the league with both teams winning the IPL five times each as of March 2025. They are closely followed by the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) with three IPL titles in their collections. The 2025 edition of IPL once again will see all ten teams compete to become the champion for the season.
Fastest fifties in IPL History
The Indian Premier League (IPL) has seen some of the fastest batsmen to score fifty runs within a short smount of time durig matches. The most notable to do so is Yashasvi Jaiswal, who scored 50 runs in only 13 balls, while representing his team the Rajasthan Royals against the Kolkata Knight Riders on May 11, 2023. The folloiwing table includes some other notable players who has scored fastest fifties in their IPL career as of March 17, 2025 -
| Player Name | Balls | Match | Venue | Date |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 13 | Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Kolkata | 11 May 2023 |
| KL Rahul | 14 | Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Capitals | Mohali | 08 April 2018 |
| Pat Cummins | 14 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians | Pune | 06 April 2022 |
| Yusuf Pathan | 15 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | Kolkata | 24 May 2014 |
| Sunil Narine | 15 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Bangalore | 07 May 2017 |
| Nicholas Pooran | 15 | Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Bengaluru | 10 April 2023 |
| Jake Fraser-McGurk | 15 | Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | Delhi | 20 April 2024 |
| Jake Fraser-McGurk | 15 | Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians | Delhi | 27 April 2024 |
| Suresh Raina | 16 | Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab | Mumbai | 30 May 2014 |
| Ishan Kishan | 16 | Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | Abu Dhabi | 8 October 2021 |
| Abhishek Sharma | 16 | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians | Hyderabad | 27 March 2024 |
| Travis Head | 16 | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals | Delhi | 20 April 2024 |
| Travis Head | 16 | Sunrisers Hyderabad v Lucknow Super Giants | Hyderabad | 08 May 2024 |
| Kieron Pollard | 17 | Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Mumbai | 28 April 2016 |
| Chris Gayle | 17 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Pune Warriors | Bangalore | 23 April 2013 |
| Sunil Narine | 17 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Kolkata | 08 April 2018 |
| Hardik Pandya | 17 | Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Kolkata | 28 April 2019 |
| Adam Gilchrist | 17 | Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Capitals | Centurion | 22 May 2009 |
| Ishan Kishan | 17 | Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Kolkata | 09 May 2018 |
| Chris Morris | 17 | Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Lions | Delhi | 27 April 2016 |
| Nicholas Pooran | 17 | Kings XI Punjab vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | Dubai (DSC) | 08 October 2020 |
| Kieron Pollard | 17 | Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings | Delhi | 01 May 2021 |
| Suryakumar Yadav | 17 | Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Wankhede | 11 April 2024 |
| Rishabh Pant | 18 | Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians | Mumbai | 24 March 2019 |
| Jos Buttler | 18 | Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals | Delhi | 02 May 2018 |
| Prithvi Shaw | 18 | Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Ahmedabad | 29 April 2021 |
| Travis Head | 18 | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians | Hyderabad | 27 March 2024 |
| Prabhsimran Singh | 18 | Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Kolkata | 26 April 2024 |
| Faf du Plessis | 18 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Titans | Bengaluru | 04 May 2024 |
| David Miller | 19 | Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals | Sharjah | 20 April 2014 |
| Owais Shah | 19 | Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Bangalore | 15 April 2012 |
| Chris Lynn | 19 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Lions | Rajkot | 07 April 2017 |
| KL Rahul | 19 | Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings | Mohali | 05 May 2019 |
| Robin Uthappa | 19 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab | Bangalore | 16 March 2010 |
| Andre Russell | 19 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab | Kolkata | 09 May 2015 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 19 | Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab | Mumbai | 12 April 2015 |
| Sanju Samson | 19 | Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings | Sharjah | 22 Sep 2020 |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 19 | Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings | Abu Dhabi | 02 Oct 2021 |
| Moeen Ali | 19 | Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals | Mumbai | 20 May 2022 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | 19 | Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians | Mumbai | 08 April 2023 |
| Jason Roy | 19 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings | Kolkata | 23 April 2023 |
| Tristan Stubbs | 19 | Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians | Wankhede | 07 Apr 2024 |
| Rajat Patidar | 19 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | Hyderabad | 25 April 2024 |
| Jake Fraser-McGurk | 19 | Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals | Delhi | 07 May 2024 |
| Abhishek Sharma | 19 | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants | Hyderabad | 08 May 2024 |
| Nicholas Pooran | 19 | Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians | Mumbai | 17 May 2024 |
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FAQs on Fasest Fifties in IPL
A. Yashahsvi Jaiswal has the fastest 50 in only 13 balls in his IPL career as of March 2025.
A. The Kolkata Knight Riders will be facing off against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the first macth of the 2025 IPL season.
A. There will be ten teams in the IPL 2025 season.
A. The 2025 edition starts on March 22, 2025.
A. The Kolkata Knight Riders, the defending champions from the 2024 IPL season will be opening the 2025 IPL season.
