Follow UsHe had to wait for 1,076 to return to the Indian Premier League (IPL), and when he did, Karun Nair smashed a fifty in the powerplay. In doing so, he became only the second player After Jake Fraser-McGurk to score a fifty for Delhi Capitals (DC) in the powerplay. Fraser-McGurk achieved this feat twice in the IPL, and both came last season.
78* - Jake Fraser-McGurk vs MI, Delhi, 2024
50 - Jake Fraser-McGurk vs RR, Delhi, 2024
50* - Karun Nair vs MI, Delhi, 2025
Playing his first game of the season, he came in to bat against Mumbai Indians (MI) after Fraser-McGurk was dismissed off the first delivery. Nair wasted no time getting going, reaching his half-century in just 22 deliveries.
He was particularly severe against Jasprit Bumrah, smashing him three fours and two sixes, taking 22 runs off just nine deliveries against him. His last fifty before this game came six years ago, when he was with Punjab Kings (PBKS), scoring 54 off 26 against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Pune in IPL 2018.
Nair, who has been in excellent form in the domestic circuit for Vidarbha, was snapped up by Delhi Capitals - a franchise he once led - for his base price of INR 50 lakh. This was his 11th IPL fifty and the fastest in his career.