GT Vs KKR, IPL 2023: Twitter Erupts As Vijay Shankar’s Quickfire Fifty Power GT To 204 Runs
New Delhi: Gujarat Titans batter Vijay Shankar has shown tremendous form and played a stunning knock of 63 in just 24 balls with a whopping strike rate of 262.5 against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. He smashed three back-2-back sixes in the final over bowled by Shardul Thakur and helped GT put 204 runs on the board.
Mad knock by 3D Vijay Shankar. 50 in just 21 balls. ????#GTvKKRpic.twitter.com/DyjKUYG5CS
— Sexy Cricket Shots (@sexycricketshot) April 9, 2023
His inning was instrumental in putting up a massive target of 204 for the KKR.
It’s impossible to stop vijay shankar form in wc year????pic.twitter.com/YwzcjtVeFL
— 82off53 (@trishank_vk) April 9, 2023
The netizens are hailing Vijay for his fiery batting show. The netizens are hailing Vijay for his fiery batting show.
World cup this year and India facing no. 4 batsman problem
Vijay Shankar : pic.twitter.com/IihW71ltSf
— Anurag Dwivedi ???? (@AnuragxCricket) April 9, 2023
He came out to bat after the 14th over after the dismissal of Abhinav Manohar and then put on a 35(24) partnership with Sai Sudarshan and a heated 51-run partnership with David Miller, which came out in just 16 balls.
Most runs by a batter in the last 2 overs (19th & 20th) in a IPL game:
44 (10) – Kohli v GL 2016
44 (12) – Jadeja v RCB 2021
42 (9) – Rahul v RCB 2020
41 (11) – VIJAY SHANKAR v KKR TODAY
39 (11) – McCullum v RCB 2008 #GTvKKR #IPL2023— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) April 9, 2023
He also achieved a significant milestone, becoming the fastest fifty by a Gujarat Titans batter in IPL history. His half-century came out in just 21 balls.
Vijay Shankar has the fastest fifty by a Gujarat Titans batter in IPL history.
Fifty from 21 balls. pic.twitter.com/jFX0IVoQ6M
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 9, 2023
In IPL 2023:
19 ball fifty by Ajinkya Rahane.
20 ball fifty by Shardul Thakur.
21 ball fifty by Vijay Shankar.— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 9, 2023
Apart from Vijay, Sai Sudarshan also played a classic knock of 53 runs in 38 balls as he hit two consecutive fifties this season.
— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans) April 9, 2023