New Delhi . Ruturaj Gaikwad finally came out of his poor form in IPL 2026 and scored his first half-century, but this innings was very slow. He took 49 balls to complete his 50 runs, making him included in the list of players who scored the slowest half-century in IPL.

Ruturaj played very slowly in the beginning and his batting remained a struggle till the 15th over. However, after completing 50 runs, he showed momentum and finally scored 74 runs in 60 balls, which included 6 fours and 4 sixes.

If we talk about IPL history, the slowest half-century was scored by Duminy in 55 balls. After this, Parthiv Patel scored half-centuries in 53 balls, then Duminy in 52 balls, David Warner and Gautam Gambhir scored half-centuries in 50-50 balls. Both Sachin Tendulkar and now Gaikwad have scored half-centuries in 49-49 balls.

This is also the sixth slowest half-century for CSK. Earlier, Parthiv Patel had scored half-centuries in 53 balls, Matthew Hayden in 51 balls, Murali Vijay in 50 and 49 balls, and Dwayne Smith in 49 balls. Now Ruturaj’s name has also been added to this list.

What happened in the match?

In the match played between CSK and Gujarat, CSK batted first. The team had a very bad start. 3 wickets fell in the powerplay itself. Sanju Samson was out for 11 runs, Urvil Patel for 4 runs and Sarfaraz Khan was out without opening the account. The score was only 28/3 in 6 overs.

The situation did not improve much till 10 overs and the team reached 43/4. After this, Gaikwad and Shivam Dubey (22 runs) took over the team by making a partnership of 59 runs. CSK showed momentum in the last 5 overs. Karthik Sharma (15 runs in 9 balls) and Jamie Overton (18 runs in 6 balls) scored quickly. In the end CSK scored 158/7 in 20 overs. But in response, the Gujarat team won the match easily.