Robin Uthappa to Brendon McCullum: Players to score the slowest fifties in IPL

JP Duminy1. JP Duminy (Mumbai Indians) – 55 ballsThe former Mumbai Indians all-rounder ended up facing a massive number of deliveries before reaching his half-century in a clash against the Kings XI Punjab back in the 2009 season of IPL. Duminy still holds the record for the slowest half-century ever scored in the league.

Parthiv Patel2. Parthiv Patel (Chennai Super Kings) – 53 ballsThe former Chennai Super Kings batter ended up playing quite a slow knock against the Kings XI Punjab in a clash during the 2010 season of IPL. Patel is the Indian to score the slowest half-century in the history of the league.



Brendon McCullum3. Brendon McCullum (Kolkata Knight Riders) – 52 ballsThe former Kolkata Knight Riders batter played a really slow inning against the Mumbai Indians in the 2010 season of IPL. Though McCullum was known for his hard-hitting and explosive batting, he found it very difficult to score runs against the opposing bowling attack.

Robin Uthappa4. Robin Uthappa (Pune Warriors India) – 52 ballsThe former Pune Warriors India batter played a slow inning against the Delhi Daredevils in the 2021 season of IPL. Though Uthappa did play some good shots in his knock, he ended up taking too many deliveries to reach his half-century.

Jacques Kallis5. Jacques Kallis (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) – 51 balls The former Royal Challengers Bengaluru all-rounder took a long time to reach his half-century in a clash against the Delhi Daredevils in the 2009 IPL season. Kallis’ slow knock ended up hampering the Bengaluru-based franchise’s total big time.

Matthew Hayden6. Matthew Hayden (Chennai Super Kings) – 51 ballsThe former Chennai Super Kings batter played quite a slow knock in a clash against the Mumbai Indians back in the 2009 season of IPL. Hayden’s fifty came after he had faced a massive number of deliveries and his knock proved to be disadvantageous for the Chennai-based franchise.

Gautam Gambhir7. Gautam Gambhir (Delhi Daredevils) – 51 ballsThe former Delhi Daredevils batter ended up playing quite a slow knock in a clash against the Chennai Super Kings back in the 2010 season of IPL. Gambhir struggled against the opposing bowling attack and that is why ended up taking a big number of deliveries to reach his fifty.

Vijay Shankar8. Vijay Shankar (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – 51 ballsThe former Sunrisers Hyderabad all-rounder played a really slow knock in a clash against the Rajasthan Royals in the 2020 season of IPL. Shankar wasn’t really able to play great shots during his inning and ended up taking a lot of time to reach his half-century.

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