South Africa’s Ryan Rickelton did not know whether he would play against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Wednesday, April 29. He was included in the team due to injury to his compatriot Quinton de Kock. After being included in the squad, Rickelton made the most of the opportunity and played his best innings in the Indian Premier League.

As Mumbai look to end their poor performance in the tournament, Rickelton scored a sensational century, his first. IPLIn just 44 balls, that helped him lay the foundation for a huge total on Wednesday. The Wankhede Stadium witnessed some ridiculous hitting from the left-handed batsman, also known as Junior Quinton de Kock.

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The batsman hit 8 fours and 7 sixes during his century in 44 balls, which is the fastest among Mumbai Indians batsmen in the history of IPL. Rickelton broke the record of Sanath Jayasuriya, who reached his milestone in just 45 balls in the inaugural edition of the tournament.

Fastest century for MI

• 44 – Ryan Rickelton vs SRH, Wankhede, 2026
• 45 – Sanath Jayasuriya vs CSK, Wankhede, 2008
• 45 – Tilak Verma vs GT, Ahmedabad, 2026
• 47 – Cameron Green vs SRH, Wankhede, 2023
• 49 – Suryakumar vs GT, Wankhede, 2023

Rickelton kept things quite simple at Wankhede. He used the crease very well and played shots all around the stadium, which caused problems to SRH. He dominated the leg side and pulled the ball with great efficiency.

He also hit two sixes down the ground against Harsh Dubey, who was unlucky enough to face the sword against the left-handed batsman. Whenever the SRH bowlers tried to correct their lines and deceive them with slower balls, Rickelton had the presence of mind to slap the ball through the off side.

The result was a devastating attack on the SRH bowlers, who had nothing for the batsman today. As a result, Mumbai crossed the 180-run mark in the 15th over itself and set themselves up for a huge score.

SRH’s bowlers had performed well in the last four IPL matches, but they had no answer to Rickelton’s attack on Wednesday. The closest they came to taking his wicket was in the first half of the innings, when Rickelton almost had Prafulla Hinge caught at short fine leg. However, Prafulla failed to anticipate the ball and did not come forward enough to complete the catch.

Thanks to Rickelton’s innings, Mumbai Indians scored 243 runs at the Wankhede Stadium. At the time of writing, this is the highest score by a Mumbai side in this season of the Indian Premier League.

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