While playing for Delhi against Lucknow, McGurk played a brilliant inning of 55 runs.
The ongoing season of IPL 2024 has been very spectacular so far. The ongoing season of the tournament has left the previous few seasons behind in terms of records. Cricket fans also got to see some exciting matches.
So one such great match was played yesterday on 12th April between Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals (LSG vs DC). Let us tell you that in this match, Delhi had won by 6 wickets on the basis of first bowling and then amazing batting. Also, in this spectacular victory of Delhi, Jake Fraser-McGurk, playing his first match, batted brilliantly and played a brilliant inning of 55 runs in 35 balls with the help of 2 fours and 5 sixes.
So with this innings he has also made a special record in his name. Let us tell you that with this inning, he has become one of the 5 players of Australia team, who have scored a half-century in their debut. So let us also know about the other players who scored half-centuries in their debut matches:
5. Michael Hussey
Michael Hussey, a former left-handed batsman of the Australian cricket team and popularly known as Mr. Cricket, was the first Australian player to score a half-century in his IPL debut. So Hussey had done this feat in the year 2008 while playing for Chennai against Punjab Kings. In the match, Hussey played a brilliant inning of 116* runs in 54 balls. During this innings, Hussey also hit 8 fours and 9 sixes.