DTVHINDIIPL 2024, GT vs DC: Shot of the Day: Jake Fraser-McGurk hit such a six… Sourav Ganguly could not stop laughing
Jake Fraser-McGurk played a brilliant inning of 20 runs in 10 balls against Gujarat Titans. Jake Fraser-McGurk & Sourav Ganguly (Photo Source: X/Twitter) The 32nd match of IPL 2024 was played between Gujarat Titans and Delhi Capitals at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. In the match, Gujarat Titans team, batting first, was all out for 89 runs in 17.3 overs. Delhi Capitals chased down the target with 67 balls remaining, and won by 6 wickets. Young Delhi batsman Jake Fraser-McGurk made a brilliant debut by scoring a half-century against Lucknow Super Giants. Today, Jake Fraser McGurk played the role of opener against Gujarat Titans. Even in this role, the batsman maintained his charm and gave a great start to the team. McGurk had hit a brilliant six against Sandeep Warrier in the very first over of the innings. Seeing that shot, Sourav Ganguly sitting in the dugout gave an amazing reaction, the video of which is making a lot of headlines on social media. Jake Fraser-McGurk hit a brilliant six while facing the first ball. The first over of Delhi Capitals’ innings was bowled by Sandeep Warrier. Prithvi Shaw managed to score a run by hitting the first ball of the over towards third man. Then Jake Fraser-McGurk came to the crease, and facing the very first ball, he hit a straight six while standing. Seeing this shot of Jake, Sourav Ganguly sitting in the dugout got up from his seat and was seen smiling. Watch the video of that six here- An entertaining brief cameo from Fraser-McGurk comes to an end 👍 PS – That reaction from Sourav Ganguly 😄 Watch the match LIVE on @StarSportsIndia and @JioCinema #TATAIPL , #GTvDC , @delhicapitals pic.twitter.com/8IKD6LkCS0 — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 17, 2024 McGurk had lost his wicket against Spencer Johnson Jake Fraser-McGurk then hit another brilliant six towards backward point against Spencer Johnson on the second ball of the second over of the innings. But Jake lost his wicket on the last ball of this over. McGurk did not find any room, he flicked and Abhinav Manohar, posted at mid-wicket, took a good catch. Jake Fraser McGurk played an explosive inning of 20 runs in 10 balls with the help of 2 fours and 2 sixes. After this spectacular win against Gujarat Titans, Delhi Capitals has moved to sixth position in the points table with 3 wins and 6 points from 7 matches.
Who is Jake Fraser-McGurk: Who is this 22 year old fiend Jake Fraser-McGurk who played in the band LSG?
22 year old Jack Fraser-McGurk made his debut for Delhi against Lucknow and showed out-of-the-box cricket. Jake Fraser-McGurk Who is Jake Fraser-McGurk: The 26th match of IPL 2024 was played between Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals. Lucknow won the toss and decided to bat first and scored 167 runs at the loss of 7 wickets on the basis of Ayush Badoni’s brilliant fifty. Chasing the target, Delhi Capitals made a brilliant comeback and achieved the target in just 18.1 overs and won by 6 wickets. 22 year old Jack Fraser-McGurk made his debut for Delhi against Lucknow and showed out-of-the-box cricket. He scored a fifty in his very first IPL debut match with the help of 2 fours and 5 sixes in 35 balls. The young player played an inning of 55 runs which laid the foundation for the victory of Delhi Capitals. VIDEO: Jack Fraser-McGurk hits Krunal Pandya for 3 consecutive sixes (Jack Fraser-McGurk hits Krunal Pandya for 3 consecutive sixes) 3 CONSECUTIVE SIXES BY JAKE FRASER-MCGURK AGAINST KRUNAL.pic.twitter.com/R8efQ8NeLr — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 12, 2024 Who is Jack Fraser-McGurk? Jack Fraser-McGurk is 22 years old and has performed brilliantly in List A cricket. Jack Fraser-McGurk also holds the record for scoring a century in the fewest number of balls. Let us tell you that Jack had scored a century in just 29 balls in List A cricket. Jake Fraser-McGurk also broke the record of legendary batsmen Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers by scoring a century in the fewest number of balls. Chris Gayle completed his century in IPL in just 30 balls. Apart from this, the record of fastest century in ODI cricket is in the name of South Africa’s AB de Villiers, who completed his century in just 31 balls. Jack Fraser-McGurk achieved this feat against Tasmania while playing for South Australia. In this match, Jake Fraser-McGurk had scored 125 runs in 38 balls. Cricket career of Jack Fraser-McGurk Jake Fraser-McGurk has not yet got a chance to debut for Australia, but he has played some brilliant innings in List A cricket. Jake Fraser-McGurk has played 9 first-class matches so far. In which he has 309 runs in his name, which includes one half-century. Apart from this, Jake Fraser-McGurk has 437 runs in 16 matches in List A cricket. During this period he has scored one century and one half-century.
IPL 2024: 3 main reasons why DC took the wrong decision by including Jake Fraser-McGurk in their team
This batsman also batted very well in the Big Bash League 2023-24. Jake Fraser-McGurk (Image Credit- Twitter X) Indian Premier League franchise Delhi Capitals has included young Australian batsman Jake Fraser-McGurk in its team as a replacement for Lungi Ngidi. Let us tell you, Lungi Ngidi has been ruled out of the Indian Premier League 2024 due to a back injury. Talking about Jake Fraser-McGurk, he has performed very well in franchise league cricket so far and has won the hearts of many people. This batsman also batted very well in the Big Bash League 2023-24. However, today we will tell you the three main reasons why Delhi Capitals took a very wrong decision by including Jake Fraser-McGurk in their team. 1- Jake Fraser-McGurk has no idea about the Indian situation. Jake Fraser-McGurk (Image Credit- Twitter X) Let us tell you, Jake Fraser-McGurk has not played a single match in Indian conditions yet. There are many Australian players whose performance in India has always been quite disappointing. Jake Fraser-McGurk may face a lot of problems while batting in the Indian Premier League 2024. Not only this, he may face a lot of problems against spinners.
Ricky Ponting made a big statement comparing Jake Fraser-McGurk and David Warner
Jake Fraser-McGurk (Image Credit- Twitter X) Young player Jake Fraser-McGurk, who performed brilliantly in the last season of the Big Bash League, has been successful in making his international debut for Australia. So in the third ODI match against West Indies in Canberra, Magark played a big inning of 41 runs in 18 balls, and contributed significantly to his team’s victory. So this innings of Jack was highly praised in the Australian cricket world. On the other hand, now former Australian player and two-time World Cup champion captain Ricky Ponting has given a big statement regarding Jack Fraser Magark. Ponting says that he reminds him of a young David Warner. Ricky Ponting gave a big statement regarding Jack Fraser Magark Let us tell you that Ricky Ponting quoted cricket.com.au about Jack Fraser Magark as saying – He (Jack Fraser Magark) is such a person who can be tracked well in the Australian cricket system. When we initially saw David Warner, everyone doubted whether he would be technically good for red ball cricket. Ponting further said – But Jack (Fraser Magarch) has the same talent as David Warner. It would be better if they (Cricket Australia) can bring him into the system as soon as possible. The best way to get success from him in all three formats is to let him play and work on himself. On the other hand, if we talk about Jack, he has played only two matches for Australia. Apart from this, he has scored a total of 519 runs in 19 List A matches at an average of 34.60 and a total of 645 runs in 37 T20 matches at an average of 20.15. Well, now it will be worth seeing whether Jack Fraser Magarch is able to make a name for himself in the Australian cricket world like David Warner or not?
