Urvil Patel’s six-hitting carnage: The 200-sixes-a-day routine, Dhoni’s special bat and ‘mai dhamaka karunga’ promise

TL;DR

Urvil Patel scored a record 50 runs in just 13 balls during an IPL match, hitting six sixes in a row. His explosive performance helped Chennai Super Kings chase down 204 runs against Lucknow Super Giants.

Key points

Urvil Patel scored 50 runs in 13 balls
He hit six sixes in a row
Chennai Super Kings chased 204 runs
Match against Lucknow Super Giants
Record for joint-fastest fifty in IPL history

Chennai Super KingsLucknow Super GiantsIPL 2026

NEW DELHI: First ball: single. Next eight balls: six sixes, 41 runs, and IPL history rewritten. On a Sunday night at Chepauk, there was no easing into the innings for Urvil Patel, only immediate destruction.

With Chennai Super Kings chasing 204 against Lucknow Super Giants in their IPL 2026 match, the 26-year-old walked in after Sanju Samson’s dismissal in the fourth over. What followed was one of the most explosive starts in IPL history.

Then three consecutive maximums off Avesh Khan. Digvesh Rathi disappeared into the stands repeatedly. Mohammed Shami was not spared either. In the blink of an eye, Urvil had rocketed to a 13-ball fifty - the joint-fastest in IPL history.

And buried within that mayhem was another extraordinary record.

Urvil became the first batter in IPL history to smash six sixes within the first eight balls of an innings. By the time he had faced just eight deliveries, he had already raced to 41 not out comfortably eclipsing the previous highest score after eight balls in IPL history, which stood at 33.

An emotional Urvil celebrated the landmark by pulling out a handwritten note that read: “This is for you Papa.”

By the time his breathtaking knock ended at 65 off just 23 balls, packed with eight towering sixes, CSK were firmly in control of the chase and eventually sealed victory with four balls to spare.

But for those who know Urvil closely, this was not madness. It was meticulous practice. Three days before the game, the wicketkeeper-batter had already warned his coach.

‘Mai dhamaka karunga’

On Sunday night, he delivered exactly that. “Bola tha usne, ‘main dhamaka karunga’ theek teen din pehle match se. Confident tha. Lekin itna bada dhamaka karega, yeh nahi pata tha,” Urvil’s coach Prakash Patani told TimesofIndia.com.

The aggressive right-hander only got his extended run in the CSK XI after Ayush Mhatre suffered a hamstring injury. Yet in just four matches, the intent has been unmistakable.

Even before the LSG carnage, the signs were already there. After falling for 4 against Gujarat Titans in his first outing, Urvil bounced back with a blazing 24 off 12 balls against Mumbai Indians, hammering two fours and two sixes. Then came a 9-ball 17 against Delhi Capitals, a modest score on paper, but one that still included two towering sixes.

Attack, regardless of the situation, has been Urvil's mantra. Noted commentator Ian Bishop summed it up perfectly on air during the DC game. “He is a no-nonsense kind of batter. This is what CSK needed.”