6 fastest cameos in the IPL

IPL has just crossed a monumentallandmark of 500 matches. The tournament that started as hit every ball for six has come a long way. However, it has provided the viewers with some delightful cameos which often turned out to be game changing.Some of these cameos have aided in building a big first innings total, some have won games from hopeless situations while others have been just valiant solo efforts in an otherwise lackluster scorecard. Whatever the outcome, these knocks have made the spectators (and even the opposition) amazed.Let us re-live the top cameos of IPL.NOTE: Only innings of 30 runs or more have been considered. The knocks are arranged in order of strike rates.

#6 Yusuf Pathan (72 off 22) v Sunrisers 2014; SR: 327.27

In their last league game in 2014, Kolkata Knight Riders opted to field knowing that they would need to chase the target set by Sunrisers in 15.2 overs to qualify as the No. 2 team in the league and have two shots at reaching the Final.

Chasing 161 for victory, KKR had a decent start with Uthappa keeping them in the hunt. But the qualification target got stiffer with every passing over. When Yusuf Pathan walked in, they needed 106 from 47 balls.

Yusuf did not look completely comfortable and was dropped twice, include once on nought. However, he kept taking his chances and on this day, it paid off. He kept hitting towering sixes over square leg and deep mid-wicket to register the fastest IPL 50 (off 15 balls). The innings included a 26-run over off Dale Steyn which read 4,6,6,4,4,2.

He was finally dismissed for 72 off only 22 balls taking KKR past the qualification target with a cushion of six balls.