The 5 IPL batters who waited the longest – 2,000+ days long – between one IPL half-centuries
What is the longest gap between a batter in the Indian Premier League scoring one half-century and collecting his next 50 in the tournament several 100s of days later?
Find out more about the most days between one IPL 50 and the next.
This list of longest gaps between Indian Premier League 50s makes for interesting reading.
5. Dwayne Bravo – 2,168 days from one IPL 50 to the next
The West Indies all-rounder went from 13 May 2009, when the IPL was in South Africa, to 18 April 2015 with a half-century in the IPL. That’s pretty much a full six seasons.
He whacked 62 not out from 36 balls for the Chennai Super Kings against the Rajasthan Royals to end his IPL 50 drought. Rajasthan still won the match, though, as Bravo the all-rounder proved costly with the ball. The Windies star has since gone on to become a mentor in the IPL.
4. Wriddihiman Saha – 2,191 days from one IPL 50 to the next
From 4 May 2008 to 2 May 2014, India wicketkeeper-batter Saha went without a half-century in the Indian Premier League.
Saha hit two half-centuries and a century for the Kings XI Punjab (since renamed Punjab Kings) in that 2014 season.
His first 50 of the 2014 IPL was the one to break almost 2,200 successive days without one at all.
3. Travis Head – 2,516 days from one IPL 50 to the next
The hard-hitting Australia batter was without a half-ton in the Indian Premier League from 8 May 2017 to 26 March 2024. Head had a prolific IPL season in 2024 – it included four half-centuries and a centuries.
The Sunrisers Hyderabad superstar would have been pleased to break his 2,500-plus day drought during that season, when he was the highest run-scorer from overseas in the tournament.
2. Karun Nair – 2,520 days from one IPL 50 to the next
Nair continued his career without a 50 in the Indian Premier League from 21 May 2018 to 12 April 2025. Nair ended this long wait when he collected 89 for the Delhi Capitals against the Mumbai Indians.
He couldn’t convert this into a century and it was not enough to prevent defeat for the Capitals, but it was some personal consolation amd the collective loss.
1. Krunal Pandya – 3,269 days from one IPL 50 to the next
Pandya hold the record for the longest wait between IPL half-centuries. He went from 16 May 2016 to 26 April 2025.
He finally got this proverbial monkey off his back by hitting a match-winning 73 not out for the Royal Challengers Bangalore against the Delhi Capitals. He had Virat Kohli by his side for most of this milestone innings.