IPL 2024: Young player Jake Fraser-McGurk from Delhi will play T20 World Cup, former captain confirmed his name

Delhi Capitals' explosive batsman Jake Fraser-McGurk has won the hearts of not only fans but also former cricketers by scoring the fastest half-century in IPL 2024. McGurk completed his half-century in 15 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday night. He played a stormy inning of 65 runs in 18 balls with the help of 6 fours and 7 sixes. With this, he has also become the player to score the fastest half-century for Delhi Capitals. Seeing this explosive innings, former England captain Michael Vaughan has made a big prediction about McGurk playing T20 World Cup 2024.

Australia's 22-year-old player Jake Fraser-McGurk has been confirmed to play in the T20 World Cup in 2024, according to Michael Vaughan. Jake Fraser-McGurk will be chosen by the Australian team for the 2024 T20 World Cup, according to a post made by Vaughan on X. June 2024 will see the organisation of the T20 World Cup, which will follow the IPL 2024. The USA and the West Indies will host this huge event.

Concerning the cricket career of Jake Fraser-McGurk, he debuted in the international circuit in February of this year. He has made 51 runs in his two ODI appearances for Australia. In October 2023, he made headlines in List A cricket when he scored a century off 29 balls. He holds the record for the fastest century ever scored in List A cricket.

McGurk remained unsold in the mini-auction of IPL 2024. After Lungi Ngidi's exit, Delhi Capitals included him in their squad at a base price of Rs 50 lakh. McGurk made his debut for Delhi in the IPL a week ago on 12 April. So far he has played three matches and scored a total of 140 runs. He scored 55 runs in 35 balls in his debut match against Lucknow Super Giants and scored 20 runs in 10 balls in the second match against Gujarat Titans. At the same time, he is now in the headlines for scoring the fastest half-century of IPL 2024 against Hyderabad.