Akash Kumar Choudhary smashed his method into cricket’s file books in an Indian home match, hitting eight consecutive sixes on his option to the quickest fifty ever scored in a first-class fixture.
The large-hitting feat meant he surpassed the feats of two of cricket’s all-time greats by not solely placing six sixes in the identical over however including two extra from the following two deliveries he confronted.
It made Akash the primary participant ever to hit eight successive sixes in first-class motion, whereas his record-breaking fifty got here from simply 11 balls.
The gorgeous knock occurred on day two of the Ranji Trophy Plate Group match between Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh in Surat, within the west Indian state of Gujarat.
Coming in at quantity eight with Meghalaya 576-6, Akash started with a dot and two singles earlier than hitting six straight sixes off left-arm spinner Limar Dabi.
It made him simply the third participant to attain that single-over feat in a first-class match, after West Indies legend Sir Garfield Sobers in 1968 and former India all-rounder Ravi Shastri in 1985.
The 25-year-old adopted that with back-to-back sixes through the subsequent over from off-spinner TNR Mohith, taking him to a half-century.
The 11 balls it took to succeed in 50 beat the earlier file of 12 it took for Wayne White when taking part in for Leicestershire in opposition to Essex in 2012.
Meghalaya quickly declared on 629-8, with Akash ending unbeaten on 50 from 14 balls.
If that was not sufficient, Akash then shone with the ball to place Meghalaya on target for a thumping win.
The seam bowler took 1-10 as Arunachal Pradesh have been skittled out for simply 73.
And after Arunachal Pradesh have been requested to comply with on, he took 2-7 as they limped to 29-3 on the shut – nonetheless a mammoth 526 runs behind.
