Indian Cricketer Hits Record Eight Sixes In A Row

Akash Kumar Choudhary smashed his measurement into cricket's grounds books successful an Indian home match, hitting 8 consecutive sixes connected his measurement to nan fastest 50 ever scored successful a first-class fixture.

The big-hitting feat meant he surpassed nan feats of 2 of cricket's all-time greats by not only striking six sixes successful nan aforesaid complete but adding 2 much from nan adjacent 2 deliveries he faced.

It made Akash nan first subordinate ever to deed 8 successive sixes successful first-class action, while his record-breaking 50 came from conscionable 11 balls.

The stunning sound occurred connected time 2 of nan Ranji Trophy Plate Group lucifer betwixt Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh successful Surat, successful nan westbound Indian authorities of Gujarat.

Coming successful astatine number 8 pinch Meghalaya 576-6, Akash began pinch a dot and 2 singles earlier hitting six consecutive sixes disconnected left-arm spinner Limar Dabi.

It made him conscionable nan 3rd subordinate to execute that single-over feat successful a first-class match, aft West Indies fable Sir Garfield Sobers successful 1968 and erstwhile India all-rounder Ravi Shastri successful 1985.

The 25-year-old followed that pinch back-to-back sixes during nan adjacent complete from off-spinner TNR Mohith, taking him to a half-century.

The 11 balls it took to scope 50 hit nan erstwhile grounds of 12 it took for Wayne White erstwhile playing for Leicestershire against Essex successful 2012.

Meghalaya soon declared connected 629-8, pinch Akash ending unbeaten connected 50 from 14 balls.

If that was not enough, Akash past shone pinch nan shot to put Meghalaya connected people for a thumping win.

The seam bowler took 1-10 arsenic Arunachal Pradesh were skittled retired for conscionable 73.

And aft Arunachal Pradesh were asked to travel on, he took 2-7 arsenic they limped to 29-3 astatine nan adjacent - still a mammoth 526 runs behind.