Seven sixes in an over? Batter's astonishing feat

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An Indian batter playing successful the 4th last of a List-A 1 time tournament has belted 7 sixes successful an over.

Ruturaj Gaikwad - who played a azygous ODI for India against South Africa successful October - achieved the feat playing for Maharashtra against Uttar Pradesh successful Ahmedabad, successful the country's north-west.

The bowler was left-arm spinner Shiva Singh, who overstepped with his 5th shot - which got belted implicit long-off - giving Gaikwad an other transportation to interruption different record.

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He went from 165 disconnected 147 to 207 disconnected 154. The 43 runs that came disconnected the implicit besides equalled the grounds for astir conceded successful an over.

In what was intelligibly a time wherever everything went close for the 25-year-old, helium carried his bat arsenic an opener, and finished the innings 220 not-out disconnected conscionable 159 balls including 16 sixes and 10 fours.

Batting first, Maharashtra finished the innings 5-330, with nary 1 other successful the squad scoring much than 37.

In reply, Uttar Pradesh was bowled retired for 272, with Gaikwad taking a drawback for the seventh wicket.

Gaikwad is the 10th subordinate to deed six sixes successful an implicit of nonrecreational cricket. Garfield Sobers was the archetypal to bash it successful 1968 successful an English region game for Nottinghamshire against Glamorgan.

Other names connected the database see Ravi Shastri, Herschelle Gibbs - who achieved his successful the 2007 World Cup against the Netherlands - and Kieron Pollard.

Gaikwad scored his archetypal T20I 50 against South Africa successful June, earlier making his ODI debut against them successful the pursuing series. He made 19 batting three, and was dropped.

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