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Ruturaj Gaikwad's 7 sixes in an over took him past Zimbabwe's Elton Chigumbura, who had smashed 39 runs in one over in a 2013 Dhaka Premier Division game. The total of 43 runs from the over is the joint-most expensive over in List-A cricket history.

In ODIs, Herschelle Gibbs was the first to hit six sixes in an over during the 2007 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup match against Netherlands. USA's Jaskaran Malhotra achieved the same in 2021 against Papua New Guinea.

Till now only India's Yuvraj Singh and West Indies' Kieron Pollard had managed to hit six sixes in an over in a T20 international. But Nepal's Dipendra Singh Airee joined the two legends in an elite list of cricketers hitting six sixes in an over in international cricket.

Sam Harris came out to bat at six and smashed eight sixes in the 39th over of the innings as his team ended up at 276 runs in 40 overs. Nathan Bennett was the bowler at the receiving end who conceded 50 runs in the only over he bowled.

Herschelle Gibbs - for South Africa against Daan van Bunge of Netherlands in 2007. He was the first player to achieve this feat in an International ODI that too in World Cup.

As we all know cricketer or batsman Shahid Afridi holds the record of hitting the longest six in cricket history. He hit a legendary 153m six against South Africa in 2013.

Sir Garfield Sobers

Sobers is one of the greatest cricketers of all time, and it's only poetic for one of the greatest players of the sport to be the first-ever man to achieve the feat of hitting 6 sixes in an over.

Vamshhi Krrishna bludgeons 6 thunderous sixes in an over; joins Yuvraj Singh, Ravi Shastri, Ruturaj Gaikwad in epic list.

When did Herschelle Gibbs hit 6 sixes? ›

On this day, 17 years ago, Proteas batsman Herschelle Gibbs hit Netherlands spinner Daan van Bunge for six sixes in an over at the 2007 World Cup.

Vamshhi Krrishna: In February 2024, Vamshhi Krrishna, representing Andhra Pradesh, achieved a stunning feat by hitting 6 sixes in an over off Railways spinner Damandeep Singh during the Col C K Nayudu Trophy in Kadapa.

The fastest fifty of the T20I cricket is scored by Dipendra Singh Airee of Nepal in a match against Mongolia in the Asian Games 2023. Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh scored the second-fastest 50 against England during ICC World Twenty20 at Durban on September 19, 2007 in just 12 balls.

OTD in 2007: Yuvraj Singh smashes 6 sixes off Stuart Broad, sets record for fastest fifty hit in cricket history - India Today.

The batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad of India, who now holds a significant record in List A cricket, accomplished the incredible feat of hitting seven sixes in one over. Gaikwad established a record by being the first batter in the annals of white-ball cricket to knock seven consecutive sixes in a single over.

There was a gap of approximately 17 years between the first and second time that six consecutive sixes were hit. Since then, the achievement has been replicated in an international ODI, an international T20, and three domestic top-flight 20-over matches; however, the perfect over in a test match has yet to be achieved.

On this day, September 19, Yuvraj Singh hammered six sixes against Stuart Broad. The incident took place during the 19th over of the Indian innings of the 2007 T20 World Cup match. Years later, Yuvraj opened up about what made him angry that day, which provoked him to make England pay for it.

Maharashtra scored 330 runs for five wickets in 50 overs based on his innings. Gaikwad contributed to Maharashtra's score by smashing 220 runs off 159 balls, including 16 sixes and ten fours. Gaikwad also holds the world record for hitting the highest number of runs in a single over - 42.