Meghalaya batsman Akash Kumar Chaudhary created history on Sunday, becoming the third player in first-class cricket to smash six sixes in more than one over (where data is available), and also scored the fastest fifty in the format. He did so by hitting eight successive sixes, which had never been done before in the format, en route to his record 11-ball fifty.
Akash achieved the feat on the second day of Meghalaya’s Plate Group match in the Ranji Trophy, against Arunachal Pradesh, in Surat. He smashed six sixes off left-arm spinner Lemar Dabi in the 126th over of the innings and, in the process, joined an elite club that previously included only Ravi Shastri and Gary Sobers; South Africa’s Mike Procter also hit six successive sixes, but stretched out two overs.
Coming in the eighth over, Akash started his innings with a point and two singles before knocking the next eight balls for sixes to reach his fifty. His half-century came quicker with one ball than the previous record holder – Leicestershire’s Wayne White had done it off 12 balls in 2012, while Clive Inman scored a fifty off just 13 balls in 1965. While Akash broke the record for the fastest half-century in terms of facing balls, he remains second on the list for the fastest all-time fifty: he took nine minutes to reach the mark, while Inman took just eight minutes.
Akash (25 years old) was playing his 31st first-class match, since his debut in 2019, and had scored 503 runs at an average of 14.37 until this match with two half-centuries. He has also played 28 one-day matches and 30 T20 matches. He also smashed four sixes during his unbeaten 60 off 62 in Meghalaya’s match against Bihar earlier this month.
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The first player to score eight successive overs in first-class cricket
The fastest fifty, off just 11 balls, in first-class cricket
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