Meghalaya batter hits eight consecutive sixes
Monday, 10 November 2025
Meghalaya's Akash Choudhary made history on Sunday, becoming only the third player in first-class cricket to smash six sixes in an over and scoring the fastest fifty in the format. He did so by hitting an unprecedented eight sixes in a row, en route to his 11-ball fifty, according to ESPNcricinfo.
Primarily a seamer, Choudhary achieved the feat on the second day of the Ranji Trophy Plate Group match against Arunachal Pradesh in Surat.
Coming in at No. 8 with Meghalaya 576 for 6, he began
his innings with a dot and two singles before smashing six sixes off left-arm spinner Limar Dabi in the 126th over of the innings.
Thus, he joined an elite club that previously included only Garry Sobers and Ravi Shastri.
Mike Procter had also hit six consecutive sixes but across two overs.