Ranji Trophy Records | First Class Cricket | Cricket World Record | Sixes Record | Akash Choudhary Hit 8 sixes in 8 consecutive balls, Akash of Meghalaya created history, fastest half-century in cricket.

Ranji Trophy Records: In the group match of Indian domestic cricket Ranji Trophy, Meghalaya batsman Akash Kumar Choudhary has created a new history in the cricket world with his explosive performance. While playing against Arunachal Pradesh, Akash has done the historic feat of hitting 8 sixes in 8 consecutive balls, along with that he has also made the world record of scoring the fastest fifty in First Class Cricket.

Scored a half century in 11 balls

25 year old Akash Kumar Choudhary from Meghalaya surprised everyone with his explosive batting in the match. He came to bat at number 8 and completed his half-century in just 11 balls. With this, he has broken the old record of Fifty in 12 balls made by Leicestershire’s Wayne Knight in 2012. Clive Inman’s record of half-century in 13 balls has also been left behind him.

Hit 8 sixes in 8 consecutive balls

During his explosive innings, he hit six consecutive sixes in the 126th over of Arunachal Pradesh spinner Limmar Dabi. By hitting sixes on the next two balls also, he has created an unprecedented record of hitting 8 sixes in 8 consecutive balls. He has become the first batsman to hit eight consecutive sixes in first class cricket, which has given him a unique identity in world cricket.

Joined Ravi Shastri’s club

With hitting 6 sixes in an over, Akash has also joined the elite club of Kumar Choudhary, Ravi Shastri and Gary Sobers. Ravi Shastri achieved this feat in 1984-85 Ranji Trophy and Gary Sobers achieved this feat in first class cricket in 1968. Batting first, Meghalaya declared the innings against Arunachal Pradesh by scoring a huge score of 628/6.

Meghalaya has a lead of 555 runs

Akash Kumar Choudhary remained unbeaten after scoring 50 runs with the help of 8 sixes in a stormy innings of 14 balls. Apart from them, Arpit Bhatewara (207), Rahul Dalal (144) and Kishan Lyngdoh (119) also scored centuries. In reply, Arunachal Pradesh’s batsmen flopped badly and the entire team was bundled out for just 73 runs, giving Meghalaya a huge lead of 555 runs on the basis of first innings.