Samoa batter Darius Visser broke the record for scoring the most runs in an over during the ICC T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Region Qualifier match against Vanuatu.
While batting first in the Samoan capital Apia, the 28-year-old all-rounder, came out to bat at the fall of the second wicket in the second over.
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Playing only his third T20I, he started cautiously, scoring 46 runs from 34 balls before he made history in the 15th over, bowled by Nalin Nipiko.
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Darius Visser smashed six sixes, during the record-breaking 39-run over, becoming only the fourth batter to achieve this feat. This is also the first instance of a team scoring more than 36 runs in an over.
Visser struck three sixes off the first three balls from Nipiko over-stepped on the next ball, conceding a no-ball. The right-hander made full use of the free hit as he sent the ball over the legside boundary.
Nipiko bowled a dot ball before overstepping again. The free hit ball was a waist-height no-ball, which was also sent over the fine leg for six.
Visser expertly smacked the final ball over the deep square leg boundary, breaking the record with 39 runs in just one over.
Prior to the Samoan batter, Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, West Indian batter Kieron Pollard and Nepal’s Dipendra Singh Airee achieved the coveted feat of hitting six sixes in an over in T20I cricket.
