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By Prakhar Sachdeo
Published August 20, 2024
CNBC-TV18.com
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Samoa batter Darius Visser has joined the exclusive club of batsmen who have hit six sixes in one over of a men's T20Is. Visser achieved the feat during Samoa's match against Vanuatu. Here is a look at all the batsmen who have managed this extraordinary feat.
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Former Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh was the first player to hit 6 sixes in a T20I. He hit England's Stuart Broad for six straight sixes during the 2007 T20 World Cup.
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West Indies' Kieron Pollard was the next batsman to hit 6 sixes in an over of T20I. The big hiting West Indian accomplished the feat against Akila Dananjaya during a West Indies v Sri Lanka match in 2021.
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Nepal's Dipendra Singh Airee became the third batsman to achieve this rare feat. The all-rounder thrashed Qatar's Kamran Khan for 6 sixes during a T20I match earlier this year.
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Samoan batter Darius Visser is the fourth player to hit 6 sixes in one over. Visser punished Vanuatu's Nalin Nipiko for 6 sixes. In total the over fetched 39 runs as a new world record for the most runs in a single over of a men's T20I was created.