Ahmedabad, History was made today in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. In the match played between Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, the fans got to hit 7 sixes in a single over. Rituraj Gaekwad’s explosive batting not only left all the fans stunned, he also scored a double century in the quarter final match played here. In the match played against Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra team made a huge score of 330 runs for 5 wickets in 50 overs in the first innings.
Skipper Rituraj Gaikwad scored an unbeaten 220 off just 159 balls. In today’s match, Rituraj Gaikwad made the fans happy by hitting 10 fours and 16 sixes all over the field. The highlight of this match came when Rituraj hit 7 sixes in the 49th over. 25-year-old Rituraj Gaekwad scored a total of 43 runs in the 49th over of the innings. This also includes 6 sixes. Shiva Singh, who was bowling in the 49th over from Uttar Pradesh, also bowled 1 ball.
So Rituraj hit a six in that ball too. Rituraj Gaikwar has become the first player in the world to do so.
• 48.1 overs – 6 runs
• 48.2 overs – 6 runs
• 48.3 overs – 6 runs
• 48.4 overs – 6 runs
• 48.5 overs – 6 runs (no-ball)
• 48.5 overs – 6 runs (free-hit)
• 48.6 overs – 6 runs