Recently Pakistan batsman Iftikhar Ahmed also joined this list. Wahab Riaz, a fast bowler from his country, who is currently the caretaker sports minister of Punjab province, hit six sixes in his bowling.
6 sixes in a single over. Such records were rare in cricket in the past. But now the batsmen rule the roost. It is raining fours and sixes in any match. In a match held a few days ago, Ruthuraj Gaikwad created a record by hitting 7 sixes in a single over. Recently Pakistan batsman Iftikhar Ahmed also joined this list. Wahab Riaz, a fast bowler from his country, who is currently the caretaker sports minister of Punjab province, hit six sixes in his bowling. Iftikhar Ahmed scored 94 runs off 50 balls in the 20 over exhibition match. This is the first exhibition match in the history of PSL (Pakistan Super League). In that too, he won the hearts of the audience with 6 sixes in 6 balls. In the match against Peshawar Zalmi, Quetta Gladiators scored 184 runs for 5 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs with Iftikhar batting first. Iftikhar Ahmed hit 6 sixes in one over in the last over of his team’s innings and achieved this rare feat. In this match, Iftikhar Ahmed scored only 50 runs in the first 42 balls and added another 44 runs in the next 8 balls.
Wahab Riaz took the wicket of Khushdil Shah, who had earlier put on a 51-run partnership with Iftikhar Ahmed. Khushdil Shah was dismissed for 36 runs. But Iftikhar Ahmed continued to attack from the other end. Wahab Riaz hit 6 sixes in one over. Meanwhile, Iftikhar also made a splash in the Bangladesh Premier League. He scored 347 runs in 10 matches at an average of 69.40 and a strike-rate of 161.39. It includes a century and three fifties. Iftikhar, who has played 204 T20 matches so far, scored 3956 runs with the help of one century and 25 fifties.
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