6,6,6,6,6,6 In 1 Over: Full Video Link Nepal Star Dipendra Singh Airee Emulates Yuvraj Singh, Achieves Historic First
Nepal’s Dipendra Airee emulates Yuvraj, becomes 3rd batter to hit 6 sixes in T20Is
Nepal’s Dipendra Singh Airee became only the third player to hit six sixes in an over in a T20 international match against Qatar on Saturday.
Nepal’s Dipendra Singh Airee Smashes 6 Sixes in an Over, Joins Yuvraj & Pollard
Nepal’s Dipendra Singh Airee became only the third batter to hit 6 sixes in an over in a men’s T20I match.
Nepal’s Dipendra Singh Airee etched his name in history books as he hit six sixes in an over in a T20I against Qatar in the ongoing ACC premier Cup 2024. He is now the third cricketer after India’s Yuvraj Singh and West Indies Kieron Pollard to slam six sixes in an over in T20Is. He is also the first ever cricketer to hit six sixes in six consecutive balls in T20Is twice. At the Asian Games 2023, Airee also smashed 6 successive sixes in a game against Mongolia, although the feat came over two different overs.
Coming to bat at No. 5, Airee scored 64* off 21 balls with his innings including seven sixes and three fours. The over in which he hit six sixes came against Kamran Khan. Nepal reached 210/7 in 20 overs against Qatar, who struggled with the bat too.
Earlier at the Asian Games 2023, Airee was part of a record-breaking display.
In the match against Mongolia, Nepal batters smashed three different world records in an Asian Games 2023 match. While most batters managed to score runs effortlessly, the man who shone the most was Dipendra Singh, having scored 6 consecutive fifties, en route fastest T20I fifty in international cricket. Nepal went on to post a 300-plus total in the game, becoming the first team in the history of the sport to score 314/3 in 20 overs.
Kushal Malla, a 19-year-old left-handed batter, struck the fastest-ever T20I hundred in the history of the game, reaching the triple-digit score in 34 balls. In the process, he surpassed David Miller and Rohit Sharma‘s joint record. The South African and Indian batters had scored fifty in 35 balls previously.
Batting at No 3, Malla smashed 12 sixes and eight fours to remain unbeaten on 137 and power Nepal to the highest-ever T20I score of 314 for 3 against Mongolia, who opted to field.
Then came Dipendra Singh Airee, the all-rounder at No. 5, who rewrote the record books, blasting a nine-ball fifty that bettered Yuvraj Singh’s 16-year-old record. Yuvra, during the ICC World T20 match in 2007, had scored a half-century against England in 12 balls for his fifty en route to scoring 58. In the innings, Yuvraj had also scored six consecutive sixes against Stuart Broad.
In Short
- Dipendra Singh Airee hits six sixes in an over in T20I match vs Oman
- Dipendra Singh Airee has been a standout all-rounder for Nepal
- Airee broke 16-year-old record for fastest fifty in T20 cricket
Nepal batter Dipendra Singh Airee became only the third batter in history to hit six sixes in an over in T20 Internationals when he achieved the feat during his side’s ACC Men’s Premier Cup clash against Qatar in Al Amerat. Airee unleashed a stunning onslaught against Kamran Khan in the final over of the innings, amassing an impressive 36 runs in the seventh match of the ACC Men’s Premier Cup at the AI Amerat Cricket Ground in Oman. Airee joined India great Yuvraj Singh, who first set this record during the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007 against England, and West Indies T20 legend Kieron Pollard. Airee, starting the over at 28 off 15 balls with Nepal at 174 for 7, unleashed a barrage of sixes against medium pacer Kamran Khan, propelling his score to 64 from 21 deliveries and driving Nepal’s total to 210 for 7. This achievement placed Airee alongside the likes of Yuvraj Singh and Kieron Pollard, who had achieved this milestone previously in T20 internationals. In the realm of ODI cricket, Herschelle Gibbs and USA’s Jaskaran Malhotra are among those who have accomplished
Although this was Airee’s first instance of hitting six sixes in an over in international T20 cricket, he had achieved a similar feat before. During the Asian Games in Hangzhou in September 2023, Airee blazed his way to a fifty off just ten balls against Mongolia. In an electrifying display, he dispatched six consecutive legal deliveries for sixes, with the first five coming in one over bowled by Mungun Altankhuyag and completing the set with the first ball he faced in the following over from Luvsanzundui Erdenebulgan.
Airee’s blazing knock contributed to Nepal posting an imposing total of 314 for 3, marking the first instance of a team crossing the 300-run mark in a T20I match. Additionally, Airee’s fifty off just nine balls set a new record for the fastest fifty in T20I cricket, surpassing the previous mark of 12 balls jointly held by Yuvraj Singh, Chris Gayle, and Hazratullah Zazai.