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Kieron Pollard Hit 6 Sixes In An Over Equals Yuvraj Singh Record

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  • Pollard hit six sixes in an over in the first T20I against Sri Lanka
  • The first West Indies cricketer to do so
  • Earlier, Yuvraj Singh and Herschelle Gibbs did the same
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West Indies captain Kieron Pollard On Thursday topped India’s list of Yuvraj Singh and Herschelle Gibbs. In international cricket, Pollard has hit six sixes in an over. He is the first West Indies cricketer to do so. He did this in the match against Sri Lanka.

West Indies and Sri Lanka (West Indies Vs Sri Lanka 1st T20) T20 series is underway. In the first match of the series, he did so in the over of Sri Lankan bowler Akila Dhananjay. Dhananjay also scored a hat trick in this match. He took a hat-trick, taking the wickets of Evin Lewis, Chris Gayle, and Nicholas Pooran.

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Dhananjay scored 62 runs in four overs. West Indies won the match by 41 balls and 4 wickets. Kieron Pollard won the toss and elected to bowl first. Sri Lanka was able to score 131 runs in 20 overs.

In international cricket, India’s Yuvraj Singh hit six sixes in a single over off England’s Stuart Broad in the first T20 World Cup on September 19, 2007. South Africa’s Herschelle Gibbs hit six sixes in an over by Dan Bang in the ODI World Cup against the Netherlands.

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