Ruturaj Gaikwad after 7 sixes in over in Vijay Hazare Trophy quarters: One individual that crossed my thoughts was Yuvraj Singh
2 min readVijay Hazare Trophy 2022: Ruturaj Gaikwad mentioned that he was pondering of Yuvraj Singh in the course of the quarterfinal of the event towards Uttar Pradesh on Monday.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Nov 29, 2022 21:50 IST
One individual that crossed my thoughts was Yuvraj: Gaikwad after 7 sixes in VHT quarters. Courtesy: PTI
By India Today Web Desk: Ruturaj Gaikwad admitted that he wished to hitch Yuvraj Singh within the listing of batters to have hit six sixes in an over. Not solely did the batter be part of Yuvraj, however he went on to hit an extra one courtesy of a no-ball from left-arm spinner Shiva Singh.
During Maharashtra’s Vijay Hazare Trophy quarter-final towards Uttar Pradesh on the Narendra Modi Stadium B Ground in Ahmedabad, Gaikwad hit Singh for as many as seven sixes as Maharashtra scored 43 runs off a single over.
It additionally occurred to be the joint-most costly over within the historical past of List A cricket. Gaikwad went down reminiscence lane to the time when Yuvraj hit England quick bowler Stuart Broad for six sixes and 36 runs in a single over in the course of the 2007 T20 World Cup match at Kingsmead in Durban.
“After the fifth six, one person that crossed my mind was Yuvraj Singh. I had seen him hit six sixes in an over when I was really young back then in the World Cup. So, obviously, I wanted to be alongside him and that’s why I wanted to go for the sixth one. I never thought in any day or any dream, I would be hitting six sixes in an over,” Gaikwad was quoted as saying to BCCI home.
Gaikwad, within the meantime, went on to attain 220 runs off 159 balls with the assistance of 10 fours and 16 sixes. On the again of his knock, Maharashtra racked up an enormous rating of 330 for the lack of 5 wickets.
Thereafter, Maharashtra bowled UP out for 272 in 47.4 overs and gained the match by 58 runs. They will now be locking horns with Assam on Wednesday, November 30 within the semi-final.
Edited By:
sabyasachi chowdhury
Published On:
Nov 29, 2022
