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Ruturaj Gaikwad has become the first cricketer to hit seven sixes in one over in a limited-overs match.<\/span><\/p>\n The India batter, 25, broke the record in a Vijay Hazare Trophy quarter-final, playing for Maharashtra against Uttar Pradesh in Ahmedabad on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Left-arm spinner Shiva Singh was the bowler hit for seven sixes – the fifth of which came off a no-ball, earning Gaikwad an extra delivery.<\/span><\/p>\n The 43 runs conceded also equalled the record for most runs off an over.<\/span><\/p>\n That record was set in Hamilton, New Zealand in 2018 by Northern Districts batters Joe Carter and Brett Hampton, who hit Central Districts’ Willem Ludick for six sixes, a four and a single in an over containing two no-balls.<\/span><\/p>\n Gaikwad, who plays for Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League, smashed 220 off 159 balls, including 16 sixes and 10 fours – going from 165 off 147 to 207 off 154 after his seven sixes.<\/span><\/p>\n The opener’s unbeaten 220 helped Maharashtra to post 330-5 from their 50 overs.<\/span><\/p>\n In 1990, former New Zealand captain Lee Germon hit eight sixes in an over which went for 77 during a first-class match, albeit in contrived circumstances.<\/span><\/p>\n West Indies legend Sir Garfield Sobers was the first batter to hit six sixes in an over in professional cricket, and Gaikwad is the 10th player to do so.<\/span><\/p>\n Gaikwad also equalled the record – <\/span>held by three men<\/span><\/a> – of hitting the highest number of sixes (16) in a single List-A (limited-overs) innings.<\/span><\/p>\nWho has hit six sixes in an over in professional cricket?<\/h3>\n
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