Pollard does a Yuvraj Singh, hits 6 sixes in an over against Sri Lanka
Published : Mar 4, 2021, 11:00 am IST
Updated : Mar 4, 2021, 11:00 am IST
SHARE ARTICLE
Kieron Pollard
Kieron Pollard

Kieron Pollard had done a Yuvraj Singh as he hits 6 sixes in an over against Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka leg-spinner Akila Dananjaya experienced the precipitous highs and lows of Twenty20 cricket when he claimed a hat trick which included the wicket of West Indies star Chris Gayle for a first-ball duck, then was hit for six sixes in an over by Keiran Pollard in the first international in Antigua.

The West Indies on Wednesday won the match by four wickets with 41 balls in hand, finishing with 134-6.

Advertisement

Kieron PollardKieron Pollard

Dananjaya became only the 15th player and the fourth Sri Lankan to take a T20 international hat trick when he dismissed Evin Lewis (28), Gayle and Nicholas Pooran (0) with consecutive deliveries in the fourth over.

He had little time to reflect on his new-found fame when it turned to notoriety: in his next over he was hit to all parts of the ground by Pollard, who become only the second player after Yuvraj Singh to hit six sixes in an over in a T20 international and the third player to achieve the feat in all international formats.

Advertisement

Yuvraj did so from England's Stuart Broad in the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007 and had to wait 14 years for company.

Pollard said he thought six sixes was a possibility "after the third one."

Yuvraj SinghYuvraj Singh

Advertisement

"I just had to come out and back myself," he said. "It was something the team needed. I didn't see the hat trick, I only heard. But I still had to come out and do what the team required at that point in time."

Dananjaya's see-sawing fortunes — he was hit for a seventh consecutive six by Jason Holder in his next over and had two catches dropped from his bowling — turned the West Indies seemingly easy chase for 132 to take a 1-0 lead in the series into a thrilling spectacle.

Sri Lanka managed only 131-9 in its 20 overs after being sent in to bat. It had been 86-3 but fell apart after a short rain break and lost six wickets for 45 runs.

Advertisement

SHARE ARTICLE

ROZANA SPOKESMAN

Advertisement
Advertisement

Allegations of Wrong Driving on Sevadaar, Hit several vehicles, Police Reached Spot

01 Jun 2023 4:02 PM

Three Amritdhari brothers left Job & Started Selling Vegetables after Higher Education, See Here

01 Jun 2023 4:01 PM

AGTF Arrested Accused of Jarnail Singh Murder Case Gurveer Singh alias Guri

01 Jun 2023 3:59 PM

Bankers Sealed house of former city council president for not repaying the loan of Rs 2.50 crores

01 Jun 2023 3:56 PM

CM Mann and Charanjit Channi face to face on the matter of Rs 2 Crore, Accusations Leveled

01 Jun 2023 3:54 PM
Advertisement