A T20 match is being played between Sri Lanka and West Indies in Antiga. In which Windies captain Kieron Pollard has done one such feat in his name. After which he has also become the first Caribbean player to do so.
Yes, Windies captain Pollard has hit 6 sixes in successive innings of Sri Lankan spin bowler Akila Dhananjay in one over. As a result, he has become the first player of the Windies to hit 6 sixes in an over in international T20 cricket and the second player to do so after Yuvraj Singh.
Pollard, batting in the second innings of the T20 match, hit stormy sixes off Dhananjay's balls, who came to bowl in the 6th over of the innings. In this way, he put 6 in an over. Due to which the Windies went far ahead in the match. While Pollard scored 38 runs during his innings.
At the same time, Pollard has also become the third batsman to hit 6 sixes in 6 balls in international cricket. Earlier in the year 2007, Yuvraj Singh and then South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs also hit 6 sixes in international cricket in the year 2007. After which Pollard's name has now been added to this list.
Talking about the match, in the first match of the ongoing three-match T20 series, Sri Lanka gave the target of 132 runs to the Windies team after batting. In response to this, the Windies started the fight and won the match by 4 wickets thanks to 6 sixes by Captain Pollard. In this way, the Windies have gained 1–0 against Sri Lanka in the series.
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