Darius Visser
Samoa batter Darius Visser shatters Yuvraj Singh T20 record, smashes 39 runs off one over
Samoa batter Darius Visser shattered Indian star cricketer Yuvraj Singh's 17-year-old record by smashing 39 runs in an over during a T20 match against Vanuatu.
The sizzling innings was played during a T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Region Qualifier in Apia on Tuesday.
Visser hammered 132 runs off 62 balls in the match, re-writing the history of cricket in the shortest format of the game.
India's Singh previously held the record of smashing 36 runs off an over when he played England in a T20 World Cup match in the inaugural edition of the tournament in 2007.
Visser smashed six sixes and was helped with three no balls from Vanuatu seamer Nalin Nipiko at Garden Oval No.2 in Apia, Samoa, as a total of 39 runs were scored from the 15th over of the contest, read the ICC website.
It was just the fourth time the world witnessed a batsman smashing six sixes in a T20 over.
Yuvraj Singh was first man to set the record of scoring 36 runs in an over.
However, apart from Singh, West Indies icon Kieron Pollard equated the feat against Sri Lanka's Akila Dananjaya in 2021.
Nepal's Dipendra Singh Airee did the same with his willow earlier this year.
Nicholas Pooran of West Indies also scored 36 runs in an over in 2024 against Afghanistan.
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