Vijay Hazare Trophy: Rituraj Gaikwad’s blast in domestic cricket, hit 7 sixes in a single over

Rituraj Gaikwad made it to Team India after a stellar performance for Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. Cricket experts see Rituraj Gaikwad as the future of India. Rituraj Gaikwad is the rising young player of the country. Amidst all this, Rituraj Gaikwad has written a new history in Vijay Hazare Trophy. Rituraj Gaikwad has hit 7 sixes in one over. Not only this, Rituraj Gaikwad has also scored a double century in the quarter final match. Actually, the match was being played between Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. Maharashtra batting first scored 330 runs.

 

For Maharashtra, captain Rituraj Gaikwad played an unbeaten inning of 220 runs in 159 balls. Rituraj Gaikwad was batting very slow in the beginning. But in 49 overs of the innings, Rituraj Gaikwad hit 7 sixes doing wonders. Rituraj Gaikwad scored 43 runs in this over. It included 7 sixes. Shiva Singh was doing the 49th over from Uttar Pradesh. Rituraj Gaikwad hit 4 sixes in 4 consecutive balls against Shiva Singh. The fifth ball was a no ball which was also hit for a six. Rituraj Gaikwad hit a six even on the free hit ball. Rituraj hit a big six even on the last ball of the over. Overall Rituraj Gaikwad scored 42 runs with his bat in this over while also got 1 extra run. So that 43 runs were scored in 1 over.

 

Rituraj Gaikwad hit 10 fours and 16 sixes during his innings. Apart from Rituraj Gaikwad from Maharashtra, no other batsman could do anything special. Rituraj Gaikwad held one left and dominated the Uttar Pradesh bowlers. Rituraj Gaikwad comes from Maharashtra only. He has played for Chennai Super Kings in IPL. Rituraj Gaikwad has got a chance to play in one ODI and 9 T20 matches for Team India. On the basis of today’s innings, Rituraj Gaikwad has become the highest run scorer in an over in List A cricket. Rituraj Gaikwad has become the first player to hit 7 sixes in an over.