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Samoa wicket-keeper batter Darius Visser rewrote historical past by shattering the document of scoring probably the most runs in a single over in males’s T20I. Throughout Samoa’s match towards Vanuatu within the ongoing ICC Males’s T20 World Cup Sub Regional East Asia-Pacific Qualifier A occasion on Tuesday, Visser garnered 39 runs in a single over at Backyard Oval No.2 in Apia. Within the fifteenth over of the Qualifier A match, Visser smacked six towering sixes and was helped with three no-balls from Vanuatu seamer Nalin Nipiko.
He surpassed India’s former all-rounder Yuvraj Singh‘s iconic feat of six sixes that noticed him amass 36 runs in a single over off England’s Stuart Broad within the inaugural ICC T20 World Cup in 2007 and newer efforts from Kieron Pollard (2021 – 36 runs), Nicholas Pooran (2024 – 36 runs), Dipendra Singh Airee (2024 – 36 runs).
Visser smashed three consecutive sixes from the primary three deliveries of Nipiko’s over. He as soon as once more cleared the boundary rope from the fourth authorized supply of the over to propel Samoa to a rating of hundred.
Nipiko tried to dampen Visser’s spirits by producing a dot ball from the fifth supply of the over. However the 28-year-old continued to trip excessive on the momentum and smashed a most from the third no-ball of the over. So as to add icing on the cake he completed the over with one other six to make sure he broke the document and have become the primary participant from Samoa to attain a century in worldwide cricket.
WORLD RECORD CREATED IN WORLD CUP T20 HISTORY 1 OVER 39 RUNS
Darius Visser scored 39 runs in match between Samoa Vs Vanuatu
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Visser’s spectacular show was laced with a complete of 14 sixes, 4 wanting probably the most hit by one batter in a males’s T20I.
His impression efficiency of 132 from simply 62 deliveries was sufficient to make sure Samoa registered their second victory on the occasion. Their triumph stored their hopes of qualifying for the subsequent version of the T20 World Cup in 2026 alive.
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