Meghalaya’s Akash Kumar Choudhary, who scripted history on Sunday by smashing eight consecutive sixes in first-class cricket, opened up about his mindset when he came out to bat, saying his plan was to play attacking cricket, but he hadn’t thought of reaching the historic feat.
The 25-year-old Akash smashed eight consecutive sixes while racing to a record-breaking fifty in only 11 balls, surpassing the previous best set by Leicestershire’s Wayne White, who reached fifty in 12 balls in 2012. Before that, Clive Inman had held the record since 1965 with a 13-ball fifty.
He achieved the feats on the second day of Meghalaya’s Plate Group game in the Ranji Trophy against Arunachal Pradesh in Surat.
Speaking about his remarkable record, Akash said, “I went out to bat according to what the team situation demanded. My mindset was to play attacking cricket, score as many runs as possible, and declare early — that was the message from the dressing room. I wasn’t thinking about hitting eight sixes. After hitting three, I felt there was a chance to go for six maximums in the over, but the seventh and eighth sixes just happened according to the ball.
Akash, who is himself a fast bowler, sees India’s pace spearheads Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, and Mohammed Siraj as his idols and said he doesn’t want to overhype his feat. “I still haven’t completely processed this record yet, but I don’t want to overhype it because we still have matches left, so I want to stay grounded. Our team has moved down from the Elite group, so our only goal now is to get back to the Elite level,” he added.
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