Kieron Pollard is famend for hitting gigantic sixes and on Saturday night the swashbuckling all-rounder from West Indies smashed the biggest maxium in the ongoing version of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Pollard smashed a 105-m long six to Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman in the conflict between Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad in Chennai.
KIERON POLLARD with the 105M six. That deserved greater than 6 runs tbh #MIvsSRH pic.twitter.com/KjUNvihxyI
— AK #MI (@rantworld101) April 17, 2021
The incident occurred in the first supply of the sixteenth over, when the bowler tried to shorten his size however unlucky for the bowler because it fell in Pollard’s radar. The batsman went deep into his crease and timed the ball with the center of his blade because it soared over the mid-wicket fence.
Pollard completed the Mumbai innings unbeaten on 35 off 22 balls as Mumbai piled a difficult 150/5 in 20 overs. He additionally turned the sixth batsman after Chris Gayle, AB De Villiers, Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli to smash 200 sixes in IPL historical past.
Most sixes in IPL historical past:
Gayle – 351
Devilliers – 231
Rohit – 217
Dhoni – 216
Pollard – 201
Kohli – 201— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 17, 2021
Earlier in the night, Mumbai skipper Rohit Sharma broke MS Dhoni’s distinctive file as overtook the Chennai Super Kings skipper to change into the Indian batsman with most variety of sixes in the profitable T20 league. The Mumbai opener now stands tall at the prime with 217 sixes from 203 matches and 198 innings. Dhoni stands second in the record with 206 sixes from 206 matches and 183 innings.
After successful the toss and electing to bat first, Rohit together with wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock added 55 runs for the opening wicket earlier than he was dismissed on 32 from 25 balls by Vijay Shankar. During the course of his innings, the proper-handed batsman smashed two gigantic sixes and the similar variety of fours.
