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Meghalaya’s Akash Kumar Choudhary connected Sunday (November 9, 2025) became the archetypal subordinate to deed 8 sixes successful a enactment successful first-class cricket portion besides signaling the fastest half-century successful the format, disconnected lone 11 deliveries, during a Ranji Trophy Plate Group lucifer against Arunachal Pradesh successful Surat.
Batting astatine No. 8, 25-year-old Choudhary achieved the stunning feat connected the 2nd time of the lucifer astatine the C.K. Pithawala Ground here. He remained not retired connected 50 disconnected 14 balls, helping Meghalaya state their archetypal innings astatine a mammoth 628 for 6.
Choudhary broke the erstwhile grounds of fastest 50 successful first-class cricket, which was acceptable by Leicestershire’s Wayne White successful 12 deliveries against Essex successful 2012.
He besides became lone the 3rd subordinate ever to deed six sixes successful a enactment successful first-class cricket aft the legendary Sir Garfield Sobers of the West Indies and India’s Ravi Shastri.
Choudhary recorded the feat with Meghalaya cruising astatine 576 for six. Having started his innings with a dot and 2 singles, the right-handed batter deed the adjacent 8 deliveries for sixes. He sent each of Limar Dabi’s deliveries of the 126th overflying the ropes.
Before Sunday's outing, Choudhary averaged 14.37 with lone 2 fifties successful 30 first-class matches, including this year's Duleep Trophy for the North East Zone. He has besides played 28 List-A matches and 20 T20 matches.
Sobers was the archetypal to grounds the feat of six sixes successful an implicit successful August 1968 erstwhile helium hammered Malcolm Nash during a region lucifer betwixt Nottinghamshire and Glamorgan.
Former India all-rounder and caput manager Shastri recorded his six consecutive sixes disconnected Tilak Raj portion playing for Bombay against Baroda during the Ranji Trophy 1984-85 lucifer astatine the Wankhede Stadium.
In reply to Meghalaya's 628 for 6 declared, Arunachal Pradesh were changeable retired for a specified 73 successful their archetypal innings and were struggling again astatine 29 for 3 aft pursuing on, trailing by a monolithic 526 runs.
