CPL 2024: Shimron Hetmyer broke the world record, became the first batsman to achieve this feat in T20 cricket history.
In CPL 2024, an exciting match was played between Kitts and Nevis Patriots and Guyana Amazon. While participating in this match for Guyana, Hetmyer was seen in an aggressive manner. Batting at number 4, Shimron faced a total of 39 balls and scored an inning of 91 runs. During this period he created history in T20 cricket.
Sports Desk, New Delhi. The defending champions of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL 2024), Guyana Amazon Warriors, performed brilliantly in their second match on September 4 and registered the second-highest team total in the history of the tournament against St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots.
In this match, the bats of Shimron Hetmyer and Rahmanullah Gurbaz roared fiercely, on the basis of whose innings the Warriors scored 266 runs in 20 overs. Shimron Hetmyer broke a world record by scoring 91 runs in the match.
Shimron Hetmyer became the first batsman to achieve this feat in T20 cricket.
In the 7th match of the Caribbean Premier League, St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots faced Guyana Amazon Warriors. In this match, Shimron Hetmyer played a stormy innings, due to which Guyana Amazon Warriors defeated St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots by 40 runs.
Hetmyer not only played a stormy innings of 91 runs in this match but also created a unique record in T20 cricket. Hetmyer has become the batsman to hit the most sixes in an innings without hitting a four in a T20 match. He scored 91 runs in 39 balls, which included 11 sixes.
Batsman who hit most sixes without four in T20 match
11 – Shimron Hetmyer (St Kitts & Nevis Patriots vs Amazon Warriors): 91 off 39 balls, Basseterre 2024
9 – Ricky Wessels (Notts vs Worcs): 55 off 18 balls, Worcester 2018
8 – Will Jacques (Surrey vs Kent): 64 runs off 27 balls, Canterbury 2019
8 – Syed Aziz (Malaysia vs Singapore): 55 runs off 20 balls, Bangi 2022
8 – Deependra Singh Ari (Nepal vs Mongolia): 52* off 10 balls, Hangzhou 2023
8 – Heinrich Klaasen (SRH vs KKR): 63 runs off 29 balls, Kolkata 2024
Along with this, the match between SKN and GAW also equaled the record of most sixes in T20 cricket, in which 42 sixes were hit. This year, in the match played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings in IPL 2024, 42 sixes were also hit.
