In just 14 balls, Meghalaya all-rounder Akash Choudhary carved his name into cricketing folklore and joined a club so rare that only Gary Sobers and Ravi Shastri had ever been part of it. During a Ranji Trophy Plate match against Arunachal Pradesh in Surat, Akash delivered an innings that instantly became part of first-class cricket history. He smashed six sixes in a single over, matching the legendary feats of Sobers and Shastri, but then went ahead and rewrote the record books with something even more outrageous.

After dispatching left-arm spinner Limar Dabi for 36 runs in the over, Akash Choudhary didn’t settle. The successive two balls he faced also disappeared over the ropes, completing a staggering eight consecutive sixes. In the process, he raced to a fifty in just 11 deliveries, making it the fastest half-century ever recorded in first-class cricket.

For a player whose primary job in the team is fast bowling, this was a knock that no one saw coming. Speaking to Times Now, Akash Choudhary explained that the furious hitting wasn’t about personal glory. Meghalaya were in a strong position and needed to speed up the innings to give their bowlers enough time to force a result.

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“My job was to accelerate the scoring. I hit the first two balls for sixes, and then the non-striker said, ‘Bhaiya, you can go for six!’ That’s when I thought maybe I can. By God’s grace, six sixes happened. The seventh was pure instinct,” he said.

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The pitch, he added, was ideal for stroke-making. “I kept telling myself to hit straight and clear the boundary. This was an important game because we need all seven points. The goal was to get as many overs as possible to bowl them out.”

Akash Choudhary admitted he wanted to continue the streak and go for 12 straight sixes, but the bowler cleverly switched to wide yorkers, resulting in three dot balls before Meghalaya declared.

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“I did want 12 sixes, but the bowler didn’t give me anything to hit. It’s fine,” he laughed. At 25, Akash models his cricket on India’s finest modern quicks. He admires Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Hardik Pandya and hopes to follow the same path. After a solid showing in the Duleep Trophy, his ultimate dream is clear. “Every player wants the IPL, but for me, the biggest goal is to play Test cricket for India,” he said.