The fiery Delhi Capitals (DC) opener, Prithvi Shaw has revealed that he lost count of deliveries in the game against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in IPL 2021 when he smashed six fours in an over. Shivam Mavi, Shaw’s former Under-19 teammate had bowled a wide on the first ball and the right-hander thought that the over was completed after just five deliveries were bowled.
However, Shaw got reminded by his opening partner Shikhar Dhawan that there is one more ball left in the over and he has a chance of hitting six fours in the over. In fact, Shaw revealed that he was not thinking about the record but it clicked his mind before the last ball of the over.
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Shaw had managed to smash six fours in the over and became the second batsman in the IPL history to achieve the record after Ajinkya Rahane.
During a recent chat with India News, Prithvi Shaw said, “Actually I came to know after the fifth ball that a sixth ball was left because Mavi had bowled the first ball as a wide. So, I was counting that ball as well and it had slipped my mind. So, Shikhar Dhawan told me one more ball is left.”
He further added, “Then it clicked me. I had not thought anything while hitting the first five boundaries. But I was definitely thinking about that before hitting the sixth boundary, that I have come close after hitting five boundaries in five balls and should try one more.”
Shaw went on to score 82 runs from only 41 balls and managed to score the fastest fifty of eth season off just 18 deliveries in that game against KKR. Thus, the right-hander played a key role in Delhi Capitals’ win as they cruised to the target of 155 runs with 21 balls to spare.
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Before the suspension of the IPL, Prithvi Shaw had amassed 308 runs in eight matches for DC before the tournament was indefinitely postponed by the BCCI. The prodigy batsman was in sublime form in the IPL. He is expected to be part of the limited-overs squad for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka.
