Cricket / Thisara Perera becomes first Sri Lanka batsman to hit six sixes in an over

Sri Lankan team all-rounder Thisara Perera has created history for his country. Yes, Thisara Perera has become the first Sri Lankan batsman to hit six sixes in an over in any format of professional cricket. According to a report by Cricinfo, Perera achieved this feat in the Major Clubs Limited Over List A tournament released at the military ground in Panagoda here on Sunday.

He scored an unbeaten innings of 52 off 13 balls and also made the record for making the fastest half-century in List A cricket. Cricket Sri Lanka (SLC) has also posted a video of Thisara Perera hitting six sixes in an over on his Twitter. It is also difficult for any batsman to hit 6 sixes in 6 consecutive balls, because if you miss a single ball then this record will not be made.

WATCH: Thisara Perera hits 6️⃣ sixes💥in an over💪https://t.co/6kvgdx1wqI @PereraThisara

— Sri Lanka Cricket 🇱🇰 (@OfficialSLC) March 29, 2021

Perera, captaining the Sri Lankan Army, went on to bat at number five against Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club in the tournament. He hit a total of eight sixes in his innings, which is also the second fastest half-century in List A of a Sri Lankan batsman. Thisara Perera has played six Tests, 166 ODIs and 64 T20 Internationals for Sri Lanka.

Before him, former Sri Lankan all-rounder Kaushalya Veeratne scored a fifty in 12 balls in 2005. Perera thus became the ninth cricketer to achieve this feat in professional cricket. Perera has now become the ninth cricketer to do this feat. Apart from him, Gary Sobers, Ravi Shastri, Herschelle Gibbs, Yuvraj Singh, Ross Whiteley, Hazratullah Jajai, Leo Carter and Kirron Pollard have hit six sixes in an over in any format of cricket.