History was rewritten in Surat on Sunday as Meghalaya’s Akash Kumar Choudhary unleashed a breathtaking display of power-hitting in the Ranji Trophy Plate Group clash against Arunachal Pradesh. The 25-year-old smashed eight consecutive sixes to become the first-ever player in first-class cricket to achieve the feat, while also scoring the fastest fifty in the format’s history off just 11 balls.

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A Record-Breaking Blitz in Surat

Coming in at No. 8, Akash started cautiously with a couple of singles before unleashing an astonishing assault on Arunachal’s bowlers. In the 126th over bowled by left-arm spinner Limar Dabi, he hammered six sixes in a row and a

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