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History was created during a Ranji Trophy match at the CK Pithawala Stadium in Surat. Playing for Meghalaya, 25-year-old Akash Choudhary scored unbeaten 50 off 11 balls against Arunachal Pradesh and became the fastest player to score a half-century in first-class cricket.
Akash, a fast bowler, while batting at number 8, hit 8 consecutive sixes on 8 balls. On this achievement of Akash Chaudhary Dainik Bhaskar Talked to him. Akash told about the struggle to reach this point.
I am usually a fast bowler- Akash Despite coming from an ordinary family, Akash kept his dream alive. He said, the hard work was already going on, but I did not think that suddenly I would make a record. Because I am generally a fast bowler. I don’t get much chance to bat. I got a good opportunity to bat in this match. The overs were also less. It can only be called the grace of Mahadev that at that time my batting worked for the team.
After hitting the third six, decided to hit 6 sixes. At that time our team was in very good condition. Therefore our plan was to score runs for the team as soon as possible. My intention was to score as many runs as possible in fewer balls. First two sixes were hit. After this I hit the third six, then it came to my mind that now I should try to hit six sixes. However, I had not thought about the seventh and eighth sixes.
My mindset was good and I was enjoying the match When a fast bowler comes out to bat and there is a fast bowler in front of him, what is going on in his mind at that time? Regarding this, Akash said- At that time my mindset was very relaxed, because in the last match also my batting against Bihar was good. I had hit four sixes in that also. So my mindset was good. I was enjoying this match also. Luckily I was successful in hitting six sixes.
‘I used to play cricket in school’ Akash told about his struggle- I have come from school cricket. Earlier I used to play KV Kendriya Vidyalaya Cluster, Regional. The association supported me in the inter-schools held in Shillong. From there I went to the NCA (National Cricket Academy) camp. Played state from there. Then when the North-East team was formed, I was involved in Under-19 also. This also improved the financial condition of my family. Because match fees started coming. I would not say that I fought any very dangerous struggle. Because there is some struggle in everyone’s life.
Dad does welding and mom sews Regarding his training, Akash told that I never took professional training in my childhood. I used to play with tennis balls. My father works in welding. It is normal that my mother does tailoring, but in such a situation I could not take professional training. We are three brothers and sisters. I have an elder sister and a younger brother. My elder sister has also worked very hard for me. My mother also used to work very hard to earn money for the household expenses. Only then our household expenses could be met.
My target is to complete my 100 first class wickets Talking about IPL and his dream of playing for Team India, he said – As a fast bowler, first of all I have to make the team win. It’s foremost in my mind. I want to stick to fast bowling. Right now my first target is to complete my 100 first class wickets. I am a little away from this. The first and last goal is to play for India and play IPL. Because the platform of IPL can give me everything I want.
Fastest fifty in first class Akash Chaudhary has made the record of fastest fifty in first class cricket. The record for the fastest first-class score was held by Wayne Knight of English county cricket team Leicestershire, who scored 50 runs in 12 balls in 2012. Clive Inman of Sri Lanka scored a half-century in 13 balls in 1965. This is the second fastest half-century in terms of time. Akash completed this half-century in 9 minutes, whereas Inman had scored 50 runs in just 8 minutes.
Third player to hit 6 sixes in 6 balls Akash became the third player to hit six sixes in six consecutive balls in first class cricket. Gary Sobers was the first player to hit six sixes in an over in first-class cricket in 1968.
He achieved this feat in an over bowled by Malcolm Nash in the match between Glamorgan and Nottinghamshire. After this Ravi Shastri achieved this feat in 1984-85. 25-year-old Akash Kumar has been playing first class cricket since 2019. So far he has scored 503 runs in 30 matches at an average of 14.37.
Yuvraj Singh hit 6 sixes in Stuart Broad’s over. Yuvraj Singh had hit 6 sixes against England in the 2007 T-20 World Cup. After an argument with Andrew Flintoff, he hit 6 sixes in 6 consecutive balls of Stuart Broad’s over.
