Meghalaya batter Akash Kumar Choudhary made cricket history on Sunday, becoming only the third player in First-Class history to hit six sixes in an over (where data is available), and also scored the fastest ever fifty in FC cricket.

Akash achieved the feat during the second day of Meghalaya's Plate Group game in the Ranji Trophy, against Arunachal Pradesh, in Surat. He smashed six sixes off left-arm spinner Limar Dabi in the 126th over of Meghalaya's innings, and in the process, joined an elite club that previously included only Ravi Shastri and Garry Sobers ; South Africa's Mike Procter also hit six consecutive sixes, but spread across two overs.

Coming in at No.8, Akash began his innings with a dot and two singles, but smashed the next eight balls for six - no other batter in

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