Meghalaya’s Akash Kumar slams 8 consecutive sixes, brings up fastest first class 50 in just 11 balls

Meghalaya’s Akash Kumar’s created history on Sunday when he became the first player to blast 8 consecutive sixes in first class cricket. He also shattered another record when he also became the player to score the fastest first class half century when brought up his 50 in just 11 deliveries. The cricketer created these records in the Plate Group match against Arunachal Pradesh in Surat where he came to bat at No.8 and started his innings with a dot before slamming 8 back to back sixes

The bowler in question was Arunachal’s Limar Dabi who was smashed for six sixes in the 126th over by Akash as the batter eventually surpassed Leicestershire’s Wayne Knight who had slammed 50 off 12 balls in 2012. The Indian player with the fastest 50 before Akash was Bandeep Singh who scored his half century