New Delhi. In the world of cricket, whenever there is talk of hitting sixes from India, the first name that comes up is that of Yuvraj Singh and Ravi Shastri. But now Meghalaya's young cricketer Akash Chaudhary has broken the records of both of them by hitting 8 consecutive sixes in 8 balls. Not only this, Akash scored fifty in just 11 balls, after which he also became the fastest batsman to score a half-century in first class cricket.

England's Ben White's record broken

Meghalaya's Akash Chaudhary hit eight consecutive sixes in the Ranji Trophy 2025-26 match played against Arunachal Pradesh in Surat on 9 November. After hitting 6 consecutive sixers in one over, he also sent the first two balls of the next over flying. In this way, Akash scored fifty in just 11 balls and broke England's Ben White's record of 12 balls.

Third player to hit 6 sixes in 6 balls in Ranji

Akash Chaudhary is the third player to hit 6 sixes in 6 consecutive balls in first class cricket (Ranji Trophy). Before him, Gary Sobers of West Indies had hit 6 consecutive sixes in one over of Malcolm Nash in 1968. After this, in 1984-85, Ravi Shastri also hit 6 sixes in an over.

Yuvraj Singh hit 6 sixes in one over in T20

Talking about international matches, Yuvraj Singh hit 6 sixes against England in the 2007 T-20 World Cup. Yuvi had an argument with Andrew Flintoff, after which he hit 6 consecutive sixes in 6 balls of one over of Stuart Broad. Apart from him, South Africa's opener Herschelle Gibbs also hit 6 sixes in 6 balls in the 2007 ODI World Cup.

Who is Akash Chaudhary?

25 year old Akash Chaudhary plays for Meghalaya. He debuted in the world of cricket in 2019. Akash has played 30 first class and 30 T20 matches so far. Akash has 503 runs in first class matches with the help of 2 half-centuries, while he has 107 runs in T20. Akash is a right hand batsman and medium fast bowler. In bowling, he has taken 7 wickets for 40 runs, which is his best so far. Apart from this, he has played for North-East Zone in Duleep Trophy.