Shaw becomes the 2nd Prithvi batsman to hit 6 fours in an over in the IPL
Delhi Capitals opener batsman Prithvi Shaw becomes the 2nd batsman to hit 6 fours in an over in the Indian Premier League(IPL) history
In the 25th match of the 14th season of the Indian Premier League, the Delhi Capitals team faced the Kolkata Knight Riders. Kolkata scored 154 runs batting first. In reply, Delhi openers Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan batted up the storm. Prithvi Shaw made history in the first over. He hit 6 consecutive fours off 6 balls and created history.
In fact, against Kolkata, Delhi captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and elected to bowl first. Kolkata scored 154 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Andre Russell played a blistering 43 off 27 balls. In response, Delhi opener Prithvi Shaw made history in the first over.
Prithvi Shaw, who came to start the innings against Kolkata, scored 25 runs in the first over of Shivam Mavi. In this over, he hit 6 consecutive fours off 6 balls. In any season, he became the first batsman to hit four consecutive six-ball fours in the very first over of an innings. Shivam Mavi’s first ball was wide, after which Prithvi sent 6 consecutive balls across the boundary for fours.
Prithvi Shaw becomes the 2nd batsman to hit 6 fours in an over in the IPL
Prithvi has become the second batsman to send every ball of a single bowler’s over for fours in the IPL. Earlier in 2012, Ajinkya Rahane hit fours off every ball in an over against Royal Challengers Bangalore. In 2021, Prithvi did the same against Kolkata. With this, Prithvi also scored the fastest half-century in the 14th season of IPL. He is second in joint form with Rishabh Pant in terms of scoring the fastest half-century for Delhi in the history of the tournament by scoring 50 off 18 balls.
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end of the match due to this innings of Prithvi Shaw, Delhi defeated Kolkata by 7 wickets. After the match, Prithvi Shaw and Shivam Mavi were seen talking to each other. During that time Shivam Mavi joked Prithvi Shaw’s throat as well. This video of Shaw and Shivam Mavi is going viral on social media.