A talented young batsman, who found no suitors in the recent Indian Premier League (IPL 2025), has raised the temperature with his fiery batting in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT).

25-year-old Harvik Desai, who was part of the Indian U19 World Cup-winning team in 2018, went berserk by decimating Gujarat Titans’ (GT) R Sai Kishore, who was recently retained by the franchise in IPL 2025 . auction after they activated their Right to Match (RTM) card for INR 2 crore.

The disaster occurred today during the fourth over of the first innings of the match between Tamil Nadu and Saurashtra. Desai opened the batting for Saurashtra and decided to destroy the GT spinner, smashing him with 3 fours and 2 sixes in five successive balls.

It was also Sai Kishore’s opener of the match and Harvik’s rain boundaries pushed Saurashtra’s score to 54-1 in just 4 overs.

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Harvik Desai hits GT’s R Sai Kishore for five consecutive boundaries

Desai’s explosive innings began with a short delivery, which he hit hard over midwicket for a huge six. The next delivery was another short one, but this time Desai drove it for a four through midwicket. Reacting to Desai’s success with the short balls, Kishore attempted a full toss but Desai sent it wide for another six.

Harvik benefited from some fortune on the next ball, when an outside edge flew past the keeper for a four. The last ball of the over was hit firmly through extra cover for another four, as Desai made an impressive 24 runs from that over.

Watch the video of the Harvik Desai massacre below.