During the ECI Spain-Czech Republic match between Spain and Czech Republic, Spanish batsman Muhammad Babar smashed brilliant one-handed sixes while chasing 118 runs. Babar smashed two consecutive one-handed sixes during Spain’s seventh innings. One-handed sixes are one of the incidents that are very rare on the cricket field and it is also very difficult to hit the ball with power with one hand.
On the second ball of the seventh over of SpainIn the innings, Muhammad Babar tried to play one-handed sixes against Czech Republic bowler Sagor Hossain. However, he failed to connect and lost his bat in the air. He was able to win a couple of runs with that ball.
Watch: Muhammad Babar smashes one-handed sixes in ECI Spain-Czechia match
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Muhammad Babar played the same shot on the next ball and was able to hit it well and hit a six towards the leg side. Babar did not stop here and took another wild swing with the next ball and hit another one-handed six towards the same region.
While batting first in Barcelona, the Czech Republic managed a score of 117/7 in 10 overs. None of the batsmen could make a big hit and they ended up scoring between 15 and 25 runs respectively. Sahil Grover was the top scorer of the Czech Republic innings and played 24 runs off 14 balls with 3 sixes. Mohammad Ratul also played an innings of 23 runs off 13 balls with four fours.
Sabawoon Davizi also scored 19 runs and made an important contribution to the Czech Republic’s innings. Sebastian Hughes Pinan got 3 wickets for Spain, while Muhammad Atif and Babar Khan got 2 and 1 wicket respectively.
Chasing the goal, Muhammad Babar took on the Czech Republic players from the first step. Babar hit 9 sixes and five fours during his stay at the crease and was unbeaten on 83* runs. Babar scored runs at a strike rate of 319.23. In the end, Spain was able to win the match by 9 wickets and chased down the target in the 8th over.
Former New Zealand batsman Lance Cairns smashed two consecutive sixes against Australia in the 1983 Benson and Hedges Cup. Cairns smashed Australian bowlers all over the wicket, which also included many one-handed sixes. Cairns played a total of 52 runs off 25 balls and hit 1 four and 6 sixes during his stay at the crease. He batted with a strike rate of 208.
Indian batsman Rishabh Pant is very famous for hitting sixes with just one hand. However, Pant lets go of his hand after hitting the ball, making it look like he has hit a six with one hand, however, he puts in power with both hands and finally hits a six.
Cricket has seen brilliant development in all regions of the world. Many countries have come out and started playing the gentleman’s game. There have been many new countries such as Namibia, Nepal, UAE, Hong Kong and many more that have performed well and are rising to the top.
