Samoa batter Darius Visser has shattered Yuvraj Singh’s record of most runs in an over as he scored 39 runs in an over during the T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Region Qualifier game in Apia.
This will be the most runs scored in a single over in T20I history, going past the tally of 36 runs which has been achieved five times before in the format. The feat was achieved in the 15th over of the first innings bowled by Vanuatu’s Nalin Nipiko which included three no-balls.
The first three balls were delivered over deep midwicket by Visser for three sixes after which Nipiko delivered a front-foot no-ball. The free hit was gone for a six over the legside.
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The following ball was a dot ball when Visser hit the ball straight which went to the stumps at the non-striker’s end. Nipiko overstepped again, only to follow it up with a no-ball for height that was pulled by Visser for six.
The last ball of the over was a low full toss outside off stump that Visser expertly flicked over deep square leg to have a total score of 39 runs in an over.
previously, a high score of 36 runs in an over has been achieved five times in the history of cricket. In 2007, Indian batter Yuvraj Singh became the first man to achieve it by hitting six sixes against England’s Stuart Broad.
Later it was achieved by West Indies player Kieron Pollard against Sri Lanka in 2021 and Nepal’s Dipendra Singh Airee in 2024.
Nicholas Pooran has also scored 36 runs in an over not with sixes, but with extras during the match against Afghanistan in T20 World Cup 2024. Meanwhile, Indian pair Rohit Sharma and Rinku Singh have combined their scores to post 36 runs against Afghanistan in 2024.
Visser smashed 14 sixes in the innings which was the fifth highest of all time, to score a T20I century. Visser had an individual score of 132 runs by Visser, out of the team total of 174, which also makes him take the top spot for the highest percentage of runs in a single T20I innings.
He surpassed the previous record of 75.1% achieved by Aaron Finch by contributing 75.86% of the team’s score. He also picked a wicket as Samoa defended the total restricting Vanuatu to 164 runs.
