The West Indies were off to a flying start at 52/0 in 3.1 overs before Dananjaya took a hat-trick to push the hosts on the backfoot. Niroshan Dickwella and Pathum Nissanka got starts but failed to convert those into a big score. In the first T20I, the West Indies bowlers restricted Sri Lanka to a below-par total of 131 for nine in their 20 overs. Gibbs had achieved the feat in 2007 in a 50-over World Cup match against the Netherlands. Welcome to the club #sixsixes you beauty !!!- Yuvraj Singh March 4, 2021īefore Pollard and Yuvraj, Herschelle Gibbs was the first batsman to hit six sixes in an over in international cricket. Yuvraj, who himself had hit Stuart Broad for six consecutive sixes in an over, tweeted 'Welcome to the club #sixsixes you beauty !!!' He slammed Sri Lanka spinner Akila Dananjaya all over the park in the first T20I between the West Indies and Sri Lanka. Pollard on Wednesday became only the third batsman in international cricket to smash a bowler for six consecutive maximums. Yuvraj Singh took to Twitter on Thursday to welcome Kieron Pollard to an elite group of players who have hit six sixes in an over. 13 years later, Yuvraj recalled his iconic feat via a post on Instagram, to which Stuart Broad, who was at the receiving end of the pasting that night in Durban, replied.
