USA cricketer blasts six sixes in an over

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A little-known USA batsman has cannoned into elite company, joining limited-overs greats Herschelle Gibbs, Yuvraj Singh and Kieron Pollard.

Jaskaran Malhotra has go conscionable the 4th antheral to deed six sixes successful an implicit successful planetary cricket, producing the heroics successful a one-day lucifer betwixt the USA and Papua New Guinea successful Oman.

After PNG won the flip and elected to bowl, Malhotra walked to the crease astatine 3-29 during the ninth implicit and blasted 173 runs disconnected conscionable 124 balls, becoming the archetypal USA cricketer to notch an ODI century.

His six sixes successful an implicit came disconnected the bowling of paceman Gaudi Toka.

"A magic innings," USA Cricket posted connected Twitter.

Gibbs became the archetypal antheral to deed six sixes successful an implicit successful planetary cricket successful 2007, obliterating Dutch spinner Daan Van Bunge during the ODI World Cup successful the West Indies.

Singh past deed six sixes successful an implicit during the 2007 T20 World Cup successful South Africa, tonking English seamer Stuart Broad.

And Pollard became the 3rd antheral to execute the feat erstwhile helium unleashed connected Sri Lanka spinner Akila Dananjaya successful the West Indies successful March this year.

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