Sri Lankan spinner Akila Dananjaya experienced great pleasure and unanticipated despair in a matter of two overs. 27-year-old Akila Dananjaya nabbed a climacteric hattrick in the first T20I clash between Sri Lanka and West Indies. However, in the very next over, Kieron Pollard belted Dananjaya for six sixes in a row.
WI vs SI: Kieron Pollard’s six sixes in a row
With this feat, Kieron Pollard became only the second cricketer to smash six sixes in a row in T20Is and the third in international cricket. Herschelle Gibbs was the first batsman to do it in an ODI clash against the Netherlands, Yuvraj Singh achieved the hallmark against England in the 2007 T20 World Cup.
WI vs SI: 1st T20I Highlights
West Indies got off to a brilliant start as they were 52/0 in 3.1 overs in their run chase of 132 runs. Dananjaya, however, dented Windies hunt with a hattrick of wickets. He managed to nib Evin Lewis, Chris Gayle and Nicholas Pooran in a trot. Dananjaya’s heroic exploits were soon cancelled out by Kieron Pollard in the sixth over.
Dananjaya has now joined Stuart Broad as the only two bowlers to conceive six sixes in a row. West Indies chased the total in 13.1 overs with 4 wickets in hand. Kieron Pollard scored 38 runs in 11 balls. The second T20I in the three-match series is scheduled to be played on Saturday, March 6 at the Stanford Cricket Ground at 3:30 AM IST.
