Australian legend achieves Rinku’s feat, hits 5 sixes in 5 balls

New Delhi. These days T10 league matches are being played in America. In one match, former Australian captain Aaron Finch hit 5 sixes in 5 consecutive balls. His batting reminds me of Rinku Singh. Rinku also hit 5 consecutive sixes in IPL 2023. Finch remained unbeaten till the end. However, Finch’s team could not win this match. Yusuf Pathan took away the win from the experienced Australian by batting aggressively. In the US Masters T10 League match, California Knights scored 116 for 3 in the first game. In reply, New Jersey Tritons reached the target in 9.4 overs with 2 balls to spare. Pathan scored 35 runs off 11 balls and became the player of the match.

California Knights captain Aaron Finch came to open. He was unbeaten on 75 off 31 balls. The strike rate was 242. Finch hit 3 fours and 8 sixes in the innings. Finch hit fast bowler Chris Barnwell for 5 consecutive sixes in the first 5 balls of the 9th over. Finch hit a six over long on off the first ball of West Indies’ Barnwell. Finch hit wide long on the second ball, square leg on the third ball, long on the fourth ball and long off on the fifth ball. After this, it looked like Finch would also make a record of 6 sixes.

The bowler bowled a wide ball
After hitting 5 sixes in the first 5 balls, Chris Barnwell hit the sixth ball wide. He bowled the last ball outside the off side. Aaron Finch could only score one run on this one. In this way total 32 runs were scored in the over. Milind Kumar also scored 27 runs in 14 balls. Irfan Pathan was dismissed for one run in 3 balls. In reply, Jesse Ryder and Naman Ojha got New Jersey off to a fast start. Ryder scored 20 off 19 balls and Ojha scored 25 off 11 balls.

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40-year-old Yusuf Pathan, who landed at number-4, won the team by playing an aggressive innings. Pathan scored 35 runs in 11 balls at a strike rate of 318. He hit 2 fours and 4 sixes in the innings. That means Pathan scored 32 runs only from boundaries. Barnwell was unbeaten on 12 runs off 6 balls.

Tags: Aaron Finch, Australia, Rinku Singh, Yusuf Pathan

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