Rajasthan Royals skipper Riyan Parag hammered six sixes against Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday, May 4, at the Eden Gardens. Parag’s stellar batting display kept Rajasthan in the match while pursuing a hugely unlikely target of 207 runs.
Having Rajasthan 72/5 in the 8th over, Parag set himself the target to single-handedly get the Royals back in the game and took on Moeen Ali to hit him back-to-back sixes off six consecutive balls in the 13th over of the match.
Riyan Parag Aggression Against Spin
Parag smashed Varun Chakravarthy for a six on the very first ball that he faced from the spinner in the subsequent over, and his strike rate in the match went up to six out of six.
Parag joined the likes of Chris Gayle, Rahul Tewatia, and Rinku Singh, among others, who have achieved the feat of hitting 5 sixes in an over of a match in the IPL.
RR captain was dismissed in the 4th ball of the 17th over, while batting at 95. This was his record-highest score in the IPL, a tournament in which he has played since 2019.
Hitting 5 Sixes in an Over in IPL
- Chris Gayle vs Rahul Sharma, 2012
- Rahul Tewatia vs S Cotterell, 2020
- Ravindra Jadeja vs Harshal Patel, 2021
- Rinku Singh vs Yash Dayal, 2023
- Riyan Parag vs Moeen Ali, 2025*
Ball by Ball – Riyan Parag hits 6 Sixes Against KKR
12.2: Moeen Ali to Riyan Parag, SIX! FIFTY FOR PARAG! First of the season and he is keeping RR in this match! Flatter, full and on the pads. Riyan Parag collects it and whips it over the deep square leg fence for a flat six. Doesn’t display any emotions and simply calmly raises his bat in the air as he is aware that the job is far from done. However, a sensational fifty by the RR skipper.
12.3: Moeen Ali to Riyan Parag, SIX MORE! Parag switching gears now! Flighted, full and on off, Riyan Parag edges forward for it a bit and hits it down the ground over long on for another biggie.
12.4: Moeen Ali to Riyan Parag, SIX! Three in succession! Moeen Ali comes around the wicket and dispatches this full and on leg. Piece of cake for Parag as he smashes it over the deep square leg fence once again for six more.
12.5: Moeen Ali to Riyan Parag, SIX! FOUR IN A ROW NOW! Loopy delivery, full and on middle, Parag clears his front leg away and sends it high and handsomely over the long on fence for a biggie. This is precisely the over RR desired!
12.6: Moeen Ali to Riyan Parag, SIX! Five sixes in the over! 32 runs off the over! Quicker, full and outside off, Parag raises his arms to reach out and tonks it over the long off fence for a six. This might be the match-winning over!
13.2: Varun Chakaravarthy to Riyan Parag, SIX! Parag is enjoying himself now! Floated, full and around middle, Parag goes down and hits the reverse sweep over the deep point fence for a biggie. KKR under pressure now!
6 Consecutive Sixes in T20Is
Nobody has ever made 6 sixes in an over in the Indian Premier League’s history. In T20Is, however, three batsmen have struck 6 sixes off consecutive deliveries. Dipendra Singh Airee, Kieron Pollard and Yuvraj Singh have done the magic.
While Nepal’s Airee has accomplished it in two different instances, against Qatar and Mongolia, Pollard did so in 2021, towards the end of his career, while playing against Sri Lanka, and Yuvraj Singh had blown away Stuart Broad during the T20 World Cup 2007.
