CPL 2024 Witnesses KKR Vs PBKS Replication As It Turns Into A Six-Hitting Spree

Shimron Hetmyer and Rahmanullah Gurbaz initiated the six-hitting juggernaut (x.com)

The Guyana Amazon Warriors franchise and the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots collectively carpet-bombed 42 sixes in the seventh match of the CPL 2024 season at Warner Park. Warriors middle-order batter Shimron Hetmyer himself smeared 11 of those sixes during his match-winning knock of 91 runs from just 39 deliveries.

While the Guyana Amazon Warriors sealed the high-scoring slugfest by 40 runs, the match also levelled an all-time T20 world record of aggregating the highest number of sixes.

CPL 2024 match levels up with IPL 2024 classic

The Guyana Amazon Warriors franchise and the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots put up an exhibition of 42 maximums in match number seven of the CPL 2024 season at the Warner Park on September 4. Shimron Hetmyer delivered the ‘Player of the Match’ performance by smacking 11 sixes in the evening, while Patriots captain Andre Fletcher smeared nine maximums from just 33 deliveries.

Remarkably, the Warriors vs Patriots CPL 2024 blitzkrieg levelled up with an IPL 2024 game between KKR and PBKS for the highest match-aggregate in terms of number of sixes. Back in April 26 this year at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata Knight Riders (18 sixes) and Punjab Kings (24 sixes) also collectively walloped 42 maximums in a single high-scoring game to attain the T20 world record at the time.

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After the turbulent CPL 2024 evening set up by Warriors and Patriots, here we take a look at some T20 matches with the highest six-hitting count in format’s rich history. Remarkably, each of the top four highest match-aggregate of sixes have occurred this year alone.

Most Sixes in a T20 Match:

CPL 2024 thriller, as it happened

Guyana Amazon Warriors batted first and mounted 266-7 from 20 overs. Opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz cracked 69 runs from 37 deliveries while Shimron Hetmyer at number four top-scored with 91 runs off just 39 balls. Keemo Paul also chipped in a valuable cameo at the death alongside Raymon Reifer and unbeaten Dwaine Pretorius.

In response, Andre Fletcher waged Patriots’ lone rebellion in a high-octane run-chase through his explosive 33-ball 81. His whirlwind knock was eventually tendered in vain by Warriors’ spinners Gudakesh Motie (3-34) and Imran Tahir (3-48).

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