Sameer Rizvi, who plays for Chennai Super Kings, hit a six on the first ball of his IPL career. Sameer didn’t just hit a six on the first ball, but he did it as part of the planning. When Sameer came out to bat, Rashid Khan was bowling, he swung the bat hard and hit a six. Now a video has emerged showing that he promised his family that he would hit a six on the first ball, which he fulfilled very well.
In fact, Sameer had promised his family that he would hit a six on the first ball before leaving for the IPL 2024 with the Chennai Super Kings. Now a video is going viral on social media in which Sameer’s family members can be seen reacting to his slap. Sameer’s family members are heard saying that he went and said: First ball, first six. Said I would hit a six on the first ball.
This means that hitting the top six with the first ball was in Sameer’s plan. In the match against Gujarat at the M Chidambaram Stadium, Sameer scored 14 runs in 6 balls with the help of 2 sixes. He came out to bat at number six.
The priceless reactions from Sameer Rizvi’s family when he hit a six off his first ball in the IPL yesterday.
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It is noteworthy that Chennai Super Kings won by 63 runs in the match against Gujarat Titans. First in the match, Chennai put 206/6 runs on the board in 20 overs. Shivam Dubey played the most innings for the team with 51 (23 balls) at a strike rate of 221.74. While chasing the target, the Gujarat team could only manage to reach the score of 143/8 in 20 overs.