Kabul Premier League
There is more than one feat in the game of cricket. Every day a new record is made and broken here. Sometimes a batsman, sometimes a bowler, even on the pitch, many records are made in cricket. But have you ever heard of a pitcher giving up 48 runs on his single? Yes it has happened.
googletag.cmd.push(function () {
googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-1532325612756-0’);
});
48 runs scored in one over
The Kabul Premier League witnessed a stunning feat on Saturday when Afghan batsman Sediqullah Atal scored 7 sixes in one over (9 no-balls). Atal hit 48 runs in the 19th inning for his Shaheen Hunters team. These overs were being bowled by left arm Amir Zazai. In match 10 of the Kabul Premier League, the teams of Abasin Defenders and Shaheen Hunters went head to head. Sediqullah Atal’s stormy hitting was seen in this match.
The storm came on the 19th about
Batting first, the Hunters were playing 158 runs with the loss of 6 wickets in 19 overs. Atal, who captained the team, was in the crease after scoring 71 off 43 balls. Zazai reaches the crease at 19 over Abasin’s defenders. He took 1 wicket for 31 runs in his first three overs. Atal hit Jazai’s first ball for a six, which was called no ball. Jazai throws the next wide ball. Following this, Atal took all 6 balls across the boundary and a total of 48 runs went into this over. With this great over, the team crossed the 200-run mark and Atal also scored his century in just 48 balls.
High Score Hunters
The Hunters posted a mammoth 213 for 6, with Atal hitting an unbeaten 118 off 56 balls with 7 fours and 10 sixes. A left-handed batsman, Atal played just one T20 match for Afghanistan against Pakistan in March this year. In response, the Defenders took 121 in 18.3 overs as the Hunters recorded an impressive 92-run victory.