Watch: Shreyas Iyer hit a massive 106-metre six, the biggest of the tournament, in the 2023 World Cup clash against Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday (November 2).
Iyer has not been at his best in this tournament, scoring 53*, 19, 33, and 4 runs in 4 innings so far, and the problem of short balls has also become a headache for India. . However, he showed his mettle against Sri Lanka by hitting 82 off his 56 balls, an incredible strike rate of 146.43 and hitting his sixes, including a huge six from 106 meters. .
On the fourth ball of the 36th over, Kasun Rajitha bowled the ball outside the off-stump and Iyer hit it over the bowler’s head into the second stand for maximum score.
His batting surpassed Glenn Maxwell’s mammoth 104m against New Zealand, making him one of the best six of the World Cup. Iyer’s longest shot against Afghanistan was 101 meters, making him one of only two players to hit a six-point shot over 100 meters in the tournament.
Fakhar Zaman (99m) and David Warner (98m) achieved the fourth and fifth highest 6m of this World Cup respectively.
India finished with an impressive score of 357 for 8, with Shubman Gill (92) and Virat Kohli (88) also scoring fifties.
Watch Shreyas Iyer hit the 106-metre six here:
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