Afghan’s Atal hits seven sixes in an over

Sediqullah Atal

Afghan international cricketer Sediqullah Atal smashed an astonishing 42 off one over on Saturday in a Kabul Premier League Twenty20 match.

The onslaught overcame as the Shaheen Hunters were playing Abasin Defenders at Kabul's Ayobi Cricket Stadium in the country's domestic Twenty20 competition. Atal, a 21-year-old all-rounder who has one T20I cap to his name, was on 76 - and his team on 158 for six - when spinner Amir Zazai trundled in to deliver his first ball of the 19th over.

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Zazai had conceded 35 runs for one wicket off three overs at that point, but overstepped the crease and Atal smashed him for six. The next ball was wide - which went through the 'keeper for four byes - meaning Zazai's two deliveries had cost 12 runs, and he still had six balls to bowl. Each of those were sent soaring over boundary ropes by Atal in an astonishing display of power hitting as he finished on 118 not out off 56 balls.

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