Nepal batsman Airee smashes 6 sixes in an over

Nepalese batsman Dipendra Singh Airee became only the third player to hit six sixes in a single over in an international T20 match during his performance against Qatar in Al Amerat on Saturday.

Dipendra Singh Airee now stands alongside India's Yuvraj Singh, who achieved the feat against England's Stuart Broad during the 2007 World Cup in Durban, and West Indian batsman Kieron Pollard, who accomplished it against Sri Lanka's Akila Dananjaya in Antigua in 2021.

Herschelle Gibbs of South Africa and Jaskaran Malhotra of the USA have accomplished this feat in one-day international cricket, while no player has achieved it in Test cricket.

Airee was on 28 from 15 balls, and Nepal on 174 for 7, when medium pacer Kamran Khan began the final over of the innings in the ACC Men's Premier Cup match. The next six deliveries were all deposited over the ropes as Airee finished on 64 not out from 21 balls.

Nepal, who will appear in their second T20 World Cup later this year in West Indies and USA, closed on 210 for 7 which was enough to beat Qatar by 32 runs.

It was the second time that Airee, 24, has hit six successive sixes.

He achieved it against Mongolia in their Asian Games meeting in Hangzhou in September, but on that occassion the six sixes were spread across two overs.

Nepal begin their T20 World Cup against the Netherlands in Dallas on June 4. They will also play group games against South Africa, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.