Twitter reacts to Thisara Perera becoming the first Sri Lankan to score six sixes in an over

03/29/2021

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Thisara Perera joined the likes of Herschelle Gibbs, Yuvraj Singh and Kieron Pollard, amidst others on the list of players to have scored six sixes in an over. Perera during his 13-ball 52 in List-A cricket took on the bowling of Dilhan Cooray, becoming the first Sri Lankan to achieve the feat.

Thisara Perera is doing wonders in List A cricket

6 sixes in an over in a professional game:

Garfield Sobers (FC) 1968

Ravi Shastri (FC) 1985

HH Gibbs (ODI) 2007

Yuvraj Singh (T20I) 2007

Ross Whiteley (T20) 2017

Haztratullah Zazai (T20) 2018

Leo Carter (T20) 2020

Kieron Pollard (T20I) 2021

THISARA PERERA (List A) 2021
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) March 28, 2021

Thisara Perera Smashed 6 Sixes in an over for army sports club in the One day tournament at Sri Lanka.
— CricketMAN2 (@man4_cricket) March 28, 2021

What a blistering knock

Thisara Perera hit 6 sixes in an over for Army Sports club
— Nikhil Verma (@nikhilkrverma) March 28, 2021

6️⃣️6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣️

Thisara Perera Smashed 6 Sixes in an over of Dilhan Cooray (Bloomfield ) and a 13-ball half-century.! 2nd fastest 50 in all list-A cricket.#Cricket 🏏🇱🇰 #SriLanka pic.twitter.com/AhFzR2ojcr
— Numbers.lk (@Numberslka) March 28, 2021

Second fastest List A fifty ever recorded

Thisara Perera hit six 6s in an over vs Dilhan Cooray

and a 13-ball half-century 😮#SLC50over
— Chathura Kumarasinghe (@chathudk) March 28, 2021

Thisara Perera became the first Sri Lankan to hit Six 6s in a professional cricket match.

He smacked 36 runs off the final over (overs per innings - 41) of SL Army innings against Bloomfield.

The Bowler was Dilhan Cooray. He had conceded 73 runs off his 4 overs.#CricStatsSL
— Aqeeb (@Aqibmzm) March 28, 2021

He is the first Sri Lankan to smash six sixes in an over

Fastest List A 50s ever recorded

12 - Kaushalya Weeraratne in 2005/06

13 - Thisara Perera - TODAY

14 - R.K. Kleinveldt - in 2010/11#CricStatsSL #SLC50overs
— Aqeeb (@Aqibmzm) March 28, 2021