So say 48 in 1 over! It can happen! What could have happened? Such an incident happened in Afghanistan's Kabul Premier League. This incident took place in the match between Shaheen Hunters and Abasin Defenders in this tournament.
48 runs were scored in 1 over by Abasin Defenders spinner Amir Zazai over. Yesterday Shaheen Hunter's batsman Sadiqullah Atal stormed him. Sadiqullah played one T20 match for Afghanistan.
The question naturally arises, how is this possible? Even if there are 6 sixes in 1 over, the runs will be 36. How did Jazai spend 48 runs in 1 over? Basically, Jazai did wide, extra 4, and no ball.
Abasin came to the defenders bowling in the 19th over of the match. At that time Sadiqullah was unbeaten on 76 runs. The team runs then 158 for 6 wickets. Jazai nods the first ball of the over, and Sadiqullah hits a six on this no-ball.
Zazai hits the next ball wide, which the keeper misses for 4 more runs. As a result, this spinner gave 12 runs before hitting any valid ball. Sadiqullah hit 6 sixes in the next 6 balls.
That is, out of these 48 runs, 42 runs came from Sadikulla's bat. Jazai, who gave 31 runs in the previous 3 overs, finished the spell with 79 runs. Sadiqullah remains unbeaten with 118 runs off 56 balls.
The highest run scored in an over in T20 International cricket is 36 - twice. India's Yuvraj Singh hit the first 6 sixes off Stuart Broad in the 2007 World Cup. Then in 2021, Kieron Pollard hit six sixes in 1 over Akila Dhananjay.
The maximum number of runs scored in a recognized T201 over is not available. Because Cricinfo only has the information on the maximum number of runs scored in an over in IPL. Chris Gayle and Ravindra Jadeja hold the record for the highest runs in an over in IPL. Both scored 37 runs in 1 over.
