Most Runs smashed in a T20I over

Smashing bowlers all over the ground is how modern cricket gives us entertainment. In the process, some batsman made a record by smashing the bowlers in consecutive deliveries and that too in an over. The bowlers will sure get nightmares on these records. In this article, we are gonna list out those batsmen who have smashed the Most runs in a T20I over.

Recently, Zimbabwean all-rounder, Ryan Burl smoked Nasum Ahmed all over the park that made his entry to the top 4's list. He has now equaled the records of Tim Seifert and Ross Taylor, both of them have registered 34 runs in an over of T20I cricket. Check out the complete detailed analysis in our article below.

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Most runs smashed in a T20I over:

Ryan Burl vs Nasum Ahmed | 34 runs

Zimbabwe batter Ryan Burl showed what he is capable of in the shortest format of the game as he smashed 34 runs in a single over. Meanwhile, it was Bangladesh's Nasum Ahmed who was at the receiving end. He became the victim of Burl's carnage, conceding 5 sixes and 1 four in a single over.

Thanks to this over, Zimbabwe went on to put 156 runs on the board in 20 overs at the loss of 8 wickets. Ryan Burl won the Player of the Match for his innings of 28-ball 54 runs.

Tim Seifert & Ross Taylor vs Shivam Dube | 34 runs

India all-rounder Shivam Dube scripted an unwanted record at Bay Oval during India's 5th T20I match against New Zealand. The right-arm bowler was hammered for 34 runs in an over by Kiwi batsmen Tim Seifert and Ross Taylor, which is the most expensive over ever bowled by an Indian across formats.

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Brought into the attack in the 10th over of the game, Tim Seifert shimmied down the track to dispatch the 127kmph delivery over mid-wicket for a six. Dube lowered the pace by four marks and shortened the length, but Seifert pulled it flat over his shoulder for another six. In the third ball. Seifert walked across and got a thick inside edge off his paddle scoop to get a four.

Dube heaved a sigh of relief with a single in the fourth ball but was flicked away for a four off a no-ball in the very delivery. Meanwhile, with Ross Taylor on strike, he managed two back-to-back six against the all-rounder as Dube conceded 34 runs in the over to shift the momentum in favor of the hosts.

Kieron Pollard vs Akhila Dananjaya | 36 runs

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Former West Indies batter Kieron Pollard becomes only the third player to hit six sixes in international cricket after Herschelle Gibbs and Yuvraj Singh.

Pollard strode out to the crease in the fourth over after Akhila Dananjaya had dismissed Evin Lewis, Chris Gayle, and Nicholas Pooran off consecutive deliveries to leave West Indies reeling at 52-3 in pursuit of 132.

But the West Indies skipper tore into unconventional off-spinner Dananjaya in his next over, taking 36 runs and becoming only the third man to hit six sixes in an international match, emulating Herschelle Gibbs and Yuvraj Singh.

Yuvraj Singh vs Stuart Broad | 36 runs

As we all know Yuvraj Singh was the first batsman in the world who smoked six sixes in an over for the first time in cricket's history. Yuvraj hammered England bowler Stuart Broad in the 17th over of a 2007 World Cup game that also helped India to reach a huge total in the match.

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Yuvi smashed 6 sixes in an over and opens the list that Herschelle Gibbs(ODIs) and Kieron Pollard (T20Is) joined afterward. He is the first and also the only Indian to achieve this record of Most runs in a T20I over.

N.B: The stats and records are accurate as of 03/08/2022.