Meghalaya batter Akash Kumar Choudhary delivers 11-ball fifty with eight consecutive sixes in Ranji Trophy match at Surat today

The title for the fastest First-Class fifty belongs to a lower-order batter from Meghalaya, who hit eight back-to-back sixes to reach 50 in only 11 deliveries. He stepped up when the team was already in a commanding position, which allowed him to be more aggressive. What’s remarkable is not just the sheer power but also the confidence he showed after a few low-scoring games. It was a moment where everything, his form, the opportunity, and his shot selection, came together beautifully.

Akash Kumar Choudhary walks in with full freedom and created history

Akash Kumar Choudhary came out to bat at No. 8 while Meghalaya was in a commanding position at 576 for 6 in their first innings. The opener, Arpit Bhatiwara, had already laid the groundwork with a double-century (200+ runs) and two more centurions in the middle order, giving the lower-order batter the freedom to go for his shots without any stress. What happened next was a nine-minute onslaught that left both fans and rivals in disbelief.

Choudhary was up against left-arm spinner Limar Dabi and started off pretty carefully, getting a 0 on his first ball and then scoring singles on the next two. Then the fun began: he smashed eight huge sixes in a row over two overs, with six of them coming from Dabi’s over. This onslaught brought him to 50 runs in just 11 balls all from sixes, without a single four.

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After reaching that mark, he faced three dot balls before Meghalaya’s captain, Sumit Kumar, called it a day and declared the innings at 628 for 6, leaving Arunachal Pradesh 593 runs behind in the game.

Choudhary finished with an impressive score of 50 not out from just 14 balls (0 fours, 8 sixes), demonstrating both power and accuracy on a pitch that favored batsmen. Before this innings, the all-rounder had been having a tough time in his recent First-Class matches, not managing to score over 20 runs in five straight games, but he had shown signs of bouncing back with a half-century against Bihar in Meghalaya’s last game.

Akash Kumar Choudhary surpasses Wayne White’s 12-ball record

Choudhary’s achievement quickly changed the record books, beating Wayne White’s 12-ball fifty for Leicestershire against Essex in Leicester back in 2012— a record that lasted for 13 years. By doing this, he also secured the fastest fifty in Ranji Trophy history, surpassing Bandeep Singh’s 15-ball performance for Jammu & Kashmir against Tripura in Agartala during the 2015/16 season.

His eight sixes in a row set a new record: he became the first player in First-Class cricket to do this, surpassing legends like Garry Sobers, Mike Procter, and Ravi Shastri, who all managed six in a row. In the Ranji Trophy, Choudhary became only the second player alongside Shastri to hit six sixes in a single over, a feat Shastri accomplished for Bombay against Baroda back in 1985.

For a bit of background, the record for the fastest Test half-century is still owned by Misbah-ul-Haq of Pakistan, who achieved it in a mere 21 balls against Australia in Abu Dhabi in 2014.