WATCH: Ruturaj Gaikwad breaks several records in Indian cricket, smashes 7 sixes in an over

Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh are locking horns in the second quarter-final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy. The Uttar Pradesh skipper Karan Sharma won the toss and asked Maharashtrians to bat first at the turf of Sardar Patel Stadium B Ground in Ahmedabad. Although this decision from skipper Sharma has been proved very wrong by his counterpart and Maharashtra opener Ruturaj Gaikwad.

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The Pune-born batter amazed and stunned everyone with his sensational double century-knock of 220 runs off 159 balls with 10 boundaries and 16 outstanding sixes to his name. Apart from this amazing knock, Gaikwad also went on to break several records in Indian cricket with his batting heroics in the 49^th over of the first innings by unbelievably hitting seven sixes in an over.

The video of this historic moment in Indian domestic cricket is making rounds on social media within minutes of being posted. The Indian cricket Board has uploaded the video of Gaikwad’s stellar show on their official Twitter handle of domestic cricket.

Here’s the video:

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Ruturaj Gaikwad smashes 4⃣3⃣ runs in one over! 🔥🔥

Follow the match ▶️ https://t.co/cIJsS7QVxK…#MAHvUP | #VijayHazareTrophy | #QF2 | @mastercardindia pic.twitter.com/j0CvsWZeES

— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) November 28, 2022

It all happened when skipper Karan Sharma introduced the orthodox spinner, Shiva Singh, into the attack. Gaikwad went after Shiva from the very first ball of the over. Subsequently, he smashed seven sixes in an over including a six on no-ball along with the six legal sixes in the over.

Speaking of the match between Maharashtra and UP so far, Batting first, Maharashtra posted a big total of 330 runs for the loss of five wickets in the allotted 50 overs, thanks to the brilliant double century from the skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad himself. Other than him, middle-order batters, Ankit Bawne and Azim Kazi played the individual knocks of 37 runs each.

While chasing the target of 331 runs in 50 overs, Uttar Pradesh has lost seven wickets on 180 runs in 37 overs. At the time of filling this copy, wicketkeeper-batter Aryan Juyal is struggling lone-handedly on the individual score of 98 runs off 108 runs with 12 boundaries to his name so far.