You must remember the 6 sixes hit by Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh against England. At that time, Yuvraj Singh scored 36 runs in a match, which was the highest number of runs in an over till now. But, now this record has been broken and a batsman named Darius Visser broke it and scored 39 runs in a match. Darius Visser is from Samoa and his match was with Vanuatu.
The special thing is that both these countries are so small that if we look at the population, then the population here is much less than a city in India. This much population is in the towns of India. So let us know how the Samoa player scored 39 runs in an over and what is the population of those countries and they are much smaller than India.
How was the record broken?
The match of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Sub Regional East Asia-Pacific Qualifier A was played between Samoa and Vanuatu. In this match, Samoa’s wicketkeeper batsman Darius Visser scored 39 runs in one run. Visser scored 39 runs in the 15th over of the match. 39 runs in the match were scored with the help of three no balls by Nipiko. In this innings, Visser scored 132 runs in 62 balls.
Which players have scored 36 runs?
Let us tell you that apart from Visser’s 39 and Yuvraj’s 36 runs, many players have hit 6 sixes in 6 balls in an over. Apart from Yuvraj Singh, Kieron Pollard in 2021, Rohit Sharma and Rinku Singh in 2024, Nepal’s Dipendra Singh Airee and West Indies’ Nicholas Pooran scored 36 runs in 2024.
How small is Samoa?
A player from Samoa has broken Yuvraj’s record. Samoa is located in the western part of the Samoan Islands in the Pacific Ocean. It was earlier under New Zealand and became independent in 1962. Its capital is Apia and Samoa was included in the United Nations. It is a very small country and is spread over 2,831 square kilometers and is famous for its beaches and wildlife. There are some people here who are like men and women, who are called fa’afafine, who are men since childhood and their gender expression is like that of women. The population here is about 2.5 lakh.
The country of Vanuatu is also quite small
On the other hand, if we talk about Vanuatu, it is also a very small country, whose population is about 3 lakh 20 thousand. If we compare it with the population of Yuvraj Singh’s city Chandigarh, then we will know that the combined population of both the countries is less than Chandigarh. Right now the population of Chandigarh is more than 12 lakhs and the population of these two countries is less than 6 lakhs. That means the combined population of both the countries is also very less. Vanuatu is spread over 1300 kilometers and is a group of 80 islands. People go here for scuba diving.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)