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Mother learned from Bhelpuri vendor that her son had hit a six off his six-ball
Four decades have passed. Yet the memory of that January evening in 1985 is still vivid in Lakshmi Shastri’s mind. A son’s feat is a thing of the past! Seeing Shastri with his mother’s name, she might have guessed who she was talking about. What is the feat? Six sixes in six balls.
Mother learned from Bhelpuri vendor that her son had hit a six off his six-ball
Its greatness may have diminished a bit in the T20 era. If not constantly, then it happens from time to time. However, when Ravi Shastri hit six sixes in six balls, he became the second batsman in cricket history to achieve this feat.
Ravi Shastri hit 6 sixes in a Ranji Trophy match. Off the ball of Baroda left-arm spinner Tilak Raj for Mumbai. The first batsman to hit 6 sixes in six balls was Gary Sobers in the English county, and Malcolm Nash, left-arm spinner of Glamorgan for Nottinghamshire.
Now, when someone achieves a feat, it spreads everywhere in an instant. It becomes a topic of discussion on social media. Back then, it wasn’t like that. Lakshmi Shastri learned about her son’s feat of hitting 6 sixes from a Bhelpuri vendor. Even after all these years, Lakshmi Shastri’s voice trembled with emotion and pride while telling the story of that day. While accepting the lifetime achievement award on behalf of her son Ravi Shastri at a function organized by the ‘Sports Journalists Association of Mumbai’ at the Bombay Gymkhana, she shared that priceless memory of hers. Ravi Shastri, who received the award, was busy commentating on the second Test at Edgbaston. And on the stage in Mumbai, his mother looked back at her son’s glorious past with respect and love.
Four decades have passed. Yet the memory of that January evening in 1985 is still vivid in Lakshmi Shastri’s mind. A son’s feat is a thing of the past! Seeing Shastri with his mother’s name, she might have guessed who she was talking about. What is the feat? Six sixes in six balls.
Its greatness may have diminished a bit in the T20 era. If not constantly, then it happens from time to time. However, when Ravi Shastri hit six sixes in six balls, he became the second batsman in cricket history to achieve this feat.
Ravi Shastri hit 6 sixes in a Ranji Trophy match. Off the ball of Baroda left-arm spinner Tilak Raj for Mumbai. The first batsman to hit 6 sixes in six balls was Gary Sobers in the English county, and Malcolm Nash, left-arm spinner of Glamorgan for Nottinghamshire.
Now, when someone achieves a feat, it spreads everywhere in an instant. It becomes a topic of discussion on social media. Back then, it wasn’t like that. Lakshmi Shastri learned about her son’s feat of hitting 6 sixes from a Bhelpuri vendor. Even after all these years, Lakshmi Shastri’s voice trembled with emotion and pride while telling the story of that day. While accepting the lifetime achievement award on behalf of her son Ravi Shastri at a function organized by the ‘Sports Journalists Association of Mumbai’ at the Bombay Gymkhana, she shared that priceless memory of hers. Ravi Shastri, who received the award, was busy commentating on the second Test at Edgbaston. And on the stage in Mumbai, his mother looked back at her son’s glorious past with respect and love.
