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Leo Carter Becomes Seventh Cricketer To Hit Six 6s In An Over - WATCH

Gary Sobers (West Indies), Ravi Shastri (India), Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa), Yuvraj Singh (India), Ross Whiteley (England) and Hazratullah Zazai (Afghanistan) are the other batsmen to have achieved the feat

Leo Carter Becomes Seventh Cricketer To Hit Six 6s In An Over - WATCH
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New Zealand batsman Leo Carter on Sunday became just the seventh batsman in the history of cricket to smash six 6s in an over. (More Cricket News)

He achieved the feat in New Zealand's domestic T20 tournament Super Smash. Carter, who is playing for Canterbury smashed Northern Knights bowler Anton Devcich for six 6s in the 16th over of the innings.

Watch the onslaught here:

His 70 off 29 balls helped Canterbury chased down 220 and win the match by seven wickets and with seven balls to spare.

Gary Sobers (West Indies), Ravi Shastri (India), Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa), Yuvraj Singh (India), Ross Whiteley (England) and Hazratullah Zazai (Afghanistan) are the other batsmen to have achieved the feat.

When it comes to T20 cricket, Carter is just the fourth batsman after Yuvraj, Whiteley, Zazai to smash achieve the milestone.

Yuvraj is the only batsman to have scored six 6s in an international T20I. He had done so in the inaugural T20 World Cup against England in 2007.