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Most consecutive sixes in a single over Rajneesh Gupta | September 06, 2007 At The Oval on Thursday, Dimitri Mascarenhas hit Yuvraj Singh [Images] for five consecutive sixes in the 50th over of England [Images] innings. There has been only one performance better than this in entire history of one-day internationals.
This was when South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs [Images] smashed six sixes in one over off Dutch bowler Daan van Bunge at the 2007 World Cup earlier this year. Sri Lanka's [Images] Sanath Jayasuriya has twice hit four sixes in a single over, against Aamir Sohail in 1996 and Chris Harris in 2001. The following table lists the batsmen hitting most consecutive sixes in a single over:
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