In international cricket, whenever there is talk of hitting 6 consecutive sixes on 6 balls, the name of India's legendary player Yuvraj Singh comes in everyone's mind. Yuvraj hit six sixes in an over during the match against England in the T20 World Cup 2007. He did this feat on 19 September 2007. But before Yuvraj in international cricket, another player hit 6 sixes off 6 balls. This unique view was also seen in the year 2007 itself.

Prior to Yuvraj, this batsman killed 6 sixes off 6 balls

In international cricket, the first record of hitting 6 sixes off 6 balls was made by South African veteran Gibbs. Herschellers were famous for their aggressive batting in Gibbs cricket world. On 16 March 2007, he did such an act in cricket history, which will always be remembered. This was the day when Gibbs hit 6 consecutive sixes off 6 balls during a World Cup match. This achievement was like a dream for any batsman and which became the most spectacular moment of Gibbs' career.

In the 2007 World Cup, a match between South Africa and the Netherlands was played at Warner Park in the city of St. Keats. Then Herschel Gibbs played a stormy innings. This brilliant incident occurred when Gibbs was batting and the Netherlands bowler Dan Van Bunung, who came to bowl in the 30th over, bowled a ball to Gibbs. Gibbs hit that ball brilliantly and hit a six. After this, Gibbs hit six more consecutive balls. With this, Gibbs became the first batsman in cricket history to hit 6 sixes off 6 balls. Even today, he is the only batsman to hit 6 consecutive sixes in ODIs.

South Africa won the match by 221 runs

The match between the two teams was played for 40-40 overs. But South Africa made a mountain -like score in 40 overs. Batting first, he scored 353 runs at the loss of 3 wickets. Which included 72 runs off 40 balls of Herschelle Gibbs. During this, he hit 4 fours and 7 sixes. At the same time, Graeme Smith scored 67 runs and Jack Kallis scored an unbeaten innings of 128 runs. In response, the Netherlands team could only manage 132 runs for 9 wickets in 40 overs. In such a situation, Herschelle Gibbs was also chosen as the Player of the Match for the explosive innings.