Twitter Reactions: 'Rampant' Ruturaj Gaikwad becomes first batter to hit ‘7’ sixes in one over

Maharashtra's Ruturaj Gaikwad went hell for leather in the ongoing quarterfinal of the Vijay Hazare Trophy against Uttar Pradesh as he became the first batter in cricketing history to hit seven sixes in one over.

Maharashtra are locking horns with Uttar Pradesh in the ongoing quarterfinal contest of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2022 at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ground 'B' in Motera. Skipper Ruturaj blasted as many as seven maximums off left-arm spinner, Shiva Singh in a single over during the contest.

Earlier, Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field first but couldn't get past Ruturaj as he played a blistering knock of 220* runs off just 159 balls.

During the first innings of the match, the opener single-handedly led his side to score a competitive total of 330 runs in their stipulated 50 overs. Gaikwad in the 49th over aggregated 43 runs off left-arm off-spinner Shiva Singh and also completed his double century during the same. He amassed four sixes off the first four balls followed by a no-ball coupled with a maximum and then concluded with two sixes.

RutuRaj Gaikwad 43 Runs in an over including 7 Sixes @Ruutu1331 🔥❤️ pic.twitter.com/0EpBjjoySB

— . (@Vineeth_777) November 28, 2022

The swashbuckling right-hander has got 21 hundreds to his name now in domestic cricket since 2021. The player also achieved another feat in the match as he equaled Rohit Sharma's record for the most sixes by an Indian in List A in a single innings with 16 sixes.

The masterclass performance by the Maharashtra captain will surely hand a major boost to the side when they hit the field in the second innings to defend 330 runs. Uttar Pradesh have a massive total to chase and will need to be on their toes in reply.

Here is how Twitter reacted to Ruturaj Gaikwad's stupendous achievement:

7 sixes in one over. Ruturaj Gaikwad actually played an over that we all imagined to play as a kid pic.twitter.com/jXvIygpxa7

— Sagar (@sagarcasm) November 28, 2022

Ruturaj Gaikwad did what now!! 🤯🤯 pic.twitter.com/eL2cmjwRad

— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB) November 28, 2022

3 match 384 runs , 1 double hundred with 384 avg . the player name is ruturaj gaikwad. pic.twitter.com/Ds6wxat4Wa

— Chetan Choudhary 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 (@ChetanC75495924) November 28, 2022

Ruturaj Gaikwad smashed 7 Sixes in one over 🔥🔥

What a Beast!!#VijayHazareTrophy2022 | #MAHvUP pic.twitter.com/VByXQbOcjJ

— Prasenjit Dey (@CricPrasen) November 28, 2022

7 Sixes In An Over.

This Is Unreal Stuff by Future Star 🌟#RuturajGaikwad#VijayHazareTrophy2022#SanjuSamson pic.twitter.com/nSNBKbOoCw

— Ayush Ishu (@Ayushishu219) November 28, 2022

Just Out Of The World Stuff ! 🔥
7 Sixes In An Over ! 🫡@Ruutu1331 :- 220 (159)*
6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣NB6️⃣6️⃣#VijayHazareTrophy2022 | #RuturajGaikwad | @BCCIdomestic pic.twitter.com/AcLVlLBLFb

— Naresh Chouhan (@iamNchouhan) November 28, 2022

Lovely commentary ! First man to hit 7sixes in List A and this is we see it 🤦‍♂️#RuturajGaikwad #VijayHazareTrophy2022pic.twitter.com/GFtlXBjyts

— 🏏🐼 (@Cric_GRH) November 28, 2022

7 sixes in just One over🙀🙀🙀
Ruturaj Gaikwad Gem 💎 pic.twitter.com/dP3EBH3HZy#RuturajGaikwad

— Alisha Sheikh 💫 (@LadkiBeautifull) November 28, 2022

Ruturaj just got to play an over, we all dreamt of in our childhood. #RuturajGaikwad #VijayHazareTrophy2022

— Pratham Shaw (@theprathamshaw) November 28, 2022