Zazai joins six sixes club during sensational 12-ball half-century

The 20-year-old Afghan, opening the batting for Kabul Kwanan against Balkh Legends, achieved the feat off left-arm spinner Abdullah Mazari in the fourth over of the innings

Hazratullah Zazai has joined the six-sixes-in-an-over club after a blistering batting display in the Afghanistan Premier League.

The 20-year-old Afghan, opening the batting for Kabul Kwanan against Balkh Legends, achieved the feat off left-arm spinner Abdullah Mazari in the fourth over of the innings.

Zazai cracked three maximums over wide mid-on, one into the stands over midwicket, another over the head of mid-off and completed the set with a towering straight drive.

With Mazari also bowling a wide, the over went for a total of 37 runs.

Zazai's big-hitting also took him to a world record for the fastest half-century in T20 cricket, as he reached the feat off 12 balls. He now shares the record with Chris Gayle and Yuvraj Singh.

This match today is all about making new records. The flamboyant batsman Hazratullah Zazai has smacked 6 sixes in an over. Got his fifty in just 12 balls. #APLT20 @ACBofficials #BalkhVsKabul pic.twitter.com/KN1s5MJY5y

— Afghanistan Premier League T20 (@APLT20official) October 14, 2018

Yuvraj is also a part of the elite club to which Zazai has just gained membership. Only five other players - Sir Garfield Sobers, Ravi Shastri, Herschelle Gibbs, Yuvraj and Ross Whiteley - have managed six sixes in an over.

Sadly for the young batsman, his incredible knock - which was eventually brought to an end on 62 from 17 balls - was not enough to help his team to victory.

Balkh won the game after successfully defending a monumental 244 for six, with Kabul ending 21 runs short.