New Delhi: T20 cricket - the shortest format of the game - has made a huge impact on the game. T20 cricket has helped batsmen play with aggression and also invent some out-of-the-box incredible new cricketing shots to score quick runs. An unusual cricket shot was spotted in the ongoing Caribbean Premier League (CPL 2021) in the West Indies.
St. Lucia Kings batsman Andre Fletcher stunned the world by hitting a "NO-LOOK" six against Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan's owned Trinbago Knight Riders in CPL 2021. The video of the shot has now gone viral on social media. In the match, Fletcher scored 28 runs.
Talking about the match, Trinbago Knight Riders elected to bowl first after winning the toss. For St Lucia, Fletcher and Rakim Cornwall came out to open the innings. Sri Lankan's star speedster Isru Udana was asked by his captain to bowl the fifth over of the game It was in this over when hard-hitting opener Fletcher hammered two sixes in two consecutive deliveries of Udana. Both the sixes were hit towards the deep midwicket region. One of the six was a 'no-look' six as well.
St Lucia won the nail-biting thriller by just 5 runs despite making a small total. St Lucia had managed to score 157/5 runs after batting first in their allotted 20 overs. Apart from Fletcher (28), Roston Chase scored 30 and Tim David scored 43 runs, hitting 3 fours and as many as sixes during his innings.
For Trinbago, Ravi Rampaul was the pick of bowlers as he bagged three wickets. Chasing the target of 158 runs for the win, Trinbago could only manage 152 runs at the loss of 3 wickets. Colin Munro and Tim Seifert both returned unbeaten on 40 runs each but could not power their team for a win.