Lat match at Mohali had just one six but this game at Jaipur, it was raining sixes from the bat of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Dhoni alone went on to hit 10 sixes and the match saw as many as 14 sixes! That's fantastic isn't it?

 

Sri Lanka Batting : 3 Sixes (18 runs scored from sixes in a total of 298)

 

36.4 Sangakkara bends on his knees and sweeps the ball out of the ground for a six, he has been hungry to hit Murali Kartik out of the attack. Sure Sangakkara is creating headache to Murali Kartik in this match!

 

39.4 That's a half tracker from Tendulkar and that one just needs to be whacked out of the ground for max runs. And Sangakkara does just that as he pulls it majestically to move onto another six away from a great hundred!

 

 

49.1 Agarkar hits the ball hard into the pitch and Farveez Maharoof just goes for his hard pull shot over long on and that one has the distance to go all the way. Six runs to Maharoof , this is turning out to be a superb cameo from the all rounder!

 

Indian Batting : 11 Sixes (66 runs scored from sixes in a total of 303)

 

2.3 Vaas gives Dhoni the opportunity to extends his arms and go over the top over covers. Dhoni loves it over there and sweetly drives it for an amazing six. Vaas is stung by that shot, not many have hit him like that in his career! It's not a surprise for people who have watched Dhoni a lot, cover driving for a six off medium pacers is one of his strengths.

 

4.4 Vaas is under pressure, the umpire has been after him giving him warning for running down the track in his follow through. Dhoni puts further pressure by stepping down the wicket and he coolly lofts him over covers for yet another six. Vaas is gonna tear his hair now, come on here is a guy who has taken over 300 ODI wickets and hitting him is a player who has just played little over 15 ODIs!

 

6.4 This time it's the turn of Farveez Maharoof to get the stick after he replaces the struggling Vaas. Dhoni steps down the track with all the confidence in the world and lofts him high and handsome into the long off stands for a six. Some rules need to  be modified in cricket because that shot from Dhoni deserved much more than just six runs!

 

15.6 Full toss from Upul Chandana and thank you very much says the Modern Day Bheema M.S.Dhoni as he gets his bat like gadha to swing it to square leg for yet another six!

 

 

 

19.3 This time Dhoni goes for the washerman sweep and sends Chandana's flighted delivery over square leg and gets a six. Sixers are like Singles when Dhoni is in this mood!

 

28.3 Maharoof provides Dhoni with the right length to go over the top and the power hitter goes through the line and picks up six more with a crisp on drive over long on.

 

30.5 Dilshan it is to Dhoni and the batsman comes on the front foot and goes for a straight lofted drive. That white ball screamed past the bat and hits the black screen on its head, the sight screen had done well not to fall down from its place! May be next time it would who knows! Dhoni is one guy who admires his own shots as he keeps watching the ball going all the way whenever he hits a six.

 

40.2 This time it's Venugopal Rao who wants to show his hitting talent to the world! He uses his feet to Dilshan and sends the ball sweetly over the long on fence for a six! This six from Venugopal Rao was sweet compared to the brutal sixes hit by Dhoni.

 

 

 

44.2 Chandana tosses it up and Dhoni goes with his arms and smacks him over covers for his 8th six! That is a significant six for the scorers and statisticians as Dhoni now breaks Sachin's record of hitting 7 sixes in an ODI innings and yes it was the record for the most sixes in an ODI innings by an Indian.

 

44.5 It's the 9th six now for Dhoni and poor Chandana has been destroyed! This one has been lofted over long off. Dhoni still has lots of energy left to hit some more sixes but can the Lankan bowlers or even the spectators take such brutal assault? Man this guy loves playing video games and may be he plays Cricket games on his PC - the only place where you can see batsmen making mockery of the bowling!

 

46.1 Two runs to win and Dhoni wants to finish it off in style, Venugopal Rao is so co-operative with Dhoni that he kept on playing the dot balls at the other end. So here is Dilshan to Dhoni and the batsman comes down the track on his bike and hits him to the cleaners over mid wicket for the six that ended the match! It's not a dream folks rub your eyes and open them. It's so real and Dhoni has ended at 183 not out! Ten Sixes from one batsman alone!