15 runs in one ball… It rarely happens in cricket, when 15 runs are scored in one ball. But, the last day of this year also happened on December 31, Tuesday. While in the third match of Bangladesh Premier League, the bowler of Khulna Tigers Oshan Thomas spent 15 runs in throwing one ball.
The match was between Khulna Tigers and Chittagong Kings. In the first over, West Indies' Thomas gave 18 runs in this over. However, Khulna Tigers won this match by 37 runs. First Over Status
How did 15 runs happen in one ball? The Chittagong Kings team came down to chase the target of 204 runs. Captain Mehdi Hasan Miraj gave the new ball to Oshane Thomas and entrusted him with the responsibility of bowling the first over. Thomas bowled the first ball no-ball, but Challengers opener Mohammad Naseem Islam could not score any runs on a free-hit.
Thomas also bowled another no ball, on which Naseem hit a six. Naseem gets a free-hit chance, but Thomas bowls 2 wides in quick succession. After this Naseem hits a four, but the umpire again declares a no ball. Thomas could not finish even two balls and Chittagong Kings score reached 15. Thomas bowled 12 balls in the first over. He also dismissed Naeem Islam.
2 cases of scoring the most runs in one ball in international cricket
- 2024: Jaiswal scores 13 runs off one ball Yashaswi Jaiswal scored 13 off the first ball against Zimbabwe on 14 July. The Indian opener hit Sikandar Raza for a six off the first ball of the first over, which was declared a no ball. He got a free hit, on which Yashaswi hit another six. He scored a total of 13 runs off legal balls with two sixes and one no ball. He became the first batsman in the world to score 13 runs off 1 ball.
- 2022: Scored 10 runs off one ball in the Asia Cup final Pakistan opener Mohammad Rizwan scored 10 off the first ball of Sri Lanka's Dilshan Madushanka in the final match of the Asia Cup on 11 September 2022. Madushanka gave 8 runs from wide and one run from no ball. A run also came from Rizwan's bat.
Khulna Tigers won this match by 37 runs After losing the toss, Khulna Tigers made a huge score of 203/3. In reply, Chittagong Kings could score 166 runs. Mirage's team won by 37 runs. Shamim Hussain was the highest scorer with 77 runs. While from Khulna Tigers, Abu Haider Rony took four wickets and Mohammad Nawaz took two wickets.
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