Akila Dananjaya experienced a mix-up of an experience when he was smacked for six sixes in an over by Kieron Pollard after picking up a hattrick during the first T20I between West Indies and Sri Lanka.
Dananjaya became only the 15th player and the fourth Sri Lankan to take a T20 international hat trick when he dismissed Evin Lewis (28), Gayle and Nicholas Pooran (0) with consecutive deliveries in the fourth over.
Pollard’s 6*6
— AlreadyGotBanned 😄 (@KirketVideoss) March 4, 2021
How lucky are we to have @irbishi in the comm box 🔥#WivSL #SLvWi #Pollard #KieronPollard https://t.co/BhdliaYRap pic.twitter.com/1jmLXIHiwD
Beast Power Kieron Pollard hits Akila Dhananjaya for Six Sixes in a single over hitting some of the amazing shots in the park. Enjoy the ride.#Mumbai #mumbaiindians @mipaltan#WIvSL #Pollard #Sixers #ViralVideo pic.twitter.com/KOqrdUj8QE
— 🌿Epitomethinker🌿💫 (@Epitomethinker) March 4, 2021
The iconic moment when Kieron Pollard completed 6 sixes in an over. Commentary of @irbishi is amazing as usual. pic.twitter.com/k2awKCJHnQ
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) March 4, 2021
Akila Dhananjaya takes a hat-trick in the T20I against West Indies.
— Zen Crick-IT (@zencrickit) March 4, 2021
☝️Lewis
☝️Gayle
☝️Pooran#WIvSL #WIvSRI #zencrickit pic.twitter.com/FQLxCJQfi6
West Indies eventually won the match by 4 wickets. Pollard said he thought six sixes was a possibility “after the third one.”
“I just had to come out and back myself,” he said.
“It was something the team needed. I didn’t see the hat trick, I only heard. But I still had to come out and do what the team required at that point in time.”
