IPL 2024 - Shimron Hetmyer smashes 106m SIX, his expression goes viral

Match 50 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) witnessed the crowd at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium awestruck as Shimron Hetmyer smashed a mammoth 106m maximum in the 17.1st over bowled by T Natarajan. Although the pacer had the last laugh by dismissing him, the six certainly grabbed everyone's attention.

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To hit the six, Hetmyer shimmied down and launched the ball over long-on for a clean six. Even he couldn't believe it as he sat down, visibly shocked to see it soar high. Fans echoed his astonishment on X (formerly known as Twitter).

As of writing this article, 19 overs were completed, and RR scored 189 runs while losing six wickets. Rajasthan Royals need 13 runs in 6 balls. Currently, Rovman Powell and Ravichandran Ashwin are at the crease, but the task is getting tougher.

After Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson departed for ducks in the very first over, Yashasvi Jaiswal (67 off 40) and Riyan Parag (77 off 49) stabilized the innings. Shimron Hetmyer walked back after scoring 13 off 9, while Dhruv Jurel managed just a run off 3 balls.

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Earlier, after 20 overs, SRH, who won the toss and chose to bat first, posted 201 runs and lost 3 wickets. Nitish Reddy remained not out with 76 runs off 42 balls, while Heinrich Klaasen smashed 42 off 19. Prior to them, Travis Head scored 58 off 44, while Abhishek Sharma departed for 12 off 10, and Anmolpreet Singh for 5 off 5. For RR, Avesh Khan picked two wickets, while Sandeep Sharma has one to his name.

Teams:

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma

Impact Subs: Jos Buttler, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Shubham Dubey, Navdeep Saini, Tanush Kotian

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Anmolpreet Singh, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Nitish Reddy, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Marco Jansen, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan

Impact Subs: Umran Malik, Mayank Markande, Aiden Markram, Sanvir Singh, Jaydev Unadkat.