Yuvraj Singh & Kieron Pollard T20I Record of Most Runs in Single Over Borken by Samoa's Darius Visser

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India legend Yuvraj Singh and former West Indies big-hitter Kieron Pollard's incredible T20I record of 36 runs in a single over was broken by Samoa's wicketkeeper-batsman Darius Visser on Tuesday (August 20).

Apart from Yuvraj and Pollard, Nepal's Dipendra Singh Airee and West Indies' Nicholas Pooran had also scored 36 runs in a single over in T20I. However, their tally was surpassed by the Samoan during the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional East Asia-Pacific Qualifier A match.

Visser hit 39 runs off Vanuatu seamer Nalin Nipiko at Garden Oval No.2 in Apia, smashing six sixes besides the three no-balls delivered by Nipiko. Visser's blitz also saw him become only the fourth player to hit 6 sixes in a single over in T20I.

Earlier, Yuvraj had smashed 6 sixes in a single over off England pacer Stuart Broad during the 2007 T20 World Cup, while Pollard matched the feat fourteen years later when he smashed Sri Lanka's Akila Dhananjaya for back-to-back maximums.

Nepal's Airee also joined the elusive list with 6 sixes in a row off Qatar's Kamran Khan earlier this year in April. India's Rohit Sharma and Rinku Singh also combined to score 36 runs earlier this year in a single over against Afghanistan's Karim Janat. Here is a look at the list:

Most Runs in a single over in T20I

• Darius Visser (Samoa) - 39 runs (666nb6.nbnb66) vs Nalin Nipiko (Vanuatu) in 2024
• Yuvraj Singh (India) - 36 runs (666666) vs Stuart Broad (England) in 2007
• Kieron Pollard (West Indies) - 36 runs (666666) vs Akila Dananjaya (Sri Lanka) in 2021
• Dipendra Singh Airee (Nepal) - 36 runs (666666) vs Kamran Khan (Qatar) in 2024
• Nicholas Pooran (West Indies) - 36 runs (6nb4wide4.lb4466) vs Azmatullah Omarzai (Afghanistan) in 2024
• Rohit Sharma & Rinku Singh (India) - 36 runs (4nb661666) vs Karim Janat (Afghanistan) in 2024

Coming back to the new record holder Visser, the wicketkeeper-batter showcased his batting prowess by hitting 3 successive sixes off the first 3 balls and continued his onslaught, clearing the boundary once again off the fourth legal delivery.

While Nipiko tried to restrict the damage further with a dot ball in the fifth delivery of his costly over, the 28-year-old Visser smashed another maximum off the third no-ball of the over and capped off the over with yet another six to set a new record.

Visser knock of 132 from 62 balls included 14 sixes and 5 fours helped Samoa clinc a 10-run win. Samoa scored 174 all out in their allotted 20 overs before restricting Vanuatu to 164/9 in their run chase.

The 14 sixes smashed by Visser was just four shy of the record for the most sixes hit by a single batter in a men's T20I match. That record is held by Sahil Chauhan, who hit 18 sixes during his knock for Estonia against Cyprus.