West Indies took 36 runs in an over from Azmatullah Omarzai during the last group-stage fixture of the T20 World Cup against Afghanistan today (June 17).
After dismissing Brandon King for seven runs off six balls in the second over, Azmatullah Omarzai returned to bowl the fourth over of the day.
The first ball flew off Nicholas Pooran’s outside edge over deep third for a six. Omarzai overstepped the next ball as Pooran pulled it for a four over deep mid-wicket. The next ball flew way above the wicketkeeper for five wides – and the free hit stayed. The extra delivery didn’t hurt, for Omarzai nailed a yorker, bowling a dot.
Off the next three deliveries, four leg byes, followed by two consecutive sixes by Pooran, meant West Indies got the full monty.
As a result, for the fifth time, 36 runs came in an over in T20Is. The most recent one to register this unwanted record was Omarzai's teammate Karim Janat in a T20I series against India last year.
Yuvraj Singh’s iconic six sixes against Stuart Broad in the inaugural 2007 T20 World Cup was the first instance of a bowler going for 36 runs in a T20I. Although Omarzai conceded 32 runs as another four came off leg byes, this was the second time that many runs were leaked in an over in the tournament's history.
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Most runs off one over in T20Is
Stuart Broad against Yuvraj Singh (six sixes) – India v England, Durban, 2007
Akila Dananjaya against Kieron Pollard (six sixes) – West Indies v Sri Lanka, Antigua, 2021
Karim Janat against Rohit Sharma (four, nb+six, six, one) and Rinku Singh (three sixes) – India v Afghanistan, Bengaluru, 2024
Kamran Khan against Dipendra Singh Airee (six sixes) – Nepal v Qatar, Al Amerat, 2024
Azmatullah Omarzai against Nicholas Pooran (six, nb+four, wide+4, dot, leg bye four, four, two sixes) – West Indies v Afghanistan, 2024
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