NEW DELHI: Salman Nizar produced a batting masterclass to script one of the vital astonishing finishes in T20 cricket, powering Calicut to a report 71 runs within the ultimate two overs in opposition to Trivandrum within the Kerala Cricket League on the Greenfield Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram.Coming in together with his facet reeling at 115/6 after 18 overs, Nizar unleashed a surprising 26-ball 86 that incorporated a scarcely plausible 11 sixes within the ultimate two overs. His blitz remodeled Calicut’s innings into an impressive overall.The carnage started within the nineteenth over when Nizar hammered Basil Thampi for 5 sixes in a row, plundering 31 runs. He then went one higher within the twentieth, taking 40 off Abhijith Praveen, aided via a large and a no-ball.
Till then, Calicut had persevered a troublesome innings. Early wickets on a two-paced pitch, coupled with overcast prerequisites, stored their batters in test. However Nizar’s overdue fireworks now not handiest grew to become the sport on its head but additionally etched his identify into the report books — the 71 runs in two overs is the best ever scored within the final overs of a T20 fit.