Yashasvi Jaiswal Creates History, Becomes First Batter In The World To...
Jaiswal hammered Bhuvneshwar Kumar for a big six on the first ball of Rajasthan Royals' innings of the ongoing IPL 2025 match at M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Yashasvi Jaiswal is playing for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2025, and on Thursday (April 24) the left-handed batter entered his name in the history books by becoming the first cricketer in the world to hit six on the first ball of an innings of an IPL match on three occasions.
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A total of eight batters have hit six on the first ball of the innings of an IPL match, but 23-year-old Jaiswal is the only cricketer to repeat the feat three times.
Jaiswal came out to open the innings for the Riyan Parag-led side against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Thursday at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, and on the first ball of the 206-run chase bowled by Bhuvneshwar Kumar, he hammered him for a big six.
Most times hitting six on the first ball in IPL
- 3 – Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rajasthan Royals)
- 1 – Naman Ojha (Rajasthan Royals)
- 1 – Mayank Agarwal
- 1 – Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)
- 1 – Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)
- 1 – Robin Uthappa
- 1 – Phil Salt (Kolkata Knight Riders)
- 1 – Priyansh Arya (Punjab Kings)
Jaiswal has been in red-hot form for Rajasthan Royals these days. In eight IPL 2025 matches played so far, with the help of four fifties, he has scored 307 runs. The left-handed batter from Mumbai, who has played all three formats of the Indian men’s cricket team since making his international debut against the West Indies in July 2023, will be a key player for the Jaipur-based franchise in the ongoing match.
RCB post 205/5
Earlier, RR captain Riyan Parag won the toss and invited RCB to bat first, after which, riding on Virat Kohli’s 70 and Devdutt Padikkal’s 50-run knock from 27 balls, the hosts posted a total of 205 runs on the board for the loss of five wickets in 20 overs. During his stay at the crease, Kohli hammered 8 fours and two sixes and added 61 runs for the first wicket with Phil Salt (26) and 95 runs for the second wicket with Padikkal.
The half-century on Thursday was Kohli’s fifth fifty in this year’s IPL and overall 111th in T20s. Only David Warner of Australia has registered more 50-plus scores in the shortest format of the game than him.
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