Thisara Perera became first Sri lankan batsman to hit 6 sixes in an over.

Perera became the first Sri Lankan to hit six sixes in an over in any form of professional cricket, on Sunday. He also smashed the second-fastest half-century in List A cricket. Perera is the second cricketer, after West Indies T20I captain Kieron Pollard, to achieve this feat in 2021. Pollard achieved the feat just three weeks prior to Perera's, when he hit Sri Lanka's Akila Dhananjaya for six sixes in a T20I in Coolidge. There are only 9 cricketers who have scored 6 sixes in an over in professional cricket. They are as follows:

Garfield Sobers,

Ravi Shastri,

Herschelle Gibbs,

Yuvraj Singh,

Ross Whiteley,

Hazratullah Zazai,

Leo Carter

Pollard

Thisara Perera

yuvraj singh, Yuvraj Singh hit Stuart Broad for six sixes in an over on September 19, 2007 in a league-stage match of the inaugural T20 World Cup.

During an extraordinary run chase in the first T20I against Sri Lanka, Kieron Pollard became just the third batsman to hit six sixes in an over in international cricket

Leo Carter, New Zealand’s batsman, has recorded his name in the history books on January 05, 2020. He has become the 7th cricketer in the world to score six sixes in an over.

Ross Whiteley struck Yorkshire left-arm spinner Karl Carver for six sixes - a total of 36 runs - during the 16th over of Worcestershire's innings.

Canterbury batsman Leo Carter achieved a rare feat on Sunday as he smashed six sixes in an over to becoming only the fourth batsman to achieve the feat in T20 cricket.

Former South Africa batsman Herschelle Gibbs had etched his name in the records when he became the first batsman to hit 6 sixes in an over in a crushing victory over the Netherlands

Zazai scored a quickfire 62 runs off just 14 balls for Kabul Zwanan against Balkh Legends in the Afghanistan Premier League (APL) 2018