Cricket Records: Nothing is impossible in the cricket world, but some records are so rare that you do not believe them easily. A similar record is recorded in the name of cricket God Sachin Tendulkar. Without no ball and wide, Sachin Tendulkar hit 24 runs off 3 balls. Only 6 runs can be scored on a legal ball, so in such a situation, a maximum of 18 runs will be scored in 3 balls. But how Sachin Tendulkar scored 24 runs off 3 balls, let’s take a look.

This dreaded batsman of India has hit 24 runs off 3 balls

Actually, Sachin Tendulkar did this feat during the Indian team’s tour of New Zealand in 2002. Very few people know about this ODI match. Sachin Tendulkar’s innings played in this match is counted among the most dangerous and destructive innings of his career. Sachin himself also believes that this was one of the best innings of his career. This ODI match was played on 4 December 2002 at the grounds of Christchurch. Sachin Tendulkar played a stormy innings of 72 runs off 27 balls in this ODI match. During this, Sachin did wonders to score 24 runs off 3 balls.

ICC did a big experiment

This ODI match played at Christchurch was divided into 4 innings of 10-10 overs. The team of India and New Zealand had to play 2-2 innings of 10-10 overs. In both teams, 12 players were playing instead of 11. The match was part of an ICC experiment. This ODI match was named ‘Cricket Max International’. In this match, a part of the area in front of the site screen behind the bowler was declared “Max Zone”. In this zone, the shot person used to get double runs, that is, if someone hit a four, then instead of 4, 8 runs and six, 12 runs instead of 6.

Sachin scored 24 runs on 3 balls like this

New Zealand won the toss and batting first and hit 123 runs for 5 wickets in 10 overs. Now it came to India. Sachin Tendulkar, who landed in the opening, created a storm in Christchurch. Sachin Tendulkar played a stormy innings of 72 runs off just 27 balls. Sachin Tendulkar surprised everyone by killing three consecutive balls in Max Zone. On these 3 balls, Sachin scored a four, a six and 2 runs, but due to the Max Zone rule, 8, 12 and 4 runs added to his account. In this way, he became the first cricketer in the world to score 24 runs on 3 consecutive legal delivery.

Still the match lost the match Team India

Despite Sachin Tendulkar’s stormy innings, Team India lost the match by 21 runs. In response to New Zealand’s 123 runs for 5 wickets, Team India scored 133 for 5 wickets on the basis of Sachin’s innings. In the second innings, New Zealand hit 118 runs for 7 wickets, but Team India lost the match by scoring only 87 runs for 6 wickets in front of the target of 109 runs to win.