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Arshdeep Singh made the most of his brief stay at the crease after walking out to bat at No. 11 for India in the fifth and final ODI against New Zealand on Sunday. The left-arm pacer scored 14 runs off just four balls, hitting two sixes before being dismissed by Jacob Duffy in the 43rd over. Arshdeep opened his account with a six off the first ball he faced, sending Duffy over the boundary. He hit another six off the third delivery before Duffy dismissed him on the first ball of the 43rd over. The two sixes helped Arshdeep match two batting records for India in ODIs. By hitting a six off the first ball of his innings, he became only the third Indian No. 11 batter to achieve the feat.
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Before Arshdeep, Venkatesh Prasad and Jasprit Bumrah had also hit sixes off the first ball of their innings while batting at No. 11 for India. Prasad achieved the feat against Australia in the quarter-final of the 2000 Champions Trophy, then known as the ICC Knockout Trophy, in Nairobi. Bumrah hit Pat Cummins for a six off the first ball of his innings in an ODI against Australia in Mohali on March 10, 2019.India No. 11 batters to hit a six off the first ball of their innings in an ODI:
- Venkatesh Prasad off Ian Harvey (Australia), Nairobi, 2000 Champions Trophy quarter-final
- Jasprit Bumrah off Pat Cummins (Australia), Mohali, 2019
- Arshdeep Singh off Jacob Duffy (New Zealand), Mount Maunganui, 2026
Where data is available Arshdeep's two sixes also helped him equal the record for the most sixes by an Indian No. 11 batter in an ODI innings. Venkatesh Prasad and Mohammed Shami had previously hit two sixes each in an innings while batting at No. 11.Most sixes by an Indian No. 11 batter in an ODI innings:
- 2 – Venkatesh Prasad vs Pakistan, Toronto, 1996
- 2 – Mohammed Shami vs Sri Lanka, Fatullah, 2014
- 2 – Arshdeep Singh vs New Zealand, Mount Maunganui, 2026
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