The 20-years-old batter from Uttar Pradesh, Sameer Rizvi introduced himself to the big stages with a short but impactful inning in his IPL inning debut during the IPL 2024 match between the Chennai Super Kings and the Gujarat Titans in Chepauk.
The match number 7 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 was played between the Chennai Super Kings and the Gujarat Titans at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. CSK displayed absolute dominance in the match to win the match by a big margin of 63 runs.
Shivam Dube, Rachin Ravindra and Ruturaj Gaikwad were star with the bat for the home team. But a certain 20-years-old playing first IPL inning, played so well that he is being talked about a lot on social media.
Sameer Rizvi, who made his IPL in the first match of IPL 2024 vs RCB, but didn’t get to bat, was sent to at number 6. He scored 14 runs from 6 balls but he made his impact felt.
Facing one of the best spin bowler in the league Rashid Khan, Sameer hit the first ball for a six over deep backward square leg with a slog-sweep. He once again got into the act on the last ball of the over as he hit Rashid for another six over long-off.
After his short but impactful inning, Sameer Rizvi has enlisted himself among some of the elites in the IPL. He became the ninth player to begin IPL career with a Six. He joins the likes of Andre Russell, Carlos Braithwaite.
List of players who scored Six of the first ball of their IPL career
Rob Quiney, Kevon Cooper, Andre Russell, Carlos Braithwaite, Aniket Choudhary, Javon Searles, Siddesh Lad, Maheesh Theekshana, Sameer Rizvi.
