The ongoing season of Vijay Hazare Trophy is getting more exciting as multiple underrated batter and bowlers have been shining from the beginning of the tournament. Recently, a batter had played a historic innings. He created history by smashing back-to-back sixes. Ahead of IPL 2026 season, this knock attracted many cricket fan’s attention.

Record number of 6s by Vishnu Vinod

The Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 season witnessed a historic batting performance when Kerala batsman Vishnu Vinod created a new tournament record by hitting 14 sixes during a run chase. While chasing the target in the second innings of the Kerala vs Puducherry match played in Ahmedabad, Kerala’s Vishnu Vinod played a stormy inning of 162 runs in 84 balls.

During this explosive inning, Vinod hit 14 sixes. With this, the record of most sixes during a run chase in the Vijay Hazare Trophy was established. This has created a new record for hitting the most number of sixes during a run chase in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Vishnu Vinod etched his name in the tournament’s history by surpassing all previous records in this regard.

During his innings of 162 runs, Vinod hit 13 fours and 14 sixes. But Vinod missed breaking another record. Prithvi Shaw holds the record for the highest score in a run chase in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. This Mumbai batsman scored an unbeaten 185 runs off 123 balls while chasing a target of 285 runs against Saurashtra in March 2021. Vinod fell short of breaking this record by just 23 runs.

The match was played at the Narendra Modi Stadium A Ground in Ahmedabad, where Kerala had to chase the target against Puducherry. Puducherry batted first and scored 247 runs. In reply, Kerala lost wickets early, losing both their openers for just 30 runs. Sanju Samson was dismissed cheaply, scoring just 11 runs.

After this, Baba Aparajith and Vishnu Vinod took charge of the innings, adopting an aggressive approach, and achieved the target in just 29 overs. Aparajith scored an unbeaten 63 runs. Vishnu Vinod scored at a strike rate of 192.86.