Will Jacks has done the amazing of hitting 6 consecutive sixes in an over, could not even make the world record by scoring the fastest century in 25 balls
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Royal Challengers Bangalore adorned with Virat Kohli has made his team more aggressive. In the mini auction of IPL 2023, RCB was successful in buying the stormy player who scored a century in 25 balls. For this English explosive batsman, there was a competition between many franchises and in the end, English player Will Jacques, who hit 6 consecutive sixes in a single over, was joined by RCB for Rs 3.2 crore. Jaques, who made his debut in international cricket in the past, came into limelight after hitting 6 consecutive sixes in 6 balls and a century in 25 balls.
In 2019, Jaques batted stormy against Lancashire while playing for Surrey in a pre-season T10 match in Dubai. He did the amazing work of hitting 6 consecutive sixes in a single over of Stephen Parry, after which he scored a century in the same match.
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Name: Will Jacks Price: 320L
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— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) December 23, 2022
breaking Gayle’s record
Had the match been officially recognised, he would have broken Chris Gayle’s world record for the fastest century, which he scored in 30 balls while playing for RCB in IPL 2013. Jacques scored 105 runs in 30 balls in his innings, hitting 11 sixes and 8 fours, taking Surrey’s score to 176 for 3 wickets. In reply, Lancashire could only manage 81 runs for 9 wickets.
Scored a century against India as well
Jacques had made his debut in international cricket only a few months ago. He had his first T20 match against Pakistan. Jacques scored 40 runs in 2 T20 matches. Jacques has also scored runs against India. He scored a century in the Under-19 Test against India in 2017, after which he became the vice-captain of the English team for the 2018 Under-19 World Cup, where he scored 102 against Canada.
blown to pieces by the ball
The 24-year-old explosive batsman Jacques does not bother only with the bat, he also has the power to tear apart the opposition team with the ball. Recently, he took 6 wickets in an innings of Rawalpindi Test against Pakistan.