6,6,6,6,6…Hardik Pandya goes berserk, smashes 5 sixes in one over in Vijay Hazare Trophy
Playing for Baroda against Vidarbha on Saturday, Hardik didn’t just score a century; he staged a one-man rescue mission that bordered on the ridiculous. Walking in at No. 7 with his team in deep trouble at 71/5, he clobbered a breathtaking 133 off just 93 balls. What’s even crazier? He went from 66 to 100 in just six deliveries.
The Over That Silenced Rajkot
The defining moment came in the 39th over. Vidarbha threw the ball to left-arm spinner Parth Rekhade, but Hardik was already in ‘beast mode.’ The sequence was pure carnage: 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 4.
Five consecutive sixes sailed over the midwicket and long-on ropes, and just when Rekhade thought he might escape with a dot on the last ball, Hardik carved him through point for a boundary. In four minutes, he’d collected 34 runs and reached his maiden List A century in his 119th match.
6⃣,6⃣,6⃣,6⃣,6⃣,4⃣ 🔥
A maiden List A 💯 brought up in some style 🔥
Hardik Pandya was on 66 off 62 balls against Vidarbha…and then he went berserk in the 39th over to complete his 100, smashing five sixes and a four 💪
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A ‘One-Man Show’ in the Truest Sense
To say Hardik carried the team is an understatement. While he was out there hitting 11 sixes and 8 fours, the rest of the Baroda lineup was struggling just to survive.
It was a stark contrast. On a pitch where his teammates found it impossible to find any rhythm, Hardik seemed to be playing a different sport altogether. By the time he was finally dismissed in the 46th over, he’d taken Baroda from a humiliating collapse to a very competitive 293/9.
The Takeaway
For a guy who’s had his fitness and form scrutinized every single day, this was a massive statement. He absorbed the pressure when the chips were down and then unleashed the kind of raw power that very few players in the world can match.
If this is the version of Hardik Pandya we’re getting for the 2026 season, the opposition both domestic and international should be very, very worried.