HISTORY CREATED! Samoa's Darius Visser Enters Record Books by Smashing 39 Runs in an Over

Cricket World is full of surprises this year. Many old records were broken by the young players this year. Darius Visser smashed 39 runs in just one over. A fresh international record is set at the Men’s T20I level by him. He made this record in a match between Samoa and Vanuatu. 

Read the complete news article and learn in detail about this current record and who was the record holder before Darius Visser.

Darius Visser 39 Runs August 2024

Darius Visser created HISTORY at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Sub Regional East Asia-Pacific Qualifier A event on 20th August (Tuesday). Visser supported in breaking the record of maximum runs in an over of a Men’s T20I contest.

Darius Visser smashed 6 sixes in a single over and was supported by 3 no balls by Nalin Nipiko, the Vanuatu Seamer, at the Garden Oval No.2 in Apia, Samoa. Thus, he scored 39 runs in the 15th over of the game. 

How many Cricketers have scored maximum in an over in Men’s T20I Cricket History?

Darius Visser’s 39 runs in an over is the maximum in the Men’s T20I cricket history. He crossed the benchmark of 36 runs in an over by Yuvraj Singh. Singh smashed 36 runs at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2007, which was also the inaugural season of this tournament. 

Other players with 36 runs in an over are:

• Kieron Pollard (2021)
• Nicholas Pooran (2024)
• Dipendra Singh Airee (2024)
• Rohit Sharma & Rinku Singh (2024)

What happened in the 15th Over of the match between Samoa and Vanuatu on 20th August 2024?

In the 15th over, Darius Visser smashed 3 sixes from the first 3 bowls by Nalin Nipiko. He cleared the boundary in the fourth hit of this over to support the team bring up to 100. 

The 5th ball of the over was a dot ball, but it did not lower the confidence of Darius Visser, a 28-year-old Samoan cricketer and batsman. He smashed a 6 from the third no-ball of this same over. He ended the 15th over with a superb performance and ensured breaking the old record and becoming the first-ever player to score a century in International Cricket. 

He ended the innings after hitting fourteen 6s and smashed an individual score of 132 runs in just 62 balls. With this, Samoa confirmed their 2nd victory in the tournament and kept the hopes alive of qualifying for the next edition of the T20I World Cup 2026.

Conclusion

The blog covers all about Darius Visser breaking the old record of Maximum score in an over in the T20I format on 20th August (Tuesday). He made grand 39 runs in an over by hitting 6 sixes and earning 3 more runs from the Dot balls. He made this score while playing for Samoa against Vanuatu. If you liked the article, please bookmark this site and stay updated with the latest updates on Sports.