Indian batsman Bhanu Pania scored a record-breaking 15 sixes for Baroda during their match against Sikkim in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024 as per his biography
Team Baroda delivered a dominant performance, scoring a record-breaking total of 349 runs in 20 overs, and smashing 37 sixes.
Who is Baroda cricketer Bhanu Pania, biography, age, hometown birth place state, IPL 2025 team and career batting stats
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WTF !!! Is it for real ?
349 Runs….and 15 sixes by bhanu Pania🤯 pic.twitter.com/YuXzRnYIlJ— Kunal Bishwal 🇮🇳 (@KunalBishwal07) December 5, 2024
In response, Sikkim managed to secure only 86 runs as they lost by an enormous margin of 263 runs.
A chief architect of this Baroda innings was a 51-ball unbeaten 134-run knock from Bhanu Pania who came in to bat at No.3, batting at a blistering strike rate of 263, where he notched up 5 fours and 15 sixes to blast past his way to reach his century in a stunning fashion. He revealed that he was given a bat by Hardik Pandya who is also part of the Baroda setup.
Bhanu Pania bio
Bhanu Pania is an Indian cricketer who was born on September 4, 1996, in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. Pania is currently 28 years old and represents Baroda at the domestic cricket level. He made his Twenty20 debut on January 10, 2021, for Baroda during the 2020/21 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He then went on to make his List A debut the following year, on December 9, 2021, for Baroda again during the 2021/22 Vijay Hazare Trophy. Bhanu mainly plays as a right-handed middle-order batter.
Bhanu Pania scores a record-breaking 15 sixes
As Baroda registered their highest-ever T20 total against Sikkim, Bhanu Pania stood out with his record-breaking 15 sixes. Bhanu smashed a total of 134 runs off 51 deliveries. The 28-year-old crossed the fifty-run mark in 20 balls before completing the century mark in 42 balls. He also registered his first century in the T20 format, beating his previous best score of 55. Following his performance, Bhanu now holds the world record for the most number of sixes in a single T20 game.
Alongside Bhanu, Baroda’s other batsman, Shivalik Sharma, and Vishnu Solanki all put on a power-hitting masterclass. Both players managed to hit past the fifty mark, contributing to the team’s huge total.
Career stats
Before the match against Sikkim, he registered an average of 25.61 from 35 games and a strike rate of 135.68. Meanwhile, he had a List A average of 21, with wins against Karnataka, Saurashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Sikkim in the ongoing tournament.
Although he’s a right arm medium pacer as well, he’s never bowled an over in domestic cricket. He currently doesn’t play in the IPL but had registered himself for Rs.20 lakhs in the IPL 2023 auction where he went unsold.
Bhanu Pania has an Instagram account with the handle @bhanupania, where he has over 3,000 followers and about 96 posts. He is quite active on the platform and regularly posts updates about his career and personal life.