In an extremely rare scenario seen in the Indian Premier League 2026 match between the Mumbai Indians and the Lucknow Super Giants at the Wankhede Stadium, the young batter Akshat Raghuwanshi slammed a six off the very first ball that he faced in his IPL career.
This makes Raghuwanshi one of the very few people to have had the good fortune of having done such a thing. Hitting a six off the first ball of your IPL career isn't something which every player will have done.
The Lucknow Super Giants, at the time of writing, are at a commendable position, scoring 175/5 in 15 overs with Mumbai Indians choosing to bowl after winning the toss. Nicholas Pooran, who was struggling with his form, slammed a quick-fire 63 off 21 deliveries with Mitchell Marsh chipping in with 44 runs. Akshat Raghuwanshi made 11 runs off 7 deliveries in his innings including the six on the very first ball.
List Of All The Players Who Smashed A Six On Their First IPL Ball
With each passing year in the Indian Premier League, players who do this are becoming more and more few and far between.
This list includes:
| Player | Team |
| Rob Quiney | RR |
| Kevon Cooper | RR |
| Andre Russell | KKR |
| Carlos Brathwaite | DD |
| Aniket Choudhary | RCB |
| Javon Searles | KKR |
| Siddesh Lad | MI |
| Mahesh Theekshana | CSK |
| Sameer Rizvi | CSK |
| Vaibhav Suryavanshi | RR |
| Akshat Raghuwanshi | LSG |
LSG Goes Bersek at Wankhede
Lucknow Super Giants started the innings at a lightning pace with 90 runs on the power play. Poorn, who showed great form, scored an incredible 175/5 in just 15 over. Inglis and Pant too contributed quick runs on the scorecard.
With that bowling, Corbin Bosch was the highest scorer from MI with 2 wickets and Raghu Sharma and Will Jacks had 1 wicket each.
A great batting inning, but it was the shot of the night by Raghuwanshi that became very memorable in the very first ball and added him into a select list.