7 'must-know' amazing stories of legendary Indian cricketers

#3 The story of four sixes

He doesn't hit sixes anymore, but his stories live on.

Kapil Dev is the outright best all-rounder in Indian Cricket history. The ‘Haryana Hurricane’ has plenty of amazing records to show in a celebrated career. Well, he must have amazing stories to tell, but he has also become a wonderful story himself. In a famous narrative, he scolded an ‘underworld don' out of the Indian dressing room. But, we write a story related to his on field genius.

On July 30, 1990, Kapil Dev was batting with Narendra Hirwani against England at Lord's. Eddie Hemmings had 4 balls left in the over. India needed 24 runs to avoid follow on. Hirwani was a sensational leg spinner, but he an orthodox number 11 with the bat in hand. So, Kapil Dev thought of a plan to avoid the follow-on. A very good plan.

His idea was to hit Hemmings for 4 consecutive sixes in 4 balls. Crazily, he executed it perfectly, as he hit Hemmings for 4 grand sixes. The crowd erupted in disbelief. India had avoided the follow-on; but the story would not have been so good if Hirwani hadn't played his part to perfection. He provided the artistic touch to the splendid story by getting out LBW on the first ball of the next over. Brilliant.