In Match 11 of IPL 2022 between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Punjab Kings (PBKS), Liam Livingstone came back to his brutal best, smashing 60 off just 32 balls to register his maiden IPL fifty.
Punjab Kings’ Liam Livingstone utterly butchered the Chennai Super Kings bowling when the Englishman took on the men in yellow on Sunday evening at the Brabourne Stadium as he rumbled to a 32-ball 60-run knock that included 5 fours and 5 cleanly hit sixes.
One six among those five is now the longest six of the IPL 2022 so far; Livingstone recorded the biggest maximum of the season until now with a gigantic 108-metre hit! Without any surprise, it is Livingstone again who has smashed the second-longest six of the tournament of 105 metres.
Livingstone whacked this six of 108 metres against young Indian pacer Mukesh Choudhary. From over the wicket angle, the left-arm seamer bowled a length delivery slanted across the batter, however, it was in the arc of the tall Livingstone who had set up his launching base, cleared his front leg, and smoked it disdainfully over the deep mid-wicket fence; the ball was in air for longer than usual duration and continued to pick up more and more distance, finally coming down at 108-metre recorded distance.
Livingstone had come in to bat after Punjab had lost a couple of early wickets for just 14. But the right-hander was determined to take on the CSK bowling attack. Take on he did. First he hammered Choudhary for a six and a four before walloping the same bowler for that 108-metre sixer in a 26-run over.
As soon as Livingstone hit that six, he set Twitter on fire with many reactions. Former Indian cricketer-turned-commentator Aakash Chopra too reacted and he went overboard in his reaction.
Aakash Chopra tweeted that those sixes which go beyond the 100-m mark should fetch a batter 8 runs, instead of 6
100+ metre six should be given an 8. 🤩🥳
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 3, 2022
Yuzvendra Chahal, who is now part of the Rajasthan Royals team, gave an epic reply to Chopra: Chahal reckoned if batters will be given extra runs on hitting sixes over 100 metres, then bowlers should be given an extra wicket if they manage to bowl 3 consecutive dot balls!
Three dot balls should be 1 wicket bhaiya 👀👀
— Yuzvendra Chahal (@yuzi_chahal) April 3, 2022
Former CSK and India star Suresh Raina also reacted to this exchange by adding a laugh react in replies
Hahah
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina) April 3, 2022
Watch Liam Livingstone 108m massive six below
Mukesh Choudhary to Livingstone, SIX, 🎈 masssiveeee!#CricketMasterUpdater pic.twitter.com/GevVxnUnRW
— Live Cricket Master Updater (@MohsinM55415496) April 3, 2022