Rahmanullah Gurbaz goes past Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, enters top 5 in this all-time T20 World Cup list

Afghanistan’s wicketkeeper-batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz gave it all but it wasn’t enough to lead his side to victory against South Africa in first ever T20 World Cup double super over. But, Gurbaz’s seven sixes in the 42-ball 84 helped him enter top five on the list of most sixes in T20 World Cup history.

Gurbaz went past several legends with seven sixes. Here is the list of batters he surpassed -

South Africa's AB de Villiers - 30 sixes
Australia's Glenn Maxwell - 30 sixes
Australia's Shane Watson - 31 sixes
India's Yuvraj Singh - 33 sixes
India's Virat Kohli - 35 sixes

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The Afghan opener now has 36 sixes from just 18 T20 World Cup appearances. He is only behind Australia's David Warner (40 sixes), England's Jos Buttler (43 sixes), India's Rohit Sharma (50 sixes) and West Indies' Chris Gayle (63 sixes).

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Gurbaz also became the first Afghan batter to score 500 or more runs in T20 World Cups. From 18 innings, he has 545 runs at an average of 30.27 and strike rate of 132.60.

Gurbaz hits big in double super over but left heartbroken

The Afghan opener kept the run chase alive with his sensational hitting. He took just 42 balls to score 84 runs. In the 13th over, he lost his wicket to Keshav Maharaj. When he departed, Afghanistan's score was 121/4.

In the last 45 balls, Afghanistan needed 67 runs. Despite wickets falling, Noor Ahmad's heroics and Kagiso Rabada's no-balls took the game into super over.

In the super over, he walked out to bat with Azmatullah Omarzai. While Omarzai whacked Lungi Ngidi, Gurbaz managed to take a single.

After the game headed into a second super over, South Africa set a target of 24 runs. Mohammad Nabi arrived at the crease instead of Gurbaz against Maharaj. After a dot ball, the experienced all-rounder departed. But, Gurbaz did not give up. He hit three sixes in a row. Maharaj took his time and bowled one away from his hitting arc, helping South Africa win the historic double super over.