Like Rinku Singh, Virender Sehwag was also denied a six on no-ball

Rinku Singh hit a six on a no-ball when India needed one run off the final ball in their first T20 on Thursday against Australia and those runs were not added to his account. Interestingly, In 2010, Virender Sehwag hit a six on a ball when he was batting on 99 and India needed just one run to win the match.

Hyderabad: Star India batter Rinku Singh calmly bludgeoned a six-off pacer Sean Abbott on the last ball, who had delivered a no-ball, as India emerged victorious in the thriller first T20 match of the five-match series against Australia at Vishakhapatnam on Thursday.

Rinku Singh hammered the ball from Abbott over long-on for a maximum as Indian fans erupted in celebration. But the umpire then signalled a no-ball because Abbott had overstepped. While India's win was secure, the six runs were not added to Rinku's total.

Interestingly, a similar kind of incident happened in the year 2010, when former Indian skipper Virender Sehwag needed just one run to complete his century and India too needed one run to win the match and Sri Lanka's off-spinner Suraj Randiv deliberately bowled a no-ball to restrict Sehwag from his ton during the tri-angular series. On the very same ball, Sehwag came down the track and hit it for a maximum over mid-off fielder, but as per the rule, he remained one run short of his century.