Samoa's Visser breaks Yuvraj Singh's T20 World Record with a 39-run over

Vessar made record during qualifier match, breaking Yuvraj Singh's previous record of 36 runs in a single over

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Samoa's cricketer, Darius Visser, made history in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier A match on Tuesday by scoring a record-breaking 39 runs in a single over.

Playing at Garden Oval in Samoa, Vesar faced Vanuatu's Nalin Nipiko and struck six consecutive sixes, taking full advantage of three no-balls in the over.

This extraordinary feat surpassed the previous record of 36 runs set by Yuvraj Singh during the inaugural Men's T20 World Cup, where he hit six sixes off England's Stuart Broad.

In addition to setting a new benchmark in T20 World Cup history, Vesar also scored his first international century.

Visser smashed an impressive 132 off 62 balls, hitting 14 sixes and five fours to propel Samoa to 174 in their 20 overs. Vanuatu, in response, ended on 164/9, falling short by 10 runs.

Visser was in full attack mode, launching a hat-trick of sixes in the 15th over bowled by Nipiko, reaching his fifty from 35 balls.

Nipiko bowled a no-ball next, and Visser took full advantage, sending the free hit over square leg for his fourth six of the over.

After a dot ball, Nipiko overstepped again, and Visser, 28, cleared the fence for another six. A final no-ball allowed Visser to smash the last delivery over the leg side for the sixth six of the over.

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup has seen several batting records broken over the years.

India's Virat Kohli has scored the most runs in the tournament with 1,292 at an impressive average of 58.72, including 15 half-centuries.

His compatriot Rohit Sharma is second on the list with 1,220 runs.Jos Buttler of England holds the record for the highest individual score with his unbeaten 123 against Bangladesh in 2012.

He also has the highest career strike rate of 147.23 among batters with at least 500 balls faced