India, May 5 -- Riyan Parag lit up Eden Gardens on Sunday evening with his breathtaking show with the bat against Kolkata Knight Riders. The Rajasthan Royals' stand-in skipper almost took his team over the line, but in the end, KKR managed to hold their nerves slightly better and won the match by 1 run. Despite the loss, Parag did grab a lot of attention for what he did on the field with the bat. He smashed 6 sixes off successive deliveries to script history in the Indian Premier League.

The carnage began in the 13th over, where Parag took on England's Moeen Ali for cleaners and smashed him for five back-to-back sixes in the over. Moeen and KKR were stunned by Parag's imperious shots, but it seems like the batter has already manifested t...