Riyan Parag secured his name in the books of history during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 clash between Rajasthan Royals (RR) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on May 4th, as he became the first ever batter in the history of the tournament to his six back-to-back sixes.

The RR skipper secured this achievement in the span of two overs.

Moeen Ali was bowling the 13th over, where Riyan Parag hit his first six on the second ball, followed by 4 more sixes. The over ended and he changed the strike with Shimron Hetmyer. Hetmyer took a single on the first ball of 14th over, handing the strike back to their skipper.

Riyan Parag is currently leading Rajasthan Royals in the absence of their regular skipper Sanju Samson, who is out of action because of a side strain. Riyan had even led RR in their first three matches while Sanju played those matches as impact player.

Coming to the match, Kolkata Knight Riders beat Rajasthan Royals by one run in their Indian Premier League match here on Sunday to keep their play-off qualification hopes alive.

Chasing 207 for a win, RR could manage 205 for 8 in 20 overs to lose the match.

Captain Riyan Parag top-scored for RR with a 45-ball 95 while Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shimron Hetmyer contributed 34 and 29 respectively.

For KKR, Varun Chakravarthy 2/32, Moeen Ali (2/43), Harshit Rana (2/41) and Vaibhav Arora (1/50) were among the wickets.

Earlier, Andre Russell struck a 25-ball 57 not out to lift KKR to 206 for four.

Apart from Russell, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (44), opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz (35) and skipper Ajinkya Rahane (30) were the other main contributors.

For RR, Jofra Archer (1/30), Yudhvir Singh Charak (1/26), Maheesh Theekshana (1/41) and Riyan Parag (1/21) were among the wickets.

The win kept KKR alive for the play-offs while RR are already out of the reckoning.The win kept KKR alive for the play-offs while RR are already out of the reckoning.