The record-maker who hit 43 sixes could not make his team win, the restaurant owner caused a big upset in the ODI

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The matches of ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 are going on, where on September 16, an ODI match was played between USA and Namibia. This match between the two teams was interesting because on one side there was a batsman who set a record by hitting 43 sixes. On the other hand, the cricketer who ran a restaurant dashed the team's hopes of winning. We are talking about Namibia's batsman JJ Smit and USA's captain Monak Patel. In the match, USA defeated Namibia by 6 wickets.

Namibia batted first in the match and scored 199 runs for 9 wickets in 50 overs. Jan Frylink scored the highest 70 runs for Namibia. The most special thing about USA's bowling was that all its bowlers took wickets. USA captain Monak Patel tried 6 bowlers and all of them gave him wickets.

The biggest thing that was seen in the batting for Namibia was the batting of JJ Smit, who came at number six and set a new record of sixes for the team. In his innings of 49 runs against USA, JJ Smit hit 3 sixes apart from 3 fours. With this, he became the batsman who hit the most number of sixes for Namibia, i.e. 43. Earlier, the record of 40 sixes was in the name of Erasmus.

The USA got a target of 200 runs to win, which they achieved 51 balls earlier by losing 4 wickets. The USA won the match in 41.3 overs. The captain's role with the bat was very important in USA's victory. He played an innings of 72 runs in 82 balls, which included 7 fours and 1 six. This is the 12th half-century of his career. Monank Patel has been selected as the Player of the Match for this innings that gave America the victory.

31-year-old Monak Patel is an American cricketer of Indian origin, who moved to the USA permanently in 2016. He has also opened his restaurant in New Jersey. Monak Patel was born in Anand, Gujarat, India in 1993. He has also represented the Gujarat team at the Under 18 and 19 levels.