Watch: Rovman Powell smashes five consecutive sixes off Dasun Shanaka before shocking dismissal — MLC 2026

By the end of the fifth ball of the 17th over during the Major League Cricket (MLC) 2026 between the Los Angeles Knight Riders and the Seattle Orcas, Rovman Powell had one eye on the record of six consecutive sixes, having already smashed five successive ones against Dasun Shanaka. 

The Sri Lankan bowler came to bowl his final over of the spell with figures of 1/29 in three overs. And he came up against the wild power of Powell, who smashed the first five balls for as many sixes before being dismissed to stop the perfect over.

Inside Rovman Powell's 37 off 11 balls and the catch that stopped a perfect over

Rovman Powell walked into the middle on the last delivery of the 12th over with the wicket of Sunil Narine. The right-handed batter opened his account with a fine boundary, slicing the cut to beat the diving fielder at the backward point region. But what he did next shocked the fans around the globe.

Watch Rovman Powell's five sixes against Dasun Shanaka here- 

On the first delivery of the 17th over, Powell welcomed Dasun Shanaka with a six over the deep mid-wicket region by smacking it powerfully. He cleared the front leg and hoisted the second ball wide of the long-on region for another six before following it up with the same shot over the mid-wicket. 

Once the fourth ball was powered handsomely for a six over the long-off region, many started to feel that six sixes could again be a possibility. The fifth delivery was also nailed over the wide long-on for the fifth successive six. But it didn’t end in a fairytale finish for the Barbados-born.

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The extra bounce undid the former West Indies captain as he couldn’t get the sweet timing on the pull shot and was caught by Ottneil Baartman to be dismissed on 37 runs off 11 balls, thanks to one boundary and five sixes.

LA Knight Riders vs Seattle Orcas — How Powell's blitz set up an 81-run win in MLC 2026

Put into bat first, the Los Angele Knight Riders posted a massive score of 196 runs in their allotted 20 overs. Their two openers, Colin Munro and Andre Fletcher, got the starts but failed to convert them into big scores. In the entire line-up, there was not a single fifty, but everyone chipped in with some small knocks.

In reply, the Orcas were bundled out for 115 runs off 15.3 overs. They were reduced to 62/6 in 8.5 overs as the Knight Riders continued to pick wickets to put consistent pressure on the opponents.

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Both Shadley van Schalkwyk and Andre Russell picked up three wickets each, while both Carmi le Roux and Sunil Narine got a combined figures of 4/35 in six overs and earned the victory by 81 runs to stay at the top of the points table.

Fans react to Rovman Powell's five-six over and the dismissal that denied a perfect set

The fans reacted to Powell’s five sixes in a row against Shanaka during the contest of the MLC 2026 at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas on the social media platforms-

Follow the live scorecard of Los Angele Knight Riders vs Seattle Orcas in MLC 2026- 

Los Angeles Knight Riders- 196 (Andre Fletcher 40, Rovman Powell 37, Jasdeep Singh 3/29) beat Seattle Orcas- 115 (Harmeet Singh 25, Andre Russell 3/8, Shadley van 3/17) by 81 runs.