Former India star allrounder Yuvraj Singh has welcomed New Zealand’s Leo Carter to the 'six sixes club' with a witty post on social media on Wednesday (January 8).

The batsman hit six consecutive sixes in the Super Smash - New Zealand's domestic T20 tournament on January 6 during his side Canterbury Kings’ win over Northern Knights at Hagley Oval in Christchurch.

The 25-year-old smashed left-arm spinner Anton Devcich for six sixes in the 16th over.

The left-handed batsman’s stunning unbeaten knock of 70 off just 29 balls helped Canterbury seal a seven-wicket win while chasing 220.

Carter was batting on 11 off 12 balls as his side needed 64 runs in the last 5 overs.

However, the equation changed after the six sixes. All his sixes came through the leg side - three over deep square-leg, two over deep mid-wicket and one over long-on.

Looking at his batting, Yuvraj took to Twitter and said, "Welcome Leo Carter to the six sixes club! That was some epic hitting, now please sign your jersey and give it to Devcich as a mark of respect."

Overall, Carter is the seventh player in world cricket to record the feat across all formats in both domestic and international level.

He also etched his name in the elite list including the likes of Gary Sobers, Shastri, Herschelle Gibbs, Yuvraj, Worcestershire’s Ross Whiteley and Afghanistan’s Hazratullah Zazai.