Hitting sixes is a really big deal in cricket. It can totally change the game. With the rise of shorter cricket matches, every player is trying hard to hit more sixes. It takes a lot of strength and perfect timing to hit the ball so it goes out of the field, earning the batter the maximum amount of runs possible in just one hit.
Players like Brendon McCullum, Chris Gayle, Shahid Afridi, and Ab De Villiers are known all over the world for their amazing ability to hit sixes. Bowlers get scared facing them because it seems like no ball they bowl is safe from being hit out of the park. So, let’s check out the top 5 batsmen who have hit the most sixes in international cricket.
These are the 5 players who have hit the most sixes in international cricket:
5. Martin Guptill (New Zealand) – 383 sixes :
Martin Guptill, the batsman from New Zealand, is famous for hitting big shots in short-format cricket matches. He has hit the ball out of the park 383 times in his career, making him the fifth-best in the world. In Test matches, he’s hit 23 sixes, while in One Day Internationals (ODIs), he’s smashed 187, and in Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), he’s struck 173. Among T20I players, he’s the second-best in terms of hitting sixes, with only Rohit Sharma having hit more, with 182 sixes.
4. Brandon Mccullum (New Zealand) – 398 sixes :
The current coach of England’s cricket team, Brandon McCullum, used to play for New Zealand. Now, he’s ranked fourth in the world for hitting big shots in international cricket. McCullum is one of only three players who have hit 100 or more sixes in test cricket. He smashed 107 sixes in test matches, 200 in One Day Internationals (ODIs), and 91 in 70 innings in Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). People all over the world loved McCullum’s aggressive style of playing cricket.
3. Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) – 476 sixes :
Shahid Afridi, also known as Boom Boom Afridi, was really good at hitting the ball hard in cricket. He wasn’t scared of tough situations or bowlers. In his career, he hit the ball out of the park many times, just like Brandon McCullum. Afridi hit a total of 476 sixes in his international matches. He hit 52 sixes in Test matches, 351 in One-Day Internationals (ODIs), and 73 in Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). Afridi is the player who hit the most sixes in ODI cricket.
2. Chris Gayle (West Indies) – 553 sixes :
Chris Gayle used to be the best at hitting the ball out of the cricket ground. But then Rohit Sharma hit more sixes than him. Gayle is known for his strength, which helps him hit the ball far. He has hit 98 sixes in test matches, 331 in one-day matches, and 124 in T20 matches. In total, he has hit 1056 sixes while playing T20 cricket in different countries.
1. Rohit Sharma (India) – 597 sixes:
Rohit Sharma, also known as “Hitman,” has hit more sixes than any other cricket player in the world. He broke the previous record held by Chris Gayle during a match in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 between India and Afghanistan in Delhi.
Before this match, Rohit was two hits away from Gayle’s record. But with four sixes in that game, Rohit surpassed Gayle and became the player with the most sixes in international cricket history. Currently, Rohit Sharma has hit 597 sixes in total in international cricket matches. Out of these, 323 were in One Day Internationals (ODIs), 80 in test matches, and 190 in Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).
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