In fast T20 cricket games, scoring runs quickly is super important. When a player hits the ball over the boundary rope, it’s called a six. This is a big deal because it adds a lot of runs to the team’s score and makes the other team’s bowlers feel bad.
Let’s check out the top five players who have hit the most sixes in T20 World Cup history
1. Chris Gayle – 63 Sixes
It’s not common to see a list of best batting records in T20 cricket without seeing Chris Gayle’s name. He’s really good at this type of cricket.
People think he’s one of the best T20 players ever. In 33 World Cup matches, he has hit 63 sixes. In total, he has scored 965 runs in T20 World Cup games, with an average of 34.46 and a really high strike rate of 142.75. He even scored two centuries!
2. Rohit Sharma – 35* Sixes
The Indian captain is called the ‘Hitman’ because he’s really good at hitting sixes. Rohit Sharma, who has played the most matches, is second on the list with 35 sixes in 39 T20 World Cup matches. In total, he’s scored 963 runs with an average of 34.39 and a fast strike rate of 127.88.
3. Jos Buttler – 33* Sixes
Jos Buttler has played more than 100 international games. He’s really good at batting and keeping wicket. In the T20 World Cup in Australia in 2022, England won, and Buttler scored 225 runs and was the team leader.
People call him ‘Jos The Boss’ because he hits the ball for six runs a lot. He’s hit 33 sixes in 27 World Cup matches, which is the third-highest ever. Now, as the captain of England, he wants to score more runs in the next tournament and maybe beat Rohit Sharma’s record.
4. Yuvraj Singh – 33 Sixes
Big match Yuvraj. He was really good at playing in important tournaments. That’s why when people talk about hitting big shots in a T20 World Cup, they always talk about Yuvraj Singh.
Yuvraj played in the T20 World Cup from 2007 to 2016. In those matches, he hit 33 big shots that went over the boundary for six runs in 31 matches. Out of those 33, he famously hit six sixes in just one over against Stuart Broad, which made him very famous.
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5. Shane Watson – 31 Sixes
Shane Watson was really good at cricket. He was great at batting. He could hit the ball really well no matter who was bowling.
Watson hit 31 big shots in 24 T20 World Cup games. That’s the fifth most ever. Watson played in six T20 World Cups. His first was in 2007 and his last was in 2016.
He scored 537 runs in those 24 matches. He was known for playing aggressively, with a strike rate of 140.94. Many young T20 players in Australia look up to him. They call him the ‘White Shark’.
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