Hitman Rohit Sharma became the greatest six-hitter in the history of cricket during India versus Afghanistan's ODI World Cup clash at the Arun Jaitley stadium in New Delhi on Wednesday, October 11. Rohit shattered Chris Gayle's all-time record of hitting most sixes in the international cricket. Rohit has so far cracked 556 sixes in the international cricket while Gayle has hammered 553 maximums thus far. While Rohit achieved this feat in 453 matches, Gayle tasted glory in 483 innings.
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Most international sixes across formats
Rohit Sharma (India) - 556 sixes
Chris Gayle (West Indies) - 553 sixes
Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) - 476 sixes
Brendon McCullum (New Zealand) - 398 sixes
Martin Guptill (New Zealand) - 383 sixes
MS Dhoni (India) - 359 sixes
Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) - 352 sixes
Eoin Morgan (England) - 346 sixes
AB de Villiers (South Africa) - 328 sixes
Jos Buttler - 312 sixes
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Notably, in ODIs Rohit ranks third on the list following Pakistan's Shahid Afridi and West Indies' Gayle. However but tops the six chart in T20Is with 182 maximums in 140 innings.
Not just this, Rohit is also the the third-leading six-hitter among Indians in Test cricket with 77 sixes, only behind Virender Sehwag (91) and MS Dhoni (78).
Chasing Afghanistan's target 273, Rohit and his opening partner Ishan Kishan gave India a stormy start. As of 11 overs, Rohit pummelled a blistering 77 off 44 balls riding on four sixes to help India race to 96 without any loss. Rohit ended up scoring a spellbinding 131 off 84 balls riding on 16 fours and five sixes.
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