Most Sixes In A Calendar Year: Today we shall mention the three players from the Men in Blue nation who have smashed the most sixes in a calendar year across the three forms of the gentlemen’s game, One Day International, Test Matches and T20 International matches.
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1. Yahaswi Jaiswal: 36 Sixes In The Red Ball Format In 2024 –
The Indian opener, Yashaswi Jaiswal holds the record of smashing the most sixes in a calendar year in the red ball form of the game. Jaiswal was also the highest run-getter for the Men in Blue last year. The 22-year-old opener has gone past the Kiwi legend Brendon McCullum in this regard.
Yashaswi scored 36 sixes in 2024, the most in a calendar year. This also broke the record of BAZ (Brendon McCullum), the former wicketkeeper and New Zealand captain, who scored 33 maximums in 2014. Yashaswi is the only player from India to be featured in this list.
2. Rohit Sharma: 67 Sixes In The One-Day International Form Of The Game –
The current captain of the fifty-overs format, HITMAN Sharma, scored the most sixes in 2023, and India also had a good year in the One-Day International form of the game. The Men in Blue also reached the finals of the ODI World Cup in 2023, which was played at home.
Rohit scored 67 sixes in the ODI format, the most by an Indian player in the fifty-overs format in 2023. HITMAN went past the legendary South African AB De Villiers record of 58 sixes in 2015. Both hard hitters, ABD and HITMAN, were the captains of their respective teams when they smashed the most sixes in a calendar year record.
3. Suryakumar Yadav: 68 Sixes In 2022 In The Shortest Form Of The Game –
India’s current T20 International format skipper and the specialist batter of the shortest form of the game, Suryakumar Yadav is the designated batter of this format. SKY only plays the T20I format for India because he has failed to translate his good form in the other two form of the game.
In 2022, Surya smashed the most sixes in a calendar year in the shortest form of the game. SKY had whacked 68 sixes that year. But despite playing one off the best leagues in the world called the IPL, none of the Indian players have scored more than 100 sixes in a calendar year at the International level. Nicholas Pooran holds the record with 165 sixes in 2024.
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