The amazing format of Twenty20 transformed the whole concept of cricket from the time it has introduced and become more and more popular gradually. The shortest format T20 has recovered several fresh innovations in the run-scoring method.
Cricketers such as AB de Villiers, Brendon McCullum, and Jos Buttler, all have shown some kinds of jaw-dropping performances. Because of this, there has been tremendous growth in hitting sixes as well.
When we are discussing six-hitting then batsmen such as Andre Russell, MS Dhoni, Chris Gayle, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Rohit Sharma are just certain names who are very much famous for sending the ball into the huge crowd.
But some cricketers have the outstanding skillsets to smash more numbers of sixes in death overs of the match, mainly in the 20th over.
Let’s give an eye on three amazing batsmen of India who have smashed most sixes in the 20th over:
1.) MS Dhoni
It is believed that in India, the culture of huge sixes and playing courageous cricket was started by the former Indian skipper MS Dhoni. In his starting days, Dhoni scored the maximum number of boundaries in the form of sixes.
The batsman of Ranchi has scored 229 sixes in ODI cricket, which is the second-highest by any Indian batsman after Rohit Sharma. In T20Is, he smashed 295 sixes.
When we consider launching the cricket ball into stands in the 20th over, then MS Dhoni becomes the top in the list by miles. Out of 389 deliveries, he has smashed 61 sixes.
2.) Rohit Sharma
In this modern era of cricket, Rohit Sharma is one of the best openers and has been a stable and consistent player. Among 224 numbers of One Day Internationals (ODIs), the Mumbai Indian captain has hit 244 sixes which is just the fourth highest in the history of ODI.
When it comes to T20Is, then the 32-years-old batsman is just the master in it. He is much advance of legends like Martin Guptill and Gayle, by hitting 127 sixes in 108 matches.
On the whole T20Is, Rohit Sharma slammed 361 maximums which is the highest number for any Indian batsman. In the 20th over, the vice-captain of India hit 27 sixes against 115 deliveries.
3.) Hardik Pandya
Hardik Pandya, the star all-rounder of India has been an important plus point ever since he joined India’s squad. His skill of scoring more runs without taking too much time makes him just an absolute ultimate batsman.
In 135 T20I matches, he has slammed 122 hits. When it comes to hit maximums in 20th over, Hardik has smashed 20 sixes in 101 balls.
