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The force behind Sixer One Day International matches has seen instances where a single player hit a barrage of sixes in a single inning. Then there are a select number that enjoy making big, quick hits. When he smashed 17 sixes against Afghanistan in a 2019 World Cup game, English captain Eoin Morgan became the first batsman in ODI cricket to reach over 100 runs in sixes in a match in any form of international cricket. Here is a list of current cricketers who can easily hit sixes, like Eoin.
12 of these 13 Innings were played after 2011. Particularly, five of these occurrences have occurred already in the first half of 2019.This demonstrates how routine six-hitting has become in modern cricket. For instance, team England scored a total of 18 sixes during the 2015 World Cup, and they later hit 25 sixes against Afghanistan during the 2019 World Cup.
With 17 sixes in his 148-ball knock against Afghanistan during a World Cup (2019) game, Eoin Morgan of England currently holds the record for the most sixes in a single ODI innings. In his second double century score of 209 runs against Australia, Rohit Sharma hit 16 sixes.
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The fastest ODI hundred was achieved by AB De Villiers against the West Indies in Johannesburg, where he hit 16 sixes. ABD scored 149 runs in that inning, including 16 sixes and 9 fours. Chris Gayle scored his career-high score of 215 against Zimbabwe in a 2015 World Cup game while hitting 16 sixes. In his match against Papa New Guinea in September 2021, American Jaskaran Malhotra hit 16 sixes.
His 173 is the first century by an American batsman in an ODI match of cricket. Additionally, he tops that year’s ODI sixes rankings.
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Most Sixes in an ODI Innings
The batsmen who hit more than 12 sixes in an ODI innings are listed here!
| BATSMEN | SIXES | AGAINST | WHERE? | WHEN? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eoin Morgan (ENG) | 17 | AFG | Manchester | 2019 |
| Rohit Sharma (IND) | 16 | AUS | Bengaluru | 2013 |
| AB de Villiers (SA) | 16 | WI | Johannesburg | 2015 |
| Chris Gayle (WI) | 16 | ZIM | Canberra | 2015 |
| Jaskaran Malhotra (USA) | 16 | PNG | Al Amerat | 2021 |
| Shane Watson (AUS) | 15 | BAN | Dhaka | 2011 |
| Corey Anderson (NZ) | 14 | WI | Queenstown | 2014 |
| Chris Gayle (WI) | 14 | ENG | St George’s | 2019 |
| Jos Buttler (ENG) | 14 | NED | Amstelveen | 2022 |
| Thisara Perera (SL) | 13 | NZ | Mount Maunganui | 2019 |
| Xavier Marshall (WI) | 12 | CAN | King City | 2008 |
| Rohit Sharma (IND) | 12 | SL | Mohali | 2017 |
| Chris Gayle (WI) | 12 | ENG | Bridgetown | 2019 |
| Jos Butler (ENG) | 12 | WI | St George’s | 2019 |
Finalising the Situation!
The fact that there are fewer boundaries and flatter surfaces is only benefiting batsmen, as sixes are now being hit almost immediately after an innings begins. More sixes in cricket are also benefited by batsmen becoming accustomed to T20 formats. Despite this, I believe that the bowlers’ miserable situation in games of limited overs will only worsen.
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