Top 5 Indian Batsmen With Most Sixes In International Cricket

The game of cricket has evolved over the years. The perception of batting has also witnessed a lot of changes in the last two decades with batters owning a more attacking approach these days considering that there are more ODI and T20I matches. In this article, we will try to look at the top 5 India batsmen with most sixes in international cricket.

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The Men in Blues, over the years, have produced some hard-hitting batters wh have shelled the skin out of the bowlers during their prime days. But the modern-day cricketers are most devastating as these days a strike-rate below 120 is considered as average.

The batters also look for quick runs as they try to score the maximum right from the word go considering that no score is safe in today’s cricket. Thus, the ability to hit sixes is one of the important parameters to judge the calibre of a batsman.

We at Cricket Addictor will take a look at five Team India batsman who has struck most sixes in international cricket across formats:

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Sourav Ganguly

During his playing days, Sourav Ganguly shared a very cordial relationship with the spinners. Ganguly coming down the tracks to take on the slow bowlers over on the long-on region has been a heartening thing for every Indian cricket fans.

The former skipper struck 246 international sixes from 421 matches including all formats during a span of 16 years. Ganguly leads hiss next-best Virender Sehwag – the swashbuckling opener by nine counts to occupy the fifth spot in the list of most sixes hit by an Indian batsman.

Following his retirement, Ganguly donned the administrative hat and has been pretty successful so far. After serving Cricket Association of Bengal, he recently took over the President role of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

Yuvraj Singh

The stylish all-rounder from Punjab, Yuvraj Singh is one of India’s favourite sons. His role during world cup winning campaigns in 2007 and 2011 will always be in the hearts of the Indian cricketer. More so, during the 50-over campaign when he fought cancer to guide India to the coveted trophy.

But, how can someone forget the scenes from Durban where he dispatches England’s Stuart Broad for six sixes in an over? It is a still record many batsmen are trying to achieve. Despite that, Yuvraj has played plenty of memorable knocks for his country at the international arena.

The all-rounder, who announced his retirement in June 2019 after a fallout with the management represented his country in 399 matches across all the three formats. During that time, the southpaw had struck 249 international sixes to sit in the fourth place in the list of most sixes hit by an Indian batsman.

Sachin Tendulkar

Batting and Sachin Tendulkar are almost synonyms. He has achieved almost everything possible in international cricket including the impossible – 100 international centuries. The Little Master has set a benchmark for the batters to come. While Virat Kohli seems a lot like him, but it will take more for the current India skipper to attain that greatness.

Tendulkar was a perfect match of aggression and maturity. He exactly knew when to up the scoring rate by taking on the bowlers. While the Master Blaster mainly relied upon boundaries, he had a happy knack of taking the aerial route against the spinners.

Aggregating over 34000 international runs at an average of over 48, Tendulkar has struck 264 international sixes across formats. As a result, he occupies the third spot in the list of the most sixes hit by an Indian batsman.

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MS Dhoni

The former India skipper MS Dhoni occupies the second spot in the list of most sixes hit by an Indian batsman. Arguably the greatest finisher of the modern-day cricket, Dhoni and sixes make a perfect match. How can someone forget the illustrious cricketer guiding India to the World Cup title with a six against Sri Lanka in Mumbai?

Dhoni may not be a consistently big hitter these days, but on the rare occasions that he hits them hard, they still stay hit. The wicket-keeper batsman from Ranchi has 352 sixes to his name across formats in 535 games which saw him amassed over 17000 international runs.

The legendary cricketer had an un-matched impact in the Indian team donning the finisher’s hat. It will be very very difficult for the management to find someone who will even come close to Dhoni in the near future.

Rohit Sharma

Team India vice-captain Rohit Sharma has been the greatest example of modern-day batting. His ability to hit the clean and swiftly makes him one of the most devastating cricketers in today’s world. Off-late, Rohit has been in the best of forms taking batting to a whole new level.

Rohit showed the cricketing world how modern-day batting should be during the 2019 ICC World Cup with five centuries – the most by a batsman in a tournament. While Virat Kohli takes away all the attention, Rohit is one of the important stakeholders behind India’s dominant run in limited-overs cricket.

The 32-year-old Rohit Sharma has already struck 398 international sixes which is the most by an Indian batsman – all format combined. This has come only from 348 matches which is the lowest among all other. Meanwhile, Rohit still has a lot of time to make a massive record which will remain unbeaten for a long period.