Rohit Sharma eclipses Afridi to become leading six-hitter in ODI cricket

Rohit struck three sixes against South Africa in Ranchi to reach the historic milestone

Former Indian skipper and Indian legend Rohit Sharma created history in the first ODI vs South Africa at Ranchi’s JSCA International Cricket Stadium on Sunday as he broke the long-time standing record of Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi and became the batter with the most sixes in ODI cricket. Rohit started the match with 349 sixes to his name and was two behind Afridi’s record of most sixes (351). He hit two sixes off Subrayen’s over to equal Afridi’s record and became only the second batter with 350 sixes in One-Day Internationals. He finally got his third six in the 20th over off Marco Jansen to take the top spot in the list. 

 

 

England’s Jos Buttler, with 182 sixes, is the only active batter after Rohit Sharma and he ranks 12th.

Batters with most ODI career sixes

Rank	Player	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	100	50	4s	6s
1	Rohit Sharma (IND)	277	269	11400	264	33	59	1071	352
2	Shahid Afridi (PAK/Asia/ICC)	398	369	8064	124	6	39	730	351
3	Chris Gayle (WI/ICC)	301	294	10480	215	25	54	1128	331
4	Sanath Jayasuriya (SL/Asia)	445	433	13430	189	28	68	1500	270
5	MS Dhoni (IND/Asia)	350	297	10773	183*	10	73	826	229
6	Eoin Morgan (ENG/IRE)	248	230	7701	148	14	47	654	220
7	AB de Villiers (SA/Afr)	228	218	9577	176	25	53	840	204
8	Brendon McCullum (NZ)	260	228	6083	166	5	32	577	200
9	Sachin Tendulkar (IND)	463	452	18426	200*	49	96	2016	195
10	Sourav Ganguly (IND/Asia)	311	300	11363	183	22	72	1122	190
11	Martin Guptill (NZ)	198	195	7346	237*	18	39	750	187
12	Jos Buttler (ENG)	196	169	5463	162*	11	29	441	182
13	Ricky Ponting (AUS/ICC)	375	365	13704	164	30	82	1231	162
14	Glenn Maxwell (AUS)	149	136	3990	201*	4	23	382	155
15	Yuvraj Singh (IND/Asia)	304	278	8701	150	14	52	908	155
16	Virat Kohli (IND)	306	294	14294	183	51	75	1336	154