Most sixes in a year ━ All Formats Combined...
Rohit Sharma hit 78 sixes in international cricket across all formats in 2019, breaking his own record for most sixes in a calendar year held for the previous 2 years.
Rohit Sharma is one player who is known to destroy the bowling attack on his own terms. But, to hit the most number of sixes as a batsman in his entire career in cricket, not only does he have the ability to pack powerful hits, but also technically sound and have a long career.
Rohit Sharma who has represented the national team since 2007. He has scored 41 centuries in international cricket - 29 in One Day Internationals (ODIs), 8 in Tests and 4 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) - as of September 2021. Rohit Sharma holds the record for most T20I centuries.
Rohit Sharma made his ODI debut in June 2007 against Ireland, and his maiden century came during the 2010 Tri-Nation tournament in Zimbabwe, scoring 114 against the hosts.
In the bilateral series against Australia at home in 2013, he scored two centuries, including a double century. Then the next year in 2014, he scored 264 against Sri Lanka at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. This score remains the highest individual score by a batsman in the format as of January 2020. In January 2016, he scored 171 not out against Australia. It remained the highest score by a visiting batsman against Australia until England's Jason Roy scored 180 in 2018. Sharma holds the record for most centuries in World Cups when he scored five centuries in the 2019 World Cup. Rohit Sharma has scored centuries against nine different opponents and has the joint second-most hundreds (eight) against Australia across formats. As of January 2020, Sharma has eight scores of over 150 and three double centuries, both of which are records in ODIs. He has the second most hundreds to his name for an active player in the format.
Rohit Sharma made his Test debut during the 2013–14 home series against West Indies. He scored 177 runs on his debut and scored another century in the next match. He scored three centuries in the home series against South Africa in October 2019—including 176 and 127 in the first match, and a career-high 212 in the third match.
Rohit Sharma made his T20I debut during the ICC T20 World Cup 2007 against England. In October 2015, he became the second Indian to score a century in the T20I format when he scored 106 against South Africa. Sharma jointly holds the record for the fastest T20I century (off 35 balls) along with South Africa's David Miller and Czech Republic's Sudesh Wickremesekhar. His four centuries are the most by any player in this format. As of September 2021, Sharma is joint 14th amongst the most centuries scorers in international cricket.
| Players | Year | Sixes |
|---|---|---|
| R Sharma (IND) | 2019 | 78 |
| R Sharma (IND) | 2018 | 74 |
| R Sharma (IND) | 2017 | 64 |
| AB De Villiers (SA) | 2015 | 63 |
| Eoin Morgan (ENG) | 2019 | 60 |
| C Gayle (WI) | 2012 | 59 |
| C Gayle (WI) | 2019 | 58 |
| S Watson (AUS) | 2011 | 57 |
| S Afridi (PAK) | 2005 | 56 |
| B McCullum (NZ) | 2014 | 55 |
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