ODI World Cup 2023: Rohit Sharma breaks AB de Villiers' all-time record for most sixes; completes 500 runs
ODI World Cup 2023: Rohit Sharma breaks AB de Villiers' all-time record for most sixes; completes 500 runs
India skipper Rohit Sharma has added another feather to his hat as he continues his impressive run in the ODI World Cup. Playing against the Netherlands at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Rohit broke AB de Villiers’ record for most sixes in a calendar year while he also surpassed the tally of 500 runs on Sunday (Nov 12) in the ODI World Cup. He along with Shubman Gill (51) gave India a perfect start as they continued their impressive form.
Rohit on fire
Hitting a six on the fourth ball of the seventh over, Rohit achieved the unique feat of smashing most sixes in a calendar year. He has been in superb form this campaign, continuing from where he had left off in 2019. Sharma now has 60 sixes in the marquee tournament, the most by any player in a calendar year in ODIs. De Villiers previously held the record with 58 sixes in 2015 while Chris Gayle scored 56 in 2019. Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi holds the record for most sixes in ODIs in a calendar year in a non-World Cup year with 48 in 2002.
Most Sixes in a calendar year
Rohit Sharma - 60 in 2023 in 24 innings
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AB de Villiers - 58 in 2015 in 18 innings
Chris Gayle - 56 sixes 2019 in 15 innings
Shahid Afridi - 48 sixes in 2002 in 36 innings
While hitting the six in the seventh over, he also broke the record for most sixes by a captain in the ODI World Cup as he surpassed Eoin Morgan. The 35-year-old now has 24 sixes in the mega-tournament, the most by any skipper in the tournament. Morgan racked up 22 sixes in the 2019 tournament while De Villiers scored 21 in the 2015 showpiece.
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Most sixes by a captain in a single World Cup
24 - Rohit Sharma in 2023*
22 - Eoin Morgan in 2019
21 - AB de Villiers in 2015
18 - Aaron Finch in 2019
17 - B McCullum in 2015
The Indian skipper also completed 500 runs in the ODI World Cup as he surpassed the tally for the second time. He now has 503 runs in nine matches and is the fourth-highest scorer in the tournament after South Africa’s Quinton de Kock (591), Virat Kohli (588), and Rachin Ravindra (565) of New Zealand.
