Top 10 Players Who Smashed Most Sixes in ODI Cricket
Whenever you talk about aggression in cricket, either in ODIs, test or T-20 cricket. You cannot ignore one personality. Who is famous for hitting sky high sixes and blistering fours in any format of cricket. He is the only batsman who can hit any bowler, any time at any ground, in any situation. Either the team is in pressure or out of pressure he only knows to hit the ball out of fence. The man is none other than Shahid Khan Afridi.
Afridi is well-known as Boom Boom Afridi—due to his aggressive and attacking cricket. He is the dangerous hard hitter of any format of cricket. Shahid Afridi is one of the most explosive batsmen in any format of cricket but ODI cricket is most suited to him; both bowling and batting. He is the only batsman who has hit more than 400 sixes in international cricket. He also smashed most sixes in ODI cricket. Afridi smashed 350 sixes in 50-overs format. He is miles ahead from his counterparts in this record. 2nd one is ST Jayasuriya with 270; ST Jayasuriya has retired from cricket.
Not only in batting Afridi is also very handy leg spinner in ODI cricket. With 395 wickets in 396 matches he is one of the leading wicket takers in ODIs. Below are the Top 10 batsmen Who Smashed Most Sixes in ODI Cricket.
Top 10 Batsmen Who Smashed Most Sixes in ODI Cricket.
Player | Country | Mat | Inns | 6s |
Shahid Afridi | Pakistan | 398 | 369 | 351 |
ST Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka | 445 | 433 | 270 |
CH Gayle | West Indies | 275 | 270 | 253 |
MS Dhoni | India | 312 | 268 | 216 |
AB de Villiers | South africa | 225 | 215 | 202 |
BB McCullum | New Zealand | 260 | 228 | 200 |
SR Tendulkar | India | 463 | 452 | 195 |
SC Ganguly | India | 311 | 300 | 190 |
RG Sharma | India | 174 | 168 | 163 |
RT Ponting | Australia | 375 | 365 | 162 |
Yuvraj Singh | India | 304 | 278 | 155 |
CL Cairns | New Zealand | 215 | 193 | 153 |