West Indies legend Chris Gayle holds the record for the most sixes in T20 World Cup history and has smacked 63 sixes. Zimbabwe all-rounder Sikandar Raza has hit the most sixes in the T20 World Cup 2022, racking up 11 sixes in the tournament and scoring 219 runs at a strike rate of 147.97.
The importance of a six can hardly be overstated. It gets the crowd go bonkers, puts pressure on the bowling team, and most importantly, helps the teams to score big, While sixes are always precious in any format of the game and are some of the most coveted moments, it is especially true in the shortest format of the sport where there’s an increased need to score quick runs.
Here we will talk about the players who have scored the most sixes in T20 World Cup history. Many of these players have also been some of the most successful ones in the history of this competition and T20 cricket in general.
Without any further delay let's find out:
Player | Nation | Matches | Runs | Strike Rate | No. of sixes |
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Chris Gayle | West Indies | 33 | 965 | 142.75 | 63 |
Rohit Sharma | India | 39 | 963 | 127.88 | 35 |
Jos Buttler | England | 27 | 799 | 144.48 | 33 |
Yuvraj Singh | India | 31 | 593 | 128.91 | 33 |
Shane Watson | Australia | 24 | 537 | 140.94 | 31 |
David Warner | Australia | 34 | 806 | 133.22 | 31 |
AB de Villiers | South Africa | 30 | 717 | 143.4 | 30 |
Virat Kohli | India | 27 | 1141 | 131.3 | 28 |
Dwayne Bravo | West Indies | 34 | 530 | 126.79 | 25 |
Mahela Jayawardene | Sri Lanka | 31 | 1016 | 134.74 | 25 |