Who hits the highest sixer in India ? Powerful Hitter Included

India’s national cricket team played its first test match on June-25th-1932 at Lord’s. They were becoming the sixth team to be granted test cricket status, and they had to wait until 1952 for their first test victory (almost 20 years). However, the team India gained strength in the 1970s with the appearance of players like Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Gundappa Viswanath, and more Indian squads. The current captain of the India team is Rohit Sharma, and the current coach is former Indian cricketer Rahul Dravid.

In this article, I am writing about who hits the highest sixer in India in all formats of cricket (ODI, T20I, and Test), the longest six in cricket history, the most sixes batters in cricket history, best six-hitter and flatter-sixes in the Indian cricket team. Let’s take a look at the entire list of the highest sixes in India in all formats of cricket.

Who Hits the Highest Sixer in India? Indian opener Rohit Sharma has hit the highest sixer in the Indian cricket team. He hits 464 sixes in 400 matches of all formats of cricket (ODI, T20I, and Test) from 2007to 2022. He can be crowned as the ‘Sixer King’ among the current generation of cricket players.

He made his debut inT20 international cricket in 2007. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm off-break bowler. He hits 15733 runs out of 400 matches at a strike rate of 85.38. He made his debut in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008. So far, he has played in 222-IPL matches and has scored 5766 runs at a strike rate of 130.2. He has hits 508 fours and 234 sixes in IPL matches

Below are the lists of top 5 hitter of Highest Sixer in Indian cricket Team:

S.NO.	Indian Player Name	Played Years	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	Strike Rate	No. of Fours	No. of Sixes
1.	Rohit Sharma	2007-2022	400	417	15733	43.58	85.38	1473	464
2.	MS Dhoni	2004-2019	538	526	17266	44.96	79.07	1486	359
3.	Sachin Tendulkar	1989-2013	664	782	34357	48.52	67.58	4076+	264
4.	Yuvraj Singh	2000-2017	402	391	11778	35.05	84.74	1245	251
5.	Saurav Ganguly	1992-2008	424	488	18575	41.46	62.99	2022	247

Who hits the longest six in cricket history?

We discussed the Indian cricket veteran who hits the highest sixer in India in the above list. But here, we will discuss which cricket player has hit the longest six in International cricket of all formats. In cricket history, many batters hit sixes, but they also set the record for hitting the longest sixes. So, let’s look at the top 10 cricket players who have hit the longest sixes in cricket history.

S.NO.	Player Name	Team	Longest Six Distance	Opponent	Year
1.	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	158 meters	South Africa	2013
2.	Brett Lee	Australia	135 meters	England	2005
3.	Martin Guptail	New Zealand	127 meters	South Africa	2012
4.	Liam Livingstone	England	122 meters	Pakistan	2021
5.	Corey Anderson	New Zealand	122 meters	India	2014
6.	Mark Waugh	Australia	120 meters	New Zealand	1997
7.	Yuvraj Singh	India	119 meters	Australia	2007
8.	MS Dhoni	India	118 meters	New Zealand	2009
9.	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	118 meters	Australia	2005
10.	Chris Gayle	West Indies	116 meters	India	2010

Longest Six in IPL History:

In the Indian Premier League (IPL), the most exciting aspect of every cricket player is hit of six during every match is crucial. Six-hitting ability is not only about power. And many batters, all-rounders, and even bowlers also took considerable sixes in the IPL history of cricket.

IPL-2022 has already seen some vast sixes being hit. In the ongoing season, Dewald Brevis from South Africa is at the top position in the list of longest sixes so far. He smashed a 112 meters maximum against Punjab Kings (PBKS).

Overall, Albie Morkel has hit the vast six in Indian Premier League (IPL) history. He smashed a 124 meter six against Deccan Chargers in the first edition of the IPL (2008). Let’s look at the top 10 longest sixes in IPL history.

S.NO.	Player Name	IPL-Longest Six Distance	IPL Season
1.	Albie Morkel	124 meters	2008
2.	Praveen Kumar	124 meters	2013
3.	Adam Gilchrist	122 meters	2011
4.	Robin Uthappa	120 meters	2010
5.	Chris Gayle	119 meters	2013
6.	Yuvraj Singh	119 meters	2009
7.	Ross Taylor	119 meters	2008
8.	Ben Cutting	117 meters	2016
9.	Gautam Gambhir	117 meters	2013
10.	Liam Livingstone	117 meters	2022

Top 5 batsmen with most sixes:

At the top of this article, we discussed the Indian cricket veteran who hits the highest sixer in the Indian team alone. But here, we will discuss which cricket player has hit the highest or most sixes in ODI, Test, and T20I formats. Let’s look at the top 5 batters who have hit the highest sixer or most sixer in cricket history.

S.NO.	Player Name	Team	Played Years	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	Strike Rate	No. of 4’s	No. of 6’s
1.	Chris Gayle	West Indies	1999-2021	483	551	19593	37.97	77.22	2332	553
2.	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	1996-2018	524	508	11196	23.92	114.14	1053	476
3.	Rohit Sharma	India	2007-2022	400	417	15733	43.58	85.38	1473	464
4.	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	2002-2016	432	474	14676	34.37	82.11	1552	398
5.	Martin Guptail	New Zealand	2009-2022	348	383	12926	36.30	80.80	2022	371

Who is the best six-hitter in the Indian cricket team?

Rohit Sharma is the best six-hitter on the Indian cricket team, and he is also called the sixer-king of Indian cricket. He has hit 464 sixes in 400 matches in ODI, Test, and T20I formats. He is the highest sixer and most sixer player on the Indian team.

Conclusion:

In cricket, Six-hitting is the maximum score, and every batter should try hard to hit the highest sixer throughout his career. In the Indian Cricket team, Rohit Sharma came to hit the highest sixer in India. So, each person on the Indian cricket team should also try to hit the highest sixes and makes proud the Indian team.

FAQ

Player who hit most sixes in a row in Test Cricket?

We have 3 players that has tied with 4 consecutive sixes in a row. Kapil Dev blasted 4 consecutive sixes against England in 1990, Shahid Afridi launched 4 consecutive sixes against India in 2006 and Mr 360 AB de Villiers who blasted 4 consecutive sixes against Australia in 2009.

Who hit the longest six in Cricket?

The longest six to be recorded in the cricket history is 158 meters which was hit by none other than Pakistani power house Shahid Afridi.

What is longest six record by a Indian?

The longest six record by a Indian is held by Yuvraj Singh for his knock of 119 meters against Australia in 2012.

Who hit most sixes in IPL history?

The player that has hit most sixers in IPL is none other than the universal boss Chris Gayle who has hit 357 sixers in the history of the tournament.

Who has record of most sixes in a single match?

The player to hit most sixes in single match goes to Eoin Morgan. He has hit 17 sixes against Afghanistan in 2019.