Most Sixes in a T20 Innings: Highest Sixes in T20 in One Match International Cricket

The second T20I of the ongoing West Indies’ tour of South Africa in Centurion will be remembered for a long time considering the number of records which have been broken during the course of the 38.5 overs which were bowled on Sunday.

With South Africa hitting a total of 29 fours during their innings, they have joined Sri Lanka (vs India in Nagpur in 2009) and Czech Republic (vs Turkey in Ilfov County in 2019) as the third team at the second position in the list of most fours hit by a team in a T20I innings. Furthermore, a total of 46 fours in the match has powered it at the joint-second position with a Romania-Hungary contest in 2021.

As far as sixes are concerned, West Indies hitting 22 sixes has propelled them to share the topmost position with Afghanistan. As many as 45 sixes in a match is a record in itself leaving behind 33 sixes hit in a Bulgaria-Serbia T20I last year by a significant margin.

Named after one, the city witnessed a centurion from either side as South Africa registered the highest successful run-chase in T20I history on the back of sealing a 259-run chase with 6 wickets and seven balls remaining in the match. The development also paved way for the highest match aggregate in the history of T20s.

Eventually, South Africa wicket-keeper batter Quinton de Kock’s maiden T20I century yielded better impact than West Indies batter Johnson Charles’ maiden century in the format.

While de Kock scored 100 (44) with the help of nine fours and eight sixes at a strike rate of 227.27, Charles returned with 118 (46) comprising 10 fours and 11 sixes at a strike rate of 256.52. Having scored 106 runs via boundaries, Charles became only the 10th batter to score a T20I century with just boundaries.

Most Sixes in a T20 Innings

Highest Sixes in T20 in One Match International Cricket

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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