Stats: Rohit Achieves Six-Summit Milestone in ODI Cricket

Stats: Rohit Achieves Six-Summit Milestone in ODI Cricket

ODI Record: Rohit Sharma became the leading six-hitter in ODI history, surpassing Shahid Afridi with his 352nd six in 269 innings. He also registered his 60th ODI half-century.

Rohit has hit a total of 645 sixes in international cricket, which is much more than the next highest player, Chris Gayle, who has 553. He still holds the record for the most sixes in T20Is, with 205, and he retired from this format after leading India to victory in the T20 World Cup last year. In Tests, he has hit 88 sixes, which is the third-most among Indian players, following Rishabh Pant with 94 and Virender Sehwag with 91.

Most sixes in ODIs

- Rohit Sharma- 352 Sixes
- Shahid Afridi- 351 Sixes
- Chris Gayle- 331 Sixes
- Sanath Jayasuriya- 270 Sixes
- MS Dhoni- 229 Sixes

126 Rohit has hit the second-most sixes as captain in ODIs, tying with MS Dhoni. He is only behind Eoin Morgan, who has 147 sixes. Ricky Ponting has 123, and AB de Villiers has 118, rounding out the top five.

93 Rohit has hit the most sixes against Australia than anyone else has against a specific team, with Chris Gayle coming in second with 85 sixes against England. Shahid Afridi has 63 sixes against Sri Lanka, 51 against India, and 50 against New Zealand, while Rohit has 58 sixes against Sri Lanka. Both Afridi and Rohit are the only players to have hit more than 50 sixes against different teams in ODIs.

67 Rohit hit the most sixes in One Day Internationals (ODIs) in 2023, with a total that's higher than anyone else in a single calendar year. He surpassed AB de Villiers, who had 58 sixes in 2015, and Chris Gayle, who made 56 sixes in 2019. Notably, all these years were World Cup years.

182 Rohit has hit the most sixes in India compared to any other player. The other players with over 100 sixes in their home countries are Gayle (147), Martin Guptill (132), Brendon McCullum (126), Dhoni (123), and Eoin Morgan (116).

16 Rohit hit six sixes during his first of three double hundreds against Australia in Bengaluru in 2013, which is tied for the record for any ODI innings. This is one less than Morgan's 17 sixes against Afghanistan in Manchester during the 2019 World Cup.

Most sixes in an ODI innings

- Eoin Morgan (ENG): 148
- Rohit Sharma (IND): 16
- AB de Villiers (SA): 16
- Chris Gayle (WI): 16
- Jaskaran Malhotra (USA): 16

23 Rohit hit 23 sixes during the 2013 home series against Australia, which is the second-highest number in any ODI series. The only one with more is Chris Gayle, who hit 39 sixes against England in the Caribbean in 2019.

54 Rohit has hit the most sixes in ODI World Cups, more than anyone else, with Gayle in second place at 49.

He scored 31 runs during India's journey to the final in 2023, the highest ever in a single tournament, beating Gayle's 26 runs from 2015.

The method to madness

He has hit 232 sixes against fast bowlers and 120 against spin bowlers, making him the top player in both categories based on available data. Gayle is in second place with 213 sixes against fast bowlers and 110 against spin bowlers.

130 He records for the most sixes in the first 10 overs of an innings is only behind Gayle's 153 in One Day Internationals (ODIs) where detailed data is available. Rohit also leads in the 11-40 overs with 170 sixes, while Gayle follows with 153. In the 41-50 overs, Dhoni is the top scorer with 139 sixes, and Jos Buttler has 102. Since 2023, Rohit has hit an impressive 64 sixes within the first 10 overs of ODIs, far ahead of the next best, which is 26 by Travis Head.

140 Rohit has hit a significant number of his sixes using the pull or hook shot, which is the second highest for any player with a specific stroke in ODIs (where ball-by-ball stats are available). Out of his total sixes, 112 have been against fast bowlers, including one from Marco Jansen that helped him reach his milestone. This highlights how well Rohit has mastered this stroke; the next highest number of sixes for any player using the pull shot against pace is 48 by Gayle.

More than half of his sixes in ODIs have landed in the backward square leg and mid-wicket areas.

Rohit's sixes in ODIs (vs pace and spin combined)

- Fine Leg: 17
- Backward square leg: 67
- Forward square leg: 126
- Mid-on: 54
- Mid-off: 64
- Covers: 18
- Fine third-man: 3