This article explores the remarkable dominance of cricket’s power-hitters at specific grounds. The table below features the record-breaking six-hitting feats of Shahid Afridi, Rohit Sharma, and Sikandar Raza in their favorite venues.
Most Sixes at a Single Venue in ODIs
| Player | Venue | Innings | Sixes | Runs via 6s (% of Total Runs) | Total Runs | Fours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shahid Afridi (PAK) | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, UAE | 52 | 65 | 390 (30.95) | 1260 | 98 |
| Sikandar Raza (ZIM) | Harare Sports Club, Zimbabwe | 58 | 48 | 288 (13.91) | 2069 | 164 |
| Chris Gayle (WI) | Kensington Oval, Barbados | 13 | 37 | 222 (32.26) | 688 | 47 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK) | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, UAE | 59 | 37 | 222 (9.0) | 2464 | 194 |
| Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN) | Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka | 91 | 37 | 222 (8.27) | 2684 | 208 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, UAE | 57 | 36 | 216 (11.79) | 1831 | 197 |
| Saeed Anwar (PAK) | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, UAE | 51 | 35 | 210 (9.63) | 2179 | 215 |
| Tamim Iqbal (BAN) | Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka | 85 | 35 | 210 (7.24) | 2897 | 333 |
| Brendan Taylor (ZIM) | Harare Sports Club, Zimbabwe | 61 | 34 | 204 (9.33) | 2185 | 191 |
| AB de Villiers (SA) | The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | 11 | 32 | 192 (26.22) | 732 | 58 |
| Hamilton Masakadza (ZIM) | Harare Sports Club, Zimbabwe | 68 | 32 | 192 (10.14) | 1892 | 174 |
| Kushal Malla (NEP) | Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur | 16 | 31 | 186 (40.25) | 462 | 39 |
| Chris Gayle (WI) | Sabina Park, Jamaica | 18 | 30 | 180 (22.98) | 783 | 85 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) | R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | 70 | 30 | 180 (7.15) | 2514 | 274 |
| Rohit Sharma (IND) | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | 5 | 30 | 180 (36.14) | 498 | 33 |
| Sachin Tendulkar (IND) | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, UAE | 42 | 30 | 180 (10.12) | 1778 | 168 |
Key Insights on Six-Hitting Records at Specific Cricket Venues
Individual Dominance and Ground-Specific Sixes
Shahid Afridi has scored the most sixes at a single venue in ODIs, having smashed 65 sixes in 52 innings at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in the UAE. It is also the venue which has conducted most number of ODI matches overall.
Sikandar Raza holds the record for the most sixes hit at a home ground in ODIs, recording over 48 maximums at the Harare Sports Club in Zimbabwe.
Shane Watson has smashed the most sixes at an opponent team’s home ground, striking 20 maximums in just three innings at Bangladesh’s Shere Bangla National Stadium.
UAE’s Muhammad Waseem has scored approximately 49 per cent of his runs via sixes at Nepal’s TU International Cricket Ground, the highest such percentage for any batter at a single ground (minimum five innings).
Team Performance and Venue Depth Records
10 batters have hit 20 or more sixes at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, the highest number of players to achieve this milestone at any single ODI venue.
Six Zimbabwe batters have scored 20 or more sixes at the Harare Sports Club, representing the most players from a single team to reach this mark at their home ground.
Five batters each from Pakistan and Bangladesh have smashed 20 or more sixes at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium and the Shere Bangla National Stadium (Dhaka), respectively.
Global Consistency and Boundary Milestones
Rohit Sharma has scored 10 or more sixes at 13 different venues, the most by any batter in ODI history.
Rohit Sharma has also smashed 10-plus maximums at seven different Indian venues, a record for the most such grounds in a home country, shared with Eoin Morgan (England) and Martin Guptill (New Zealand) at seven grounds each.
Tamim Iqbal has recorded the most fours at a single ground in ODIs, hitting 333 boundaries in 85 innings at the Shere Bangla National Stadium.
Tamim Iqbal also holds the record for the most runs by a batter at a single venue in ODIs, with 2897 runs accumulated at the Shere Bangla National Stadium.
All-Time Century Records at Single Venues
Ricky Ponting achieved his seven hundreds at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Sachin Tendulkar, Saeed Anwar, and Ricky Ponting share the record for the most centuries at a single ground in ODIs.
Sachin Tendulkar and Saeed Anwar each smashed seven hundreds at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
