Finishing an innings on high is a batting team’s dream when they are posting a total on the board or while chasing. Any runs added in the death overs will put the pressure directly back on the bowlers, especially in the shortest format of the game.
In T20s, they say the 19th over, i.e., the penultimate one, is the most important one in any innings. This is because it makes or breaks the momentum of batters going into the final overs. A batting team would ideally want their batters to score sixes in this phase, and we will see the top 10 batters who have hit the most sixes in the 19th over of T20Is.
Most 6s in 19th Over in T20I
| Player | Innings | 6s in 19th Over | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardik Pandya (IND) | 37 | 19 | 216.66 |
| David Miller (SA) | 49 | 17 | 172.38 |
| Virat Kohli (IND) | 30 | 16 | 231.00 |
| Mohammad Nabi (AFG) | 38 | 15 | 209.43 |
| Andre Russell (WI) | 26 | 15 | 213.51 |
| Eoin Morgan (ENG) | 23 | 14 | 248.48 |
| Najibullah Zadran (AFG) | 36 | 14 | 205.49 |
| Thisara Perera (SL) | 25 | 13 | 236.36 |
| Dipendra Singh Airee (NEP) | 23 | 12 | 189.47 |
| JP Duminy (SA) | 26 | 12 | 204.34 |
Key Insights
1: India’s Hardik Pandya holds the record for hitting the most overall sixes in the 19th over in T20Is. David Miller, who has hit the most sixes in the 20th over, has also struck big sixes when it comes to the 19th over.
225: Hardik Pandya has scored 225+ runs in this 6-ball phase, and this is the most by any batter. He averages 37.66 and strikes at an astounding rate of 217.
248.48: This is the highest batting strike rate for a batter who has played a minimum of 10 innings in the penultimate over in T20Is. This is held by former England skipper Eoin Morgan. He has scored 164 at an average of 32.80 and has been dismissed only 5 times.
54.75: Likewise, when it comes to the average, Virat Kohli has the best while hammering over 15 maximums in the penultimate over.
15: There are at least 15 batters who have smacked 10 or more sixes in the 19th over. Apart from the mentioned 10 batters, Kieron Pollard has 11, while DS Airee of Nepal, Asif Ali and Shoaib Malik (Pakistan), and Darren Sammy (West Indies) have all hit 10 sixes.
