Six-hitting has become an important facet of cricket. And that has given rise to some of the finest clean hitters we have seen so far.
These same batters have turned up for their teams in the Champions Trophy and smashed record maximums within an edition.
And here are the top 10 instances of batters hitting the most sixes in a single Champions Trophy edition.
Most Sixes in a Champions Trophy Edition
| Player | Sixes | Innings Batted | Edition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sourav Ganguly (IND) | 12 | 4 | 2000 |
| Shane Watson (AUS) | 11 | 5 | 2009 |
| Chris Gayle (WI) | 10 | 8 | 2006 |
| Hardik Pandya (IND) | 10 | 3 | 2017 |
| Paul Collingwood (ENG) | 8 | 4 | 2009 |
| Azmatullah Omarzai (AFG) | 8 | 3 | 2025 |
| Glenn Phillips (NZ) | 8 | 5 | 2025 |
| Craig McMillan (NZ) | 7 | 2 | 2004 |
| Owais Shah (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 2009 |
| Eoin Morgan (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 2017 |
More Champions Trophy Stats
Highest Individual Scores in CT
Most Sixes in a Single Innings by a Team in CT
Highest Targets Successfully Defended in CT
Highest Totals Successfully Chased in CT
Most Runs in a Single CT Edition
Most Sixes in a Single CT Edition
Key Insights
12: Sourav Ganguly smashed 12 sixes in 2000, the most by a batter in a single Champions Trophy edition. In fact, he leads the six-hitting chart in the tournament’s history, with 17 maximums.
10: Hardik Pandya is the other Indian batter with 10 or more sixes in an iteration. Shane Watson and Chris Gayle complete the set, having smashed 11 and 10 sixes, respectively.
7: Of the 11 sixes hit by Watson, seven came in a single innings against England. This is the joint-most sixes by a batter in a Champions Trophy innings. New Zealand’s Craig McMillan is the other batter with seven maximums against the USA in 2004.
5: Eoin Morgan is the only batter who has scored five or more sixes in two different editions. The former England captain hit five maximums in 2009 and hammered seven biggies in 2017.
6: Interestingly, the 2009 and 2017 editions saw six batters each hitting five or more sixes.
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