Over the years, the six-hitting capabilities of batters have improved a lot. Nowadays, batters hit huge towering sixes with ease and a lot of precision.
And the ODI World Cup is no exception to that. Modern-day power-hitters like Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, and Rohit Sharma have displayed their sheer excellence at hitting huge sixes.
In this article, let’s take a look at the top 10 batters with the most sixes in ODI World Cup history.
Most Sixes in ODI World Cup History
| Player | Innings | Sixes |
|---|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma (IND) | 28 | 54 |
| Chris Gayle (WI) | 34 | 49 |
| Glenn Maxwell (AUS) | 25 | 43 |
| David Warner (AUS) | 29 | 41 |
| AB de Villiers (SA) | 22 | 37 |
| David Miller (SA) | 21 | 35 |
| Ricky Ponting (AUS) | 42 | 31 |
| Brendon McCullum (NZ) | 27 | 29 |
| Herschelle Gibbs (SA) | 23 | 28 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) | 37 | 27 |
| Sachin Tendulkar (IND) | 44 | 27 |
Key Stats
40: India’s Rohit Sharma, the West Indies’ power-hitter Chris Gayle, and Australia’s Glenn Maxwell are the only three batters who have smashed 40-plus sixes in the tournament.
17: Out of 27 sixes hit by Eoin Morgan, 17 came in one match against Afghanistan in Manchester in the 2019 edition. This is the most sixes hit by a batter in an ODI innings.
26: Chris Gayle had a tremendous outing with the bat in the 2015 ODI World Cup as he smashed 26 sixes in 6 innings — the most by any batter in a single edition of the World Cup.
215: 16 of those 26 sixes were hit against Zimbabwe in Canberra, where Gayle racked up the first double-century in the tournament’s history and one of the highest individual scores in the Cricket World Cup.
