Rohit Sharma breaks Shahid Afridi’s record, becomes 2nd highest six hitter in international Cricket

Indian Skipper Rohit Sharma was in good knick against the West Indies in the fourth T20I, which India won by 59 runs on Saturday (August 6) to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series. The Indian Skipper scored 33 runs from just 16 balls with the help of 2 fours and 3 sixes. He was involved in a 53-run partnership with Suryakumar Yadav for the first wicket in just 4.4 overs. The opening duo of Rohit and Surya laid the foundation of the big total in Lauderhill, and India posted a total of 191 runs for the loss of five wickets.

In the fourth T20I, Rohit hammered three sixes, which has taken his tally of sixes in international Cricket to 477, which is the second highest number of sixes hammered by any batter. The 35-year-old right-handed batter leapfrogged former Pakistani legendary all-rounder and Captain Shahid Afridi to take the second spot. Only former West Indies Captain and opening batter Chris Gayle is now ahead of Rohit in the list of batters with the most sixes in the international arena.

Top 5 batters with most sixes in international Cricket

BATTER	COUNTRY	MATCHES	SIX
Chris Gayle	West Indies	483	553
Rohit Sharma	India	410	477
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	524	476
Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	432	398
Martin Guptill	New Zealand	358	379

The Indian skipper, who is also the leading run getter in the T20I format of the game, has scored a total of 163 sixes in 132 T20Is, 250 maximums in 233 ODIs and 64 in the 45 Test matches he has played so far.

Rohit is second in the list of batters with the most sixes in the shortest format of the game, which is topped by New Zealand opening batter Martin Guptill (170). He needs eight more big hits to overtake Guptill in the T20Is list, and with one more game to go against West Indies and then the Asia Cup T20 on the Brink of starting, he is likely to take the numero uno spot in coming matches.