Sanju Samson has become the new sixer king of India by hitting 16 sixes in the T20 World Cup, breaking the record of Rohit Sharma. In the semi-final against England, India equaled the World Cup record of most sixes in a match by hitting 19 sixes.
Mumbai: Kerala’s star player Sanju Samson has become India’s new sixer king in the T20 World Cup. He has done this feat by hitting 16 sixes in just four matches. In the semi-final against England, Sanju played a stormy inning of 89 runs in 42 balls, which included 7 sixes. With this his number of sixes in this World Cup increased to 16.
Sanju broke the record of former captain Rohit Sharma, who hit 15 sixes in the 2024 T20 World Cup. In this list, Shivam Dubey is just behind Sanju with 15 sixes. At the same time, Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya are at fourth and fifth position with 14 sixes each. Today Sanju even left behind Yuvraj Singh, who hit 12 sixes in the 2007 T20 World Cup.
In the semi-final against England, the Indian team hit a total of 19 sixes. With this, Team India equaled the record of hitting most sixes in a World Cup match. In the same World Cup, West Indies hit 19 sixes against Zimbabwe and in the 2014 T20 World Cup, Netherlands hit 19 sixes against Ireland. India improved its own record of hitting 17 sixes in the same World Cup against Zimbabwe at Wankhede.
India hit a total of 19 sixes and 17 fours against England. This is the second biggest record in terms of most boundaries hit in an innings. This record is in the name of Sri Lanka, which had hit 30 fours and 11 sixes (total 41 boundaries) against Kenya in the 2007 T20 World Cup. India is also the team that has hit the most sixes in this World Cup. India’s score of 253 runs is the fourth highest team total in T20 World Cup history. This is the fourth time in T20 cricket that India has scored more than 250, which is a record in itself.