Cricket News Desk. Cricket is a game in which you have to hit fours and sixes. There are three formats of the game, Test, ODI and T20, but in Test, fours are rarely seen but sixes are rarely seen, whereas in ODI and T20, only fours and sixes are rained, especially in T20. So beyond limits. The rain of fours and sixes in cricket is something that entertains the audience a lot. This is the reason why people prefer watching T20 or ODI instead of Test. Especially in powerplay and death overs, the batsmen's bats catch fire. In such a situation, today we are going to introduce you to those 3 batsmen of ODI cricket who have hit the most sixes in an innings of this format.
eoin morgan
The first name in the list is that of England cricket team's limited overs captain Eoin Morgan. Morgan holds the record for hitting most sixes in an innings against Afghanistan. The year was 2019 and the date was 18th June, an ODI match was played against Afghanistan in Manchester where England captain Eoin Morgan was attacking the Afghan bowlers. In that match, he scored 148 runs in 71 balls at a strike rate of 208.45. During this period, fewer fours and more sixes were hit on his bat. Morgan hit 4 fours and 17 sixes. With the help of his innings, England scored 397 runs losing 6 wickets in 50 overs and then defeated Afghanistan by 150 runs.
Rohit Sharma
Currently, Team India captain Rohit Sharma is at second place in this list. Rohit holds the record for hitting most sixes in an innings against Australia. The year was 2013 when the first double century of ODI was scored by the Hitman's bat. The date of the year 2013 was 2nd November, the place was Bangalore and the team was Australia. Rohit scored the first double century of his career against Kangaroos in ODI and that match was also memorable for him. In that match, he scored 209 runs in 158 balls at a strike rate of 132.27. His innings included 12 fours and 16 sixes. Only after this big innings of Hitman, Team India managed to score 383 runs by losing 6 wickets in 50 overs where India defeated Kangaroos by 57 runs.
AB de Villiers
The third name in this list is Mr. 360 Degree i.e. AB de Villiers of Cricket World. De Villiers holds the record for hitting most sixes against West Indies. The year was 2015, the date was 18th January, the venue was Johannesburg and the team was West Indies where De Villiers achieved this feat. In that match, De Villiers played an inning of 149 runs in just 44 balls at an excellent strike rate of 338.63, in which he hit 9 fours and 16 sixes. De Villiers' innings helped South Africa reach 439 for 2 in 50 overs and beat West Indies by 148 runs.
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