Shimron Hetmyer created history against India, became the new sixer king

T20 World Cup 2026: West Indies’ explosive batsman Shimron Hetmyer has created history in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026. In the match played against India, he has created a new record by hitting 2 sixes. Now he has become the batsman who has hit the most sixes in this edition.

Explosive innings against India

In this match played at Eden Garden, Kolkata, Shimron Hetmyer played a stormy innings and scored 27 runs in just 12 balls at a strike rate of 225. During this, 2 sixes and 1 four came from his bat. As soon as Hetmyer hit two sixes against India, he made the record of most sixes in this tournament. Hetmyer has now become the player to hit the most sixes in a single edition of the T20 World Cup.

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Players who scored most centuries in T20 World Cup

Let us tell you, Shimron Hetmyer had hit 17 sixes in this tournament in the match against India. After which, in this match, he left Pakistan’s opener Sahibzada Farhan behind by hitting two more sixes. Hetmyer is now on top with 19 sixes. At the second position is Pakistan’s opening batsman Sahibzada Farhan who hit 18 sixes.

When it’s in his arc, it’s out of the park 🚀

No one has hit more sixes in a single Men’s #T20WorldCup than Shimron Hetmyer 🔥

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— ICC (@ICC) March 1, 2026

At number three is West Indies’ star batsman Nicholas Pooran, who hit 17 sixes in the T20 World Cup 2024. Chris Gayle is at fourth position with 16 sixes, while Afghanistan’s star player Rahmanullah Gurbaz is at fifth position, who had hit 16 sixes in the T20 World Cup 2024.

The condition of the match was like this

In this match played between India and West Indies, Team India captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and decided to bowl first. After losing the toss, the Caribbean team came to bat first and scored 195 runs after losing 4 wickets in 20 overs. In response, the Indian team won the match by 5 wickets by scoring 199 runs thanks to Sanju Samson’s stormy innings of 97 runs.