Rinku Singh equaled Dhoni, broke Suryakumar’s record, became the second batsman to hit the most sixes.
New Delhi . Rinku Singh is currently seen as the most dreaded finisher of Team India in T20 International Cricket. Rinku Singh hit 2 sixes in the last over of the first T20 match played against New Zealand in Nagpur on Wednesday, 21 January. With this Rinku Singh equaled the great finisher MS Dhoni. Rinku Singh has now jointly become the second batsman to hit the most number of sixes for India in the last over in T20 International cricket. Rinku Singh has broken the record of Suryakumar Yadav, while Hardik Pandya is leading the list.
Hardik Pandya has so far faced 99 balls in the 20th over in T20 International cricket and hit 15 sixes, while Rinku Singh has sent the ball across the boundary 12 times in just 38 balls. At the same time, MS Dhoni is jointly second in the list, who has hit 12 sixes in 132 balls in the 20th over of T20 International cricket. Rinku Singh has broken the record of Suryakumar Yadav, who faced 28 balls in the last over and hit 11 sixes. Dinesh Karthik has hit 9 sixes in 49 balls and Virat Kohli has hit 8 sixes in 58 balls in the last over.
Most sixes (balls) in the 20th over in T20I for India
15 – Hardik Pandya (99)
12 – Rinku Singh (38)*
12 – MS Dhoni (132)
11 – Suryakumar Yadav (28)
9 – Dinesh Karthik (49)
8 – Virat Kohli (58)
Rinku Singh played a brilliant inning of 44 runs in 20 balls with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes in the first T20 International match, in which his strike rate was 220. Due to his innings, India had reached 238 runs. Let us tell you, Rinku Singh was not a part of India’s T20 team till the last series, but now he has also been selected for the T20 World Cup 2026. Earlier it was being said that Rinku Singh was not getting a chance due to the team combination, but at present, you will not find a more dangerous finisher than him in world cricket, who is capable of batting as per the situation.
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