IPL 2024: In the 29th match of IPL 2024, Chennai Super Kings defeated Mumbai Indians by 20 runs. Batting first, CSK scored 204 runs on the board after losing 4 wickets, in reply MI could only reach 186 runs. This is MI’s fourth defeat of the season, it has lost four out of six matches. Even though Mumbai lost the match, Rohit Sharma won the hearts of the fans by scoring a century. He scored 105 runs in 63 balls, which included 11 fours and 5 sixes.
Rohit Sharma has created a new history in T20 format on the basis of this innings. Has become the first Indian cricketer to hit 500 sixes in T20. No Indian had accomplished this feat before him. Rohit has tremendous ability to hit sixes, hence people also call him Hitman.
Rohit completed 500 sixes in his T20 career with the third six of his innings against Chennai Super Kings. He achieved this feat on the bowling of Ravindra Jadeja. Before Rohit, there were only 4 batsmen in world cricket who had hit more than 500 sixes in T20. Rohit became the 5th batsman to do so.
Top 5 batsmen who hit most sixes in T20 cricket
Chris Gayle – 1056 sixes Kieron Pollard – 860 sixes Andre Russell – 678 sixes Colin Munro – 578 sixes Rohit Sharma – 501 sixes
Rohit is the sixer king of T20 International
The first name in the list of hitting most sixes in T20 cricket is Chris Gayle, who has hit more than 1000 sixes in T20 cricket. Rohit Sharma is at the first place in the list of batsmen who have hit the most sixes in T20 International, who has hit a total of 190 sixes.