Muhammad Wasim made a new world record: Whenever a record or a world record related to sixes comes up in international cricket, the faces of Rohit Sharma, Chris Gayle and Shahid Afridi come to mind in everyone’s mind, but the real sixer king of 2023 is someone else, who has made the world record in his name. Have done.
Muhammad Wasim made the world record of hitting sixes:-
Till date, no player has been able to score a century of sixes in a year, but in 2023, a player from United Arab Emirates i.e. UAE has done so and Rohit Sharma is left behind.
The world record of hitting most sixes in a year in international cricket has now been registered in the name of UAE cricket team captain Muhammad Wasim. Not only this, Muhammad Wasim is the only player in the world who has hit 100 or more sixes in international cricket in a year. Rohit Sharma is at second, third, fourth and sixth position in this list, but he has never hit 80 or more sixes in a calendar season.
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Muhammad Wasim hit 101 sixes :-
Muhammad Wasim has hit a total of 101 sixes in international cricket in 2023. At the same time, Rohit Sharma has hit 80 sixes in international cricket this year. Wasim has played only ODI and T20I cricket, whereas Rohit Sharma focused on Test and ODI cricket. This year he did not play a single T20 International match. Rohit Sharma hit 78 sixes in 2019 and 74 sixes in 2018. Whereas, Suryakumar Yadav had hit 74 sixes in 2022. Rohit had hit 65 sixes in 2017.
Players who hit the most sixes in a year :-
- 101 sixes – Muhammad Wasim (for UAE in 2023)
- 80 sixes – Rohit Sharma (for India in 2023)
- 78 sixes – Rohit Sharma (for India in 2019)
- 74 sixes – Rohit Sharma (for India in 2018)
- 74 sixes – Suryakumar Yadav (for India in 2022)
- 65 sixes – Rohit Sharma (for India in 2017)
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