A large T20 international record of former Indian team veteran Rohit Sharma has been broken. His name was the world record of hitting the most sixes as captain in this format. Which has been broken by UAE captain Muhammad Wasim. Rohit’s name was the record for the highest 105 sixes in T20 International.
But, now Wasim set a record of hitting 110 sixes as captain in a T20 match against Afghanistan played on Monday. He achieved this position by hitting 6 sixes against the Afghan team. Muhammad Wasim scored 67 runs in 37 balls against Afghanistan. But despite his team lost by 38 runs.
Afghanistan defeated UAE by 38 runs in the third match of the T20 tri -series being played in the UAE. The UAE won the toss in this match and decided to bowl first. The Afghan team batted and took 188 losing 4 wickets on the board. The team played a half -century innings of Sedikullah Atal (54 runs) and Ibrahim Jadaran (63 runs). Chasing the target, the UAE team was reduced to just 150 runs. For the team, captain Muhammad Wasim scored 67 runs and Rahul Chopra scored an unbeaten 52 runs. Rashid Khan and Shafuddin Ashraf took 3-3 wickets for Afghanistan.
Who is the top-6 Six Hitter as captain?
Muhammad Wasim (UAE)- 110 sixes
Rohit Sharma (India)- 105 sixes
ON Morgan (England)- 86 sixes
Aaron Finch (Australia)- 82 sixes
Kadowaki Fleming (Japan)- 79 sixes
Joss Butler (England)- 69 sixes
At the same time, Rohit Sharma is currently the highest sixes batsman in T20 International. After him, Muhammad Wasim’s name comes in this list. Who has hit 176 sixes in 80 matches. Rohit has hit the highest 205 sixes in 159 matches in this format. Talking about his T20 International record, Rohit has scored 4232 runs in 159 matches with an average of 32.05.