Top 10 Teams With Most Sixes In International Cricket

Top 10 Teams With Most Sixes In International Cricket: Sixes in Cricket are quite much inherent to entertainment portions of the game and throughout the years, we have seen a number of teams with deadly instincts. Players like Yuvraj Singh, Herschelle Gibbs managed to hit 6 sixes in a single over on occasions. Also, players like Gayle, Rohit Sharma has blistered as many as 16 sixes in a single ODI innings, which happens to be simply stunning. But since the gentleman’s game is considered as a team game first, let us twist and turn some statistics and spend some time in loitering over the total number of sixes being hit by teams in international Cricket. Top 10 Teams with most sixes in international Cricket: 10 – Bangladesh, 1069: Bangladesh. (Photo Source: AFP) The Bangladeshis have been emerging in the World Cricket at the moment and are craving a respected stature for themselves in the international cricketing sphere. In a total of 460 matches, the Bangladeshis have managed to strike a total of 1069 sixes. Bangladesh played their first World Cup in 1996 and have been improving since then. In the World Cup, 2015 they had made it up to the quarter finals and due to the presence of blistering talents like Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal and others, they are progressing at a healthy rate in international cricket. Also Read – Top 8 Players with most ducks on the first ball of an innings in ODIs 9 – Zimbabwe, 1420: Zimbabwe. (© Getty Images) The Zimbabweans were considered a respectable side in the late nineties and they had quite a number of batting talents in the likes of the Flower Brothers, Stuart Carlise, Alastair Campbell and others. In fact, the inventor of the scoop shots, Douglas Marillier hailed from this country. In a total of 616 matches, the Zimbabweans have managed to strike a total of 1420 sixes. 8 – Sri Lanka, 2245: Sri Lanka. ( © Getty Images) The Sri Lankans were not much known for aggressive ploys in batting till the introduction of Sanath Jayasuriya, Marvan Atapattu, Romesh Kaluvitarana and Aravinda de Silva in international cricket. Jayasuriya was the player who started the trend of going full ante in the powerplay overs. In fact, the Sri Lankans have produced quite a few aggressive players since then in the likes of Dilshan, Sangakkara and Jayawardene. 7 – South Africa, 2752: South Africa. (© Getty Images) South Africa rose as a strength in World Cricket since the 1992 World Cup. This side has produced some of the greatest batsmen in World Cricket and they possessed dominating prowess in their batting. There have been players like Kallis, Klusener, Graeme Smith, Herschelle Gibbs, Gary Kirsten and others who have hit a considerable amount of sixes. Also, the Father of Inventory shots, AB de Villiers, hail from this country and players like him, David Miller, Faf du Plessis and JP Duminy have been catalytic to six hitting. 6 – England, 3137: England. (© Getty Images) The English players have managed to play aggressive cricket to a decent extent. The T20 World Champions of 2010 possess a total of 3137 sixes in 1714 international matches. Due to the evolution of T20 cricket at the county level almost over a decade ago, the Englishmen have coped up well to blistering instincts and have managed things to quite a fair level in international cricket. 5 – New Zealand, 3488: New Zealand. (© Getty Images) The Kiwis have mastered in aggressive batting for throughout the years and in the early days, players like Martin Crowe, Nathan Astle, Chris Cairns and others did set the bar high for aggressive batting for the Kiwis. The legacy has been well carried on by the blistering batsmen of this age in the likes of McCullum, Guptill, Eliott, Ronchi, Anderson and others. Thus, the Kiwis hold a firm position in this list and the frequency of sixes is expected to increase at an alarming rate in the near future. 4 – India, 3579: India. (Photo Source: BCCI) The Indian team never lacked the presence of quality batsmen. With the passage of time, evolved the era of blistering batsmen for the Men in Blue. Guys like Sehwag, Yuvraj, Sourav, Sachin, Dhoni and the list goes on, have been sublime when it came to aggressive batting and hitting sixes. In fact, the Indians hold a bulk of the records when it comes to six hitting. Sachin, Dhoni and Sourav are amongst the leading six hitters in international cricket. Yuvraj attained the distinct feat of smacking six sixes in an over. Also Read – Top 10 Teams with Most Sixes in ODI Cricket 3 – Pakistan, 3597: Pakistan. (© Getty Images) Pakistan has produced a number of hard hitters of the ball for throughout the years. In fact, Shahid Khan Afridi has hit the most number of sixes in international cricket with 465 sixes. Also, in early days, due to the presence of the attacking brilliance of Javed Miandad, Inzamam Ul Haq and others. Pakistan has prospered in this list to a considerable extent. 2 – Australia, 3956: Australia. (© Getty Images) Throughout the years, we have seen the obvious aggressive mindsets in the batting from the Australian batsmen. A team capable of scoring 359 runs in a World Cup final encompasses sheer brilliance for sure. In fact, with the possession of players like Hayden, Gilchrist, Ponting and others, the Aussies have struck 3956 sixes in international cricket. 1 – West Indies, 4006: West Indies. (© Getty Images) When the question is about sixes, it is quite obvious, that the West Indians would be leading the chart. The trend started from the days of Sir Viv Richards when he revolutionized the cricketing sphere by his constant hitting and continues today with the likes of Chris Gayle leading the six hitters charts from the front. After the Viv era came in the blistering likes of Brian Charles Lara and now, with the auspicious audacities of players like Chris Gayle, Darren Sammy, Dwayne Smith, Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell, the count has been increasing at an alarming rate. Also Read – Top 10 Teams With Most Sixes In T20 Internationals (All Stats updated till 7th March, 2016)