Rohit Sharma Breaks World Record for Most Sixes as Captain in International Cricket

The hitman of the Indian cricket team, Rohit Sharma, has scored 234 sixes in 124 International matches for the Indian team as a skipper. He became the highest six-hitter as a skipper in the International Cricket. Eoin Morgan is next to him on this list ending his international career after hitting 233 sixes in 198 matches for the England side.

Read the given article that covers all the details about Rohit Sharma breaking this international record of maximum sixes as a captain. 

Rohit Sharma International Captaincy Record 2024

Rohit Sharma is an amazing Indian cricketer who captained the team in multiple formats. On the 2nd of August (Friday), Rohit Sharma overstepped Eoin Morgan’s record of hitting the most sixes in International cricket as a skipper. Sharma also holds the record for the maximum Player of the Match titles in the IPL tournament history. 

During India’s tour to Sri Lanka series first ODI match on 2nd August, Rohit Sharma created a half-century. He made this fifty in 47 balls and smashed 58 runs. In this match, he hit seven 4s and three 6s. 

After smashing the maximum 6s in the opening of this ODI series match, Sharma broke the exclusive record of Eoin Morgan as a skipper. Rohit Sharma now is at the top position in the list of Captains with Maximum Sixes in International Cricket. He is an unbeatable Indian batter who is an international cricketer and captained the Indian national team. He has been successful as a captain in both International and domestic cricket.

In this same first ODI match, Rohit Sharma also became the 2nd Indian opener to smash a total of 15,000 runs in international cricket. 

Rohit Sharma International Sixes 2024 

Rohit Sharma (Born on 30 April 1987), has 234 sixes in the International career account from 124 matches played as an Indian skipper. Eoin Morgan is next to him on this list ending his international career after hitting 233 sixes from 198 games played for the England side. 

Eoin Morgan led the England side to the ODI World Cup trophy back in 2019. He ended his career with this match. Next on this list is another Indian skipper, M.S. Dhoni, with 211 sixes in his account in 332 matches played. 

Following Dhoni, Ricky Ponting from Australia is in the 4th position on this list with 171 sixes in 324 matches. The 5th on this same list is Brendon McCullum from New Zealand with 170 sixes in 121 matches. 

Rohit Sharma in the Six-hitter list of International Cricket

Rohit Sharma, a right-handed batter, has a record of hitting maximum sixes in International Cricket as a skipper. He has ended his T20I career with 205 sixes in 159 matches. He has 84 and 326 sixes in his professional account in 59 Tests and 263 ODIs, respectively. 

Shahid Afridi from Pakistan has a record of maximum sixes i.e. 351 in ODI international cricket. Rohit Sharma broke Chris Gayle’s record in this list as the latter was net to Afridi in the list in second position with 331 sixes. On 4th August (Sunday), Rohit Sharma also completed 331 sixes the record of the maximum sixes in ODI international cricket. 

Rohit Sharma ODI Career 2024

On 23rd June 2007, Rohit Sharma made his ODI debut for the Indian side in a match against Ireland. He has smashed 10,767 runs in his account in 263 ODIs. He also surpassed Rahul Dravid’s record and became India’s fourth-leading run-scorer in ODIs. Rahul Dravid, former Indian coach, has this record with 10,768 runs. 

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