Who hit the longest six in Cricket World Cup 2023? Biggest sixes in ODI CWC 2023 listed

19-11-2023
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The most awaited contest of the year is finally here!

The 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup has begun with a bang and batsmen are piling up runs with some hard-hitting boundaries and maximums.

Rohit Sharma, India’s captain, already surpassed Chris Gayle’s record of most sixes in international cricket.

In terms of most number of sixes in the tournament, its Australia's Glenn Maxwell who leads the chart along with Rohit Sharma.

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Some of these sixes have been monstrous, especially from big-hitters like Mitchell Marsh and Heinrich Klassen.

Biggest six in 2023 ODI Cricket World Cup

The biggest six of the World Cup so far has come from the bat of Darryl Mitchell against India in the World Cup semifinal at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. The Kiwi launched Ravindra Jadeja over long on for a monstrous hit that almost went out of the stadium.

Shreyas Iyer's six against Kasun Rajitha of Sri Lanka is the second longest.

Player Team Six Distance Opponent Venue
Daryl Mitchell New Zealand 107m India Mumbai
Shreyas Iyer India 106m Sri Lanka Mumbai
Glenn Maxwell Australia 104m New Zealand Dharamsala
KL Rahul India 104m New Zealand Mumbai
Shreyas Iyer India 101m Afghanistan Delhi
Fakhar Zaman Pakistan 99m Bangladesh Kolkata

Who has scored the most sixes at 2023 Cricket World Cup?

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma has been hitting sixes for fun at the 2023 World Cup so far. He's hit 20 sixes so far and is leading this pack. Explosive Aussie opener David Warner who has managed to clear the ropes 19 times already in this World Cup is not far behind though.

Player Team Sixes Hit
Rohit Sharma India 31
Shreyas Iyer India 24
David Warner Australia 24
Glenn Maxwell Australia 22
Daryl Mitchell New Zealand 22
Quinton de Kock South Africa 21
David Miller South Africa 20
Mitch Marsh Australia 20
Heinrich Klassen South Africa 19
Fakhar Zaman Pakistan 18

Who has scored most sixes in World Cups (overall)?

It is Rohit Sharma who leads this list as well, the six-hitting monster that he is. West Indian legend Chris Gayle sits second on this list.

Player Team Sixes
Rohit Sharma India 51
Chris Gayle West Indies 49
Glenn Maxwell Australia 43
David Warner Australia 41
AB de Villiers South Africa 37
David Miller South Africa 35
Ricky Ponting Australia 31
Brendon McCullum New Zealand 29
Herschelle Gibbs South Africa 28
Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 27

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