Rohit Sharma surpassed MS Dhoni Record of Hitting Most Sixes in ODI

Rohit Sharma Equals MS Dhoni Record

rohit sharma 209 v Australia

Most Sixes in ODI:- In the 3rd ODI against New Zealand, when Rohit Sharma hit two maximum in his 62 runs, unknowingly he joined the elite club of most sixes by an Indian player. As he hit the second maximum, he surpassed MS Dhoni record of most sixes in ODI. Currently, He has now banged 244 sixes in 224 ODI’s, whereas MS Dhoni took 350 ODI matches to bang 229 sixes.

Most No. of Sixes for India

1. Rohit Sharma 244 Sixes
2. MS Dhoni 229 Sixes
3. Sachin Tendulkar 195 Sixes
4. Sourav Ganguly 190 Sixes
5. Yuvraj Singh 155 Sixes
6. Virender Sehwag 136 Sixes
7. Virat Kohli 121 Sixes
8.Suresh Raina 120 Sixes
9. Ajay Jadeja 85 Sixes
10. Mohammed Azharuddin 77 Sixes

ms dhoni

In total MS Dhoni has smashed 229 sixes in 350 ODI matches, the rest 7 sixes came against World XI while playing for Asia XI. Although, MS Dhoni is still active in the ODI circuit and will add to his tally in the fourth and fifth ODI. Rohit Sharma now jointly hold the record of most sixes (215 sixes) followed by MS Dhoni (229 sixes) Sachin Tendulkar (195 sixes), Sourav Ganguly (190 sixes) and Yuvraj Singh (155 sixes).

Most Sixes in ODI

In the meanwhile, Rohit Sharma also became the 10th Indian to score 10,000 List A runs in 260 innings. He is the fourth fastest to reach the milestone only Virat Kohli (219 innings), Sourav Ganguly (252 innings) and Sachin Tendulkar (257 innings) are ahead of him.

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