Most sixes in a calendar year in men’s T20Is

T20 is the most entertaining and demanding format in world cricket right now. Depositing the ball into the stands is the need of the hour for batters playing this fast and action-packed format. On the international stage, hitting the most maximums on a consistent basis throughout a year is a tough ask but few top-quality right-handed batters have achieved it and they feature in this article.

Let’s take a look at the batters with the most sixes in T20Is in a calendar year: (Top 3) (Full-members)

3.Martin Guptill (41 in 2021)

Martin Guptill, who has smashed the second-most sixes (173) overall after Rohit Sharma (182), finds himself in the third position for hitting the most maximums in a calendar year. The destructive right-handed New Zealand opener hit 41 maximums and 53 fours in 18 innings in the year 2021. Guptill amassed 678 runs at an average of 37.66 and a strike rate of 145.49 with five half-centuries and the highest score of 97.

2.Mohammad Rizwan (42 in 2021)

Pakistan’s wicketkeeper batter Mohammad Rizwan is second in the chart for the most sixes in a calendar year. The right-handed opener played 29 matches in 2021 and deposited the ball 42 times. In 26 innings, Rizwan hammered 1326 runs with 119 fours at an average of 73.66, a strike rate of 134.89 with one century and 12 half-centuries, and the highest score of 104*. Notably, Rizwan’s runs and 50-plus scores are the highest by any batter in a year.

1.Suryakumar Yadav (68 in 2022)

India’s Suryakumar Yadav is enjoying a fruitful 2022 year, especially in the T20I format. The right-handed batter now holds the record for smashing most sixes in the shortest international format in a calendar year. Suryakumar Yadav has mustered 1164 runs in 31 innings with 68 maximums and 106 fours. His average and strike rate are 46.56 and 187.43 respectively In T20Is in 2022. He has slammed two hundred and nine fifties with the highest score of 117. Yadav became the second batter ever to amass 1000 runs in a calendar year.