Cricket is a world-famous sport, and its popularity is rapidly increasing day by day. Now, it is to be added to the Olympic games, and the Olympic committee has officially announced it. Cricket has its records, like other sports. So today, we are going to discuss one special record, and that is the most sixes by a team in ODI.
Cricket has 3 popular formats, and ODI is one of them. In ODI, both teams play 50-50 overs. The other formats are the test match and the t20 match. We can say to ODI that it is a mixture of t20 and test match. It is a one-day game, but it has so many interesting records. We are to discuss one of them.
The Most Sixes by a Team in ODI by 2023
We have created a list of the top 10 ODI teams on the record of most sixes in ODI by a team.
10. Bangladesh
In our list, Bangladesh comes in 10 positions, and it has played 400+ matches so far. Bangladesh superstar batsman Tamim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan have contributed to this record. Bangladesh has hit 900+ sixes so far. It has been a tough competitor for other teams in big tournaments like the World Cup and Asia Cup.
9. Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is an African continental team. They had started their journey in 1983. This team has not been the favourite as champion, but this team had very talented players like the famous Flowers brothers Andy Flower & Grant Flower and the former captain Brendan Taylor. They have played 550+ matches since 1983 and hit a tremendous 1300+ sixes.
8. Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is a champion team; they won the 1996 World Cup against Australia. This team had so many legends of cricket like Sanath Jayasuriya, Marven Attapattu, Aravinda de Silva, Muttiah Murlidharan, & so many more. This list is so long, and it is increasing. But the past few years have not been good for Sri Lanka’s cricket.
They have played 900+ matches and hit an unbelievable 1800+ sixes. Sanath Jayasuriya and Aravinda de Silva have contributed most to these sixes.
7. South Africa
South Africa has come in 6 positions in this list. But it is the most unfortunate team. They qualified 3 to 4 times in the World Cup semifinal, but they never won the World Cup. Instead of this, they have a record to chase the highest total of 436 in an ODI against Australia.
South Africa produced a lot of power hitters like Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, & more. South Africa played 650+ matches and hit 1950+ monstrous sixes. AB de Villiers hit the most sixes.
6. England
England deserves a better position, but currently, they hold 5 places in most sixes by a team in ODI. They won their first World Cup in 2009. England is known for their attacking cricket. They have played 750+ matches and hit 2000+ skyscraper sixes. The former England captain Eoin Morgan has made the highest contribution in this record.
5. New Zealand
New Zealand holds 5 positions in this list. They never won the World Cup, but they were runner-up in the 2015 and 2019 World Cups. They have played very good cricket under the captaincy of Kane Williamson for the last few years.
New Zealand played 800+ ODI matches so far and smashed 2400+ big sixes. Brendon Mecullam got 1 position, and Martin Guptill got the number 2 position to hit the maximum sixes in New Zealand.
4. Australia
Australia has been the most successful team in Cricket. Australia won the World Cup 6 times: in 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015, and 2023. They are also famous for fighting on the ground. Australia has given so many legends in Cricket, Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne, Brett Lee, & more.
Australia has played 950+ matches and hit 2400+ giant sixes. Ricky Ponting smashed most sixes.
3. Pakistan
Pakistan won the ODI World Cup of 1992. They have played 950+ matches and smashed 2500+ sixes as a team.
Pakistan is known for the best bowling in the world. They had bowling legends Wasim Akram, Shoaib Akhtar, Imran Khan, Waqar Younis, and more. But they produced powerful hitters, too. Shahid Afridi comes in 1 position to hit the maximum sixes in the Pakistani team. He also comes into the top 3 batsmen in the world to hit maximum sixes in ODI.
2. West Indies
West Indies has possessed the number 2 position in most sixes in ODI by a team. This team has so many powerful hitter batters. The powerful hitters are Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Andre Russel, Darren Sammy, and so many more.
This team won the ODI World Cup 2 times, in 1975 and 1979. They played 850+ matches so far and smashed 2950+ Giants sixes. This team is also known for hitting powerful and longest sixes.
1. India
Currently, India holds a record for most sixes by a team in ODI. They have hit 3000+ sixes and won the World Cup 2 times, in 1983 and 2011. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been the successful captain of the Indian team.
So many players have contributed to this record. Rohit Sharma holds the number 1 position to smash the most sixes in ODI as a batsman in India. He comes in the top 3 batters to hit the most sixes in ODI as a batsman.
