5 Indian players with most sixes in T20 Internationals
Cricket today is almost entirely a batsman's game. Flat pitches, small boundaries and bigger bats have tilted the game heavily in favor of the batsmen. The bowlers have got nowhere to hide and, the advent of T20s, where the batsmen go after them from the first ball itself have made it even more difficult.
The T20 format has brought about a revolution where the bowlers are more than grateful to keep the run rate down, rather than to take wickets. India made a wonderful foray into the shortest format of the game, winning the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007.
Over the years India is blessed to have got some big hitters in their line up who are capable of clearing any boundary in the world. So, who are the Indian players with the most number of sixes in T20s? Let us have a look:
#5 Virat Kohli (41)
The skipper of the U19 winning squad of 2008, Virat Kohli has come a long way and, is arguably the best batsman in world cricket today. Passionate, hardworking and extremely talented Virat Kohli, has emerged as the next big superstar of Indian cricket. He is the only batsman in world cricket today with a batting average above 49 in all the three formats of the game.
As a batsman, he is technically astute and can play any shot in the book. He is extremely hot-headed and he channelizes all his energy in his batting. A terrific runner between the wickets, Kohli is always on the lookout for runs - consistently converting ones into twos and twos into threes if boundaries are not available.
Even in T20s Kohli rarely alters his game. Unlike some of his fellow cricketers, he relies more on timing and placement rather than brute force. He made his T20I debut for India in 2010 and since then he has been a cornerstone of India's batting.
In 57 matches so far he has hit 41 sixes so far. That tally is likely to increase rapidly the next time he plays in any T20 International for India.