5 players with most sixes per innings in T20Is

T20 cricket has revolutionized the way cricket is played and looked at. But if there’s one thing that T20 cricket has certainly improved, it is definitely the six-hitting abilities of the cricketers. Batsmen have become powerful with the advent of T20 cricket. While the shorter boundaries and big bats have helped to an extent, the skill and power still needs to be there for a player to clear the fence.

The fans simply love watching the big hits and T20 cricket is more often than not defined by those big shots which clear the rope. Today, power-hitting is certainly one of the most vital components in the limited-overs game, especially T20 cricket. One can barely see a T20 game without sixes and there are certain batsmen who simply love clearing the ropes.

Hence, here we look back at some of the players who have the most sixes per innings ratio in T20 Internationals.

Note – Minimum of 20 innings

#5 Shane Watson

83 sixes in 56 innings (1.48)

Shane Watson may not look the most eye-catching player but he possessed some brute power. And on his day, he could smash the opposition bowlers with ease and take the game away in no time.

Watson had a very successful career for Australia and finished as one of the best all-rounders to have donned the Australia shirt, especially in white-ball cricket. He played over 300 international games and scored over 10,000 runs across formats. He had an excellent knack of breaking partnerships as well and was a very effective bowler. The Queenslander took close to 300 wickets in international cricket.

One quality of Watson was that he could belt the bowling around and clear the ground with ease. He had this knack of hitting sixes effortlessly. In 56 T20I innings, the pace-bowling all-rounder struck 83 sixes which makes him the fifth on the list of batsmen with the most sixes per innings.