Suryakumar Yadav surpassed MS Dhoni on the T20 six-hitting charts. (BCCI)
India T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav on Sunday surpassed MS Dhoni on the all-time T20 six-hitting charts during Mumbai’s Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy final against Madhya Pradesh in Bengaluru.
Suryakumar overtook Dhoni to take the third spot among Indian six-hitters in all T20 cricket, with his 339th maximum in his 304th T20 match. Suryakumar made his T20 debut in 2010 and only made his maiden T20I appearance for India in 2021.
Since then, Suryakumar has amassed over 2570 runs in the international T20 format in 74 innings with four hundreds and 21 fifties. Suryakumar has smashed 145 T20I sixes, only second to former captain Rohit Sharma’s tally 205 maximums in 151 innings.
Overall, Rohit leads the charts with 525 T20 sixes among Indians. He is followed by Virat Kohli with 416 sixes in 382 innings, with Suryakumar ranking third. Among active batters, Sanju Samson is next on the charts with 334 sixes in 277 appearances.
Suryakumar has been regarded as one of the most devastating T20 batters. He launched 85 maximums in 2022, an Indian calendar year record only surpassed by Abhishek Sharma this season. Suryakumar is the only Indian batter to amass 70-plus sixes in two calendar years, having crossed the mark in 2023 as well.
Most T20 sixes for India
525 (435 innings) – Rohit Sharma
416 (382) – Virat Kohli
339* (280) – Suryakumar Yadav
338 (342) – MS Dhoni
334 (277) – Sanju Samson
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