Rohit Sharma Scales the Six-Summit in ODI Cricket

352 sixes for Rohit Sharma in ODIs is the most for anyone in the format, surpassing Shahid Afridi's tally of 351. Chris Gayle (331) is the only other with 300-plus maximums in the format.

Overall, Rohit has hit 645 sixes in international cricket, well clear of the next best: 553 by Chris Gayle. He holds the record in T20Is, with 205 hits over the rope, having announced his retirement from the format after leading India to the T20 World Cup triumph last year. His 88 sixes in Tests is the third-most among India batters, after Rishabh Pant's 94 and Virender Sehwag's 91.

126 sixes by Rohit as captain is the joint second-most for any captain in ODIs, alongside as many for MS Dhoni and only behind Eoin Morgan (147). Ricky Ponting (123) and AB de Villiers (118) round off the top five.

93 sixes for Rohit against Australia is the most for anyone against an opponent, followed by Chris Gayle's 85 against England. Afridi (63 vs Sri Lanka, 51 vs India and 50 vs New Zealand) and Rohit (58 vs Sri Lanka) are the two players with 50-plus sixes against multiple teams in ODIs.

67 sixes by Rohit in 2023 is the most for anyone in a calendar year in ODIs, followed by 58 for de Villiers in 2015 and 56 for Gayle in 2019—all World Cup years.

182 sixes for Rohit in India is also the most for anyone in a country. Gayle (147), Martin Guptill (132), Brendon McCullum (126), Dhoni (123) and Eoin Morgan (116) are the other batters with 100-plus maximums in a country in ODIs—all at home.

16 sixes for Rohit during his first of three double hundreds against Australia in Bengaluru in 2013 is a joint-record for any ODI innings, one less than Morgan's 17 against Afghanistan in Manchester during the 2019 World Cup.

Most sixes in an ODI innings

23 sixes for Rohit during the 2013 home series against Australia is the second-most in any bilateral ODI series, only behind Gayle's 39 against England in the Caribbean in 2019.

54 sixes for Rohit in ODI World Cups is the most for anyone in the competition's history, followed by Gayle's 49.

He hit 31 of them during India's run to the final in 2023—the most for anyone in a single edition—surpassing Gayle's 26 from 2015.

Rohit has hit 232 sixes against pace and 120 against spin, the highest on respective counts where ball-by-ball data is available. Gayle, with 213 against pace and 110 against spin, occupies the second spot on both fronts.

130 maximums by Rohit in the first 10 overs of an innings is second only to Gayle's 153 in that phase in ODIs where ball-by-ball data is available. He leads the count in Overs 11-40 with 170, followed by Gayle's 153. Dhoni leads the way in Overs 41-50 with 139, followed by Jos Buttler's 102.

Rohit has hit a staggering 64 sixes in the first 10 overs in ODIs since 2023, well clear of the second-best (26 by Travis Head) in the timeframe.

140 of Rohit's sixes in the format have come via the pull or the hook shot, the next most for anyone with any particular stroke in ODIs (where ball-by-ball data is available). 112 of those have come against the quicks, including the one off Marco Jansen that got him to the milestone. A measure of the extent to which Rohit has made the stroke his own: next most sixes for a batter with the pull stroke against pace is 48 by Gayle.

More than half of his sixes in ODIs have come across the backward square leg and the mid-wicket region.

Rohit's sixes wagon-wheel in ODIs (vs pace and spin combined)