<strong>Top 10 Batsmen with most sixes in ODI cricket: </strong>If there is something most entertaining in cricket it has to be a six. Batsmen love it, the spectators loves it, the scoreboard runs quicker as well the two guys who unlike it should be the bowler for getting hit and the umpire (in a lighter sense) toughest act for him. It’s not a cake walk either; the bowlers keep on challenging the batsmen with new and varied balls. The ball moves around, swings, turns and behaves like it wants too. The batsmen still have to set themselves in for it, find the right area, timing, control and elevation to sail the ball into the stands for a six.

It is an art to hit a six and the players we are discussion off are the best at it. The top 10 players with most sixes in ODI cricket, it is a regulation act for them and is a real threat for any bowling attack. Though many among these have hung up their boots from International cricket there are some who are still live. Let’s go across and find out who are the top 10 batsmen with most sixes in ODI cricket.

<strong>10. Chris Cairns (New Zealand) 153:</strong>

<img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-7469 " src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Chris-Cairns1.jpg" alt="Chris Cairns flicks the ball into the stands for a six ( Image Source : Andrew Cornaga / © Photosport )" width="400" height="639" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7469" class="wp-caption-text">Chris Cairns would return the bowlers a heavy does with his six hitting prowess. ( Image Source : Andrew Cornaga / © Photosport )</figcaption>

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Chris Cairns is yet another New Zealander in this list of the batsmen with most sixes in ODI cricket. Cairns is at the 9<sup>th</sup> spot with 153 sixes recorded under his name and he has hit those in 215 One Day International matches. The former New Zealand all-rounder has been in news off late for all wrong reasons after he was subject to allegations from the ICC for involvement in match-fixing while playing for New Zealand and since then has been looked to at with disgrace.

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<strong>9. Ricky Ponting (Australia) 162:</strong>

<img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-7472 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Ricky-Ponting.jpg" alt="Ricky Ponting plays a pull shot for a six ( Image Source : Getty Images )" width="394" height="503" sizes="(max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7472" class="wp-caption-text">Ricky Ponting loved to treat the opposition bowlers with sixes . ( Image Source : Getty Images )</figcaption>

Ricky Ponting the former and one of the most celebrated Australian captain and batsman could be termed second to only Sachin Tendulkar when it came to accumulating runs. Ponting led the Australian team with aggression and with performance as base. He and his team virtually ruled cricket when other teams could at times just dream of beating Australia. Ponting also batted with similar force, the 162 sixes that he has hit in the 375 matches form a substantial part of the 13704 runs that he has made in ODI cricket.

<strong>8. AB de Villiers (South Africa) 187:</strong>

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/10/AB-De-Villiers-MS-Dhoni-India-vs-South-Africa-T20I.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-34731" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/AB-De-Villiers-MS-Dhoni-India-vs-South-Africa-T20I.jpg" alt="AB De Villiers MS Dhoni India vs South Africa T20I" width="640" height="438" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-34731" class="wp-caption-text">AB de Villiers. (Photo Source: BCCI)</figcaption>

<span class="_5yl5" data-reactid=".1y.$mid=11427956931432=2787640cd614ad01910.2:0.0.0.0.0"><span data-reactid=".1y.$mid=11427956931432=2787640cd614ad01910.2:0.0.0.0.0.0">If fans call him Mr. 360 they are not exaggerating, AB de Villiers does it; he can simply knock the ball out of the park with unbelievable range and angles. One of the toughest guys to set a field for, he carries amazing energy, zeal while on the field and it is evident by the power he generates in his shots. The South African ODI skipper has played 206 matches in which he has climbed the bowlers for 187 sixes.</span></span>

<strong>7. Sourav Ganguly (India) 190:</strong>

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/01/Sourav-Ganguly1.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-9457" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Sourav-Ganguly1.jpg" alt="Indian batsmen" width="640" height="448" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-9457" class="wp-caption-text">Sourav Ganguly. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption>

After Sachin Tendulkar, it is former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly in the list of batsmen with most sixes in ODI cricket. Ganguly loved hitting the ball into the stands as much as he loved batting. He was also termed the GOD of off-side by many who have been associated with cricket. Dada was a graceful batsman and relied more on his timing than power, he would dance down the track and loft bowlers for six over long on and long off and we can bet you would see a more beautiful stroke. The south paw has hit 190 sixes in his 15 years ODI career for India.

<strong>6. </strong><strong>Sachin Tendulkar (India) 195:</strong>

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/10/Sachin-Tendulkar-175-vs-Australia-ODI.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-35349 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Sachin-Tendulkar-175-vs-Australia-ODI.jpg" alt="5 Brilliant centuries" width="594" height="413" sizes="(max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-35349" class="wp-caption-text">Sachin Tendulkar. (© Getty Images)</figcaption>

If someone has played 463 One Day International games for his national team and stayed at the top of the game for 24 years he cannot miss out on any batting mainstream record. So here is the man with 4<sup>th</sup> highest sixes ever in ODI cricket the little man from India Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin just 5.5’ tall and not among the strongest was a text book batsman throughout his career and taught the world that you don’t need the strongest of frames and rashest of shots to score runs in cricket. Tendulkar in the 18426 runs that he has scored in ODI cricket has hit 195 sixes in it.

<strong>5. </strong><strong>MS Dhoni (India) 196:</strong>

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2014/11/MS-Dhoni.jpeg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-7025 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/MS-Dhoni.jpeg" alt="Dhoni is one of those batsmen known to hit sixes at will. (Photo Source: Getty Images)" width="436" height="612" sizes="(max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7025" class="wp-caption-text">Dhoni is one of those batsmen known to hit sixes at will. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption>

At number six is the six creator of the era, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The man who can hammer the best ball a bowler can ball a Yorker for a six with his signature Helicopter shot has to have a place of high in the sixes list. Though he is in the second half of it at present with 196 sixes registered to his name in 281 ODIs that he has played. Expect him to be somewhere at the top by the time he calls it a day from international cricket, for the rate and ease with which he has been hitting the monster blows off late. Dhoni who was initially a swashbuckling, ruthless hitter translated himself into a self-controlled yet volcanic batsman who has complete faith and belief in himself and launches a supreme submissive attack on his opponents when others loose nerves.

<strong>4. Brendon McCullum (New Zealand) 200:</strong>

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2014/11/Brendon-McCullum.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-6880" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Brendon-McCullum.jpg" alt="Brendon McCullum uses his quick hands and strong bottom hand to hit the ball out of the park. (Photo Source: Getty Images) " width="292" height="412" sizes="(max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-6880" class="wp-caption-text">Brendon McCullum uses his quick hands and strong bottom hand to hit the ball out of the park. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption>

Brendon McCullum has by now made himself a batting legend for New Zealand, once played triple roles of a batsman, wicket-keeper and skipper Baz was good at everything that he did. McCullum has one of the fastest pair of hands and move around so quickly with his bat in hand that the ball sometimes travels faster after the hit than what the bowler had initially bowled. He has scored 200 sixes in his ODI career of 260 matches so far and the counter is still ticking for more.

<strong>3. Chris Gayle (West Indies) 238:</strong>

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2014/08/Chris-Gayle.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-7176" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Chris-Gayle.jpg" alt="Chris Gayle hits the ball for a huge six ( Image Source : © WICB Media/Randy Brooks ) " width="400" height="482" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7176" class="wp-caption-text">If anybody can hit mightiest sixes it has to be Chris Gayle.( Image Source: © WICB Media/Randy Brooks )</figcaption>

Christopher Henry Gayle is the name of a storm in cricket now, fans like to call him and his hard hitting, ruthless batting style as the ‘Gayle Storm’ though the phenomenon was developed from his performances in T20 cricket one can simply not ignore his effect and contribution for West Indies. The destructive opener has seen the best and the worst phases in his career and by now is mature enough to not bother by anything and when he has his weapon in hand knows only one language i.e. of sixes. Gayle has hit 230 sixes for West Indies so far in ODI cricket.

<strong>2. Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) 270:</strong>

<img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-7466 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Sanath-Jayasuriya.jpg" alt="Sri Lankan devastating opener Sanath Jaysuriya hits the ball into the air for a huge six (Image Source : AFP )" width="480" height="393" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7466" class="wp-caption-text">Sanath Jayasuriya backed his power and timing to hit those big sixes. (Image Source : AFP )</figcaption>

Sanath Jayasuriya is the man to be credited for the evolution and destructive style of batting. Opening batting was redefined by the Sri Lankan opener and he just loved to rip apart the bowler when they were at their best. Slightest of width or missed line would receive the harshest treatment. Jayasuriya would hit sixes at will and all over the ground, making no difference in the way he treated the pacers and spinner, greeted them in similar fashion. He has hit as many as 270 sixes in his international ODI career and is the second best in this feature.

<strong>1. Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) 351:</strong>

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2014/12/Shahid-Afridi.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-7461 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Shahid-Afridi.jpg" alt="Shahid Afridi goes over the top for a huge six (Image Source : AFP)" width="420" height="592" sizes="(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7461" class="wp-caption-text">Shahid Afridi goes over the top for a huge six (Image Source : AFP)</figcaption>

The table topper, right at the top of the charts is Pakistan all-rounder the <a title="LookBack: Shahid Afridi’s ODI career" href="http://www.crictracker.com/lookback-shahid-afridis-odi-career/" target="_blank"><strong>BOOM BOOM man Shahid Afridi</strong></a>. Afridi in the early years of his career was a better off batsman than a bowler. And for the most part of his 18 years old career elapsing into 396 ODI games bowlers have thought of him as their biggest threat in the Pakistan batting lineup. Though the likes of Younis Khan, Mohammad Younis are their most consistent batsmen Afridi had the capability to swing the tide of the match on his own and in very little time. He never took time to get his eye in and was right at the job, hitting sixes was a regulation for him and no doubt he is way beyond the reach of the other 9 people in the league with him as he has amassed 351 sixes in his career.

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<em><strong>(All stats updated till 23rd October 2016)<br></strong></em>

<p><strong>Top 10 Batsmen with most sixes in ODI cricket:&nbsp;</strong>If there is something most entertaining in cricket it has to be a six. Batsmen love it, the spectators loves it, the scoreboard runs quicker as well the two guys who unlike it should be the bowler for getting hit and the umpire (in a lighter sense) toughest act for him. It’s not a cake walk either; the bowlers keep on challenging the batsmen with new and varied balls. The ball moves around, swings, turns&nbsp;and behaves like it wants too. The batsmen still have to set themselves in for it, find the right area, timing, control and elevation to sail the ball into the stands for a six.</p>
<p>It is an art to hit a six and the players we are discussion off are the best at it. The top 10 players with most sixes in ODI cricket, it is a regulation act for them and is a real threat for any bowling attack. Though many among these have hung up their boots from International cricket there are some who are still live. Let’s go across and find out who are the top 10 batsmen with most sixes in ODI cricket.</p>
<h4><strong>10. Chris Cairns (New Zealand) 153:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_7469" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7469" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="wp-image-7469 " src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Chris-Cairns1.jpg" alt="Chris Cairns flicks the ball into the stands for a six ( Image Source : Andrew Cornaga / © Photosport )" width="400" height="639" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7469" class="wp-caption-text">Chris Cairns would return the bowlers a heavy does with his six hitting prowess. ( Image Source : Andrew Cornaga / © Photosport )</figcaption></figure>
<p class="wp-more-tag mce-wp-nextpage" title="Page break" data-wp-more="nextpage" data-mce-placeholder="1">Chris Cairns is yet another New Zealander in this list of the batsmen with most sixes in ODI cricket. Cairns is at the 9<sup>th</sup> spot with 153 sixes recorded under his name and he has hit those in 215 One Day International matches. The former New Zealand all-rounder has been in news off late for all wrong reasons after he was subject to allegations from the ICC for involvement in match-fixing while playing for New Zealand and since then has been looked to at with disgrace.</p>
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<h4><strong>9. Ricky Ponting (Australia) 162:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_7472" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7472" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="wp-image-7472 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Ricky-Ponting.jpg" alt="Ricky Ponting plays a pull shot for a six ( Image Source : Getty Images )" width="394" height="503" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7472" class="wp-caption-text">Ricky Ponting loved to treat the opposition bowlers with sixes . ( Image Source : Getty Images )</figcaption></figure>
<p>Ricky Ponting the former and one of the most celebrated Australian captain and batsman could be termed second to only Sachin Tendulkar when it came to accumulating runs. Ponting led the Australian team with aggression and with performance as base. He and his team virtually ruled cricket when other teams could at times just dream of beating Australia. Ponting also batted with similar force, the 162 sixes that he has hit in the 375 matches form a substantial part of the 13704 runs that he has made in ODI cricket.</p>
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<h4><strong>8. AB de Villiers (South Africa) 187:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_34731" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-34731" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/10/AB-De-Villiers-MS-Dhoni-India-vs-South-Africa-T20I.jpg"><amp-img class="wp-image-34731" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/AB-De-Villiers-MS-Dhoni-India-vs-South-Africa-T20I.jpg" alt="AB De Villiers MS Dhoni India vs South Africa T20I" width="640" height="438" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-34731" class="wp-caption-text">AB de Villiers. (Photo Source: BCCI)</figcaption></figure>
<p><span class="_5yl5" data-reactid=".1y.$mid=11427956931432=2787640cd614ad01910.2:0.0.0.0.0"><span data-reactid=".1y.$mid=11427956931432=2787640cd614ad01910.2:0.0.0.0.0.0">If fans call him Mr. 360 they are not exaggerating, AB de Villiers does it; he can simply knock the ball out of the park with unbelievable range and angles. One of the toughest guys to set a field for, he carries amazing energy, zeal while on the field and it is evident by the power he generates in his shots. The South African ODI skipper has played 206 matches in which he has climbed the bowlers for 187 sixes.</span></span></p>
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<h4><strong>7. Sourav Ganguly (India) 190:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_9457" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-9457" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/01/Sourav-Ganguly1.jpg"><amp-img class="wp-image-9457" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Sourav-Ganguly1.jpg" alt="Indian batsmen" width="640" height="448" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-9457" class="wp-caption-text">Sourav Ganguly. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>After Sachin Tendulkar, it is former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly in the list of batsmen with most sixes in ODI cricket. Ganguly loved hitting the ball into the stands as much as he loved batting. He was also termed the GOD of off-side by many who have been associated with cricket. Dada was a graceful batsman and relied more on his timing than power, he would dance down the track and loft bowlers for six over long on and long off and we can bet you would see a more beautiful stroke. The south paw has hit 190 sixes in his 15 years ODI career for India.</p>
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<h4><strong>6.&nbsp;</strong><strong>Sachin Tendulkar (India) 195:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_35349" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-35349" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/10/Sachin-Tendulkar-175-vs-Australia-ODI.jpg"><amp-img class="wp-image-35349 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Sachin-Tendulkar-175-vs-Australia-ODI.jpg" alt="5 Brilliant centuries" width="594" height="413" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-35349" class="wp-caption-text">Sachin Tendulkar. (© Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>If someone has played 463 One Day International games for his national team and stayed at the top of the game for 24 years he cannot miss out on any batting mainstream record. So here is the man with 4<sup>th</sup> highest sixes ever in ODI cricket the little man from India Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin just 5.5’ tall and not among the strongest was a text book batsman throughout his career and taught the world that you don’t need the strongest of frames and rashest of shots to score runs in cricket. Tendulkar in the 18426 runs that he has scored in ODI cricket has hit 195 sixes in it.</p>
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<h4><strong>5. </strong><strong>MS Dhoni (India) 196:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_7025" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7025" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2014/11/MS-Dhoni.jpeg"><amp-img class="wp-image-7025 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/MS-Dhoni.jpeg" alt="Dhoni is one of those batsmen known to hit sixes at will. (Photo Source: Getty Images)" width="436" height="612" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7025" class="wp-caption-text">Dhoni is one of those batsmen known to hit sixes at will. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>At number six is the six creator of the era, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The man who can hammer the best ball a bowler can ball a Yorker for a six with his signature Helicopter shot has to have a place of high in the sixes list. Though he is in the second half of it at present with 196 sixes registered to his name in 281 ODIs that he has played. Expect him to be somewhere at the top by the time he calls it a day from international cricket, for the rate and ease with which he has been hitting the monster blows off late. Dhoni who was initially a swashbuckling, ruthless hitter translated himself into a self-controlled yet volcanic batsman who has complete faith and belief in himself and launches a supreme submissive attack on his opponents when others loose nerves.</p>
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<h4><strong>4. Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)&nbsp;200:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_6880" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-6880" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2014/11/Brendon-McCullum.jpg"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-6880" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Brendon-McCullum.jpg" alt="Brendon McCullum uses his quick hands and strong bottom hand to hit the ball out of the park. (Photo Source: Getty Images) " width="292" height="412" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-6880" class="wp-caption-text">Brendon McCullum uses his quick hands and strong bottom hand to hit the ball out of the park. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Brendon McCullum has by now made himself a batting legend for New Zealand, once played triple roles of a batsman, wicket-keeper and skipper Baz was good at everything that he did. McCullum has one of the fastest pair of hands and move around so quickly with his bat in hand that the ball sometimes travels faster after the hit than what the bowler had initially bowled. He has scored 200 sixes in his ODI career of 260 matches so far and the counter is still ticking for more.</p>
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<h4><strong>3. Chris Gayle (West Indies) 238:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_7176" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7176" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2014/08/Chris-Gayle.jpg"><amp-img class="wp-image-7176" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Chris-Gayle.jpg" alt="Chris Gayle hits the ball for a huge six ( Image Source : © WICB Media/Randy Brooks ) " width="400" height="482" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7176" class="wp-caption-text">If anybody can hit mightiest sixes it has to be Chris Gayle.( Image Source: © WICB Media/Randy Brooks )</figcaption></figure>
<p>Christopher Henry Gayle is the name of a storm in cricket now, fans like to call him and his hard hitting, ruthless batting style as the ‘Gayle Storm’ though the phenomenon was developed from his performances in T20 cricket one can simply not ignore his effect and contribution for West Indies. The destructive opener has seen the best and the worst phases in his career and by now is mature enough to not bother by anything and when he has his weapon in hand knows only one language i.e. of sixes. Gayle has hit 230 sixes for West Indies so far in ODI cricket.</p>
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<h4><strong>2. Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) 270:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_7466" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7466" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="wp-image-7466 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Sanath-Jayasuriya.jpg" alt="Sri Lankan devastating opener Sanath Jaysuriya hits the ball into the air for a huge six (Image Source : AFP )" width="480" height="393" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7466" class="wp-caption-text">Sanath Jayasuriya backed his power and timing to hit those big sixes. (Image Source : AFP )</figcaption></figure>
<p>Sanath Jayasuriya is the man to be credited for the evolution and destructive style of batting. Opening batting was redefined by the Sri Lankan opener and he just loved to rip apart the bowler when they were at their best. Slightest of width or missed line would receive the harshest treatment. Jayasuriya would hit sixes at will and all over the ground, making no difference in the way he treated the pacers and spinner, greeted them in similar fashion. He has hit as many as 270 sixes in his international ODI career and is the second best in this feature.</p>
<h4><strong>1. Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) 351:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_7461" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7461" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2014/12/Shahid-Afridi.jpg"><amp-img class="wp-image-7461 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Shahid-Afridi.jpg" alt="Shahid Afridi goes over the top for a huge six (Image Source : AFP)" width="420" height="592" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7461" class="wp-caption-text">Shahid Afridi goes over the top for a huge six (Image Source : AFP)</figcaption></figure>
<p>The table topper, right at the top of the charts is Pakistan all-rounder the <a title="LookBack: Shahid Afridi’s ODI career" href="http://www.crictracker.com/lookback-shahid-afridis-odi-career/" target="_blank"><strong>BOOM BOOM man Shahid Afridi</strong></a>. Afridi in the early years of his career was a better off batsman than a bowler. And for the most part of his 18 years old career elapsing into 396 ODI games bowlers have thought of him as their biggest threat in the Pakistan batting lineup. Though the likes of Younis Khan, Mohammad Younis are their most consistent batsmen Afridi had the capability to swing the tide of the match on his own and in very little time. He never took time to get his eye in and was right at the job, hitting sixes was a regulation for him and no doubt he is way beyond the reach of the other 9 people in the league with him as he has amassed 351 sixes in his career.</p>
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<p><em><strong>(All stats updated till 23rd October 2016)<br>
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<p><strong>Top 10 Batsmen with most sixes in ODI cricket: </strong>If there is something most entertaining in cricket it has to be a six. Batsmen love it, the spectators loves it, the scoreboard runs quicker as well the two guys who unlike it should be the bowler for getting hit and the umpire (in a lighter sense) toughest act for him. It’s not a cake walk either; the bowlers keep on challenging the batsmen with new and varied balls. The ball moves around, swings, turns and behaves like it wants too. The batsmen still have to set themselves in for it, find the right area, timing, control and elevation to sail the ball into the stands for a six.</p>
<p>It is an art to hit a six and the players we are discussion off are the best at it. The top 10 players with most sixes in ODI cricket, it is a regulation act for them and is a real threat for any bowling attack. Though many among these have hung up their boots from International cricket there are some who are still live. Let’s go across and find out who are the top 10 batsmen with most sixes in ODI cricket.</p>
<h4><strong>10. Chris Cairns (New Zealand) 153:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_7469" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7469" style="width: 400px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-7469 " src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Chris-Cairns1.jpg" alt="Chris Cairns flicks the ball into the stands for a six ( Image Source : Andrew Cornaga / © Photosport )" width="400" height="639" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7469" class="wp-caption-text">Chris Cairns would return the bowlers a heavy does with his six hitting prowess. ( Image Source : Andrew Cornaga / © Photosport )</figcaption></figure>
<p class="wp-more-tag mce-wp-nextpage" title="Page break" data-wp-more="nextpage" data-mce-placeholder="1">Chris Cairns is yet another New Zealander in this list of the batsmen with most sixes in ODI cricket. Cairns is at the 9<sup>th</sup> spot with 153 sixes recorded under his name and he has hit those in 215 One Day International matches. The former New Zealand all-rounder has been in news off late for all wrong reasons after he was subject to allegations from the ICC for involvement in match-fixing while playing for New Zealand and since then has been looked to at with disgrace.</p>
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<h4><strong>9. Ricky Ponting (Australia) 162:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_7472" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7472" style="width: 394px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-7472 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Ricky-Ponting.jpg" alt="Ricky Ponting plays a pull shot for a six ( Image Source : Getty Images )" width="394" height="503" sizes="(max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7472" class="wp-caption-text">Ricky Ponting loved to treat the opposition bowlers with sixes . ( Image Source : Getty Images )</figcaption></figure>
<p>Ricky Ponting the former and one of the most celebrated Australian captain and batsman could be termed second to only Sachin Tendulkar when it came to accumulating runs. Ponting led the Australian team with aggression and with performance as base. He and his team virtually ruled cricket when other teams could at times just dream of beating Australia. Ponting also batted with similar force, the 162 sixes that he has hit in the 375 matches form a substantial part of the 13704 runs that he has made in ODI cricket.</p>
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<h4><strong>8. AB de Villiers (South Africa) 187:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_34731" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-34731" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/10/AB-De-Villiers-MS-Dhoni-India-vs-South-Africa-T20I.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-34731" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/AB-De-Villiers-MS-Dhoni-India-vs-South-Africa-T20I.jpg" alt="AB De Villiers MS Dhoni India vs South Africa T20I" width="640" height="438" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-34731" class="wp-caption-text">AB de Villiers. (Photo Source: BCCI)</figcaption></figure>
<p><span class="_5yl5" data-reactid=".1y.$mid=11427956931432=2787640cd614ad01910.2:0.0.0.0.0"><span data-reactid=".1y.$mid=11427956931432=2787640cd614ad01910.2:0.0.0.0.0.0">If fans call him Mr. 360 they are not exaggerating, AB de Villiers does it; he can simply knock the ball out of the park with unbelievable range and angles. One of the toughest guys to set a field for, he carries amazing energy, zeal while on the field and it is evident by the power he generates in his shots. The South African ODI skipper has played 206 matches in which he has climbed the bowlers for 187 sixes.</span></span></p>
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<h4><strong>7. Sourav Ganguly (India) 190:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_9457" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-9457" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/01/Sourav-Ganguly1.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-9457" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Sourav-Ganguly1.jpg" alt="Indian batsmen" width="640" height="448" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-9457" class="wp-caption-text">Sourav Ganguly. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>After Sachin Tendulkar, it is former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly in the list of batsmen with most sixes in ODI cricket. Ganguly loved hitting the ball into the stands as much as he loved batting. He was also termed the GOD of off-side by many who have been associated with cricket. Dada was a graceful batsman and relied more on his timing than power, he would dance down the track and loft bowlers for six over long on and long off and we can bet you would see a more beautiful stroke. The south paw has hit 190 sixes in his 15 years ODI career for India.</p>
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<h4><strong>6. </strong><strong>Sachin Tendulkar (India) 195:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_35349" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-35349" style="width: 594px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/10/Sachin-Tendulkar-175-vs-Australia-ODI.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-35349 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Sachin-Tendulkar-175-vs-Australia-ODI.jpg" alt="5 Brilliant centuries" width="594" height="413" sizes="(max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-35349" class="wp-caption-text">Sachin Tendulkar. (© Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>If someone has played 463 One Day International games for his national team and stayed at the top of the game for 24 years he cannot miss out on any batting mainstream record. So here is the man with 4<sup>th</sup> highest sixes ever in ODI cricket the little man from India Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin just 5.5’ tall and not among the strongest was a text book batsman throughout his career and taught the world that you don’t need the strongest of frames and rashest of shots to score runs in cricket. Tendulkar in the 18426 runs that he has scored in ODI cricket has hit 195 sixes in it.</p>
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<h4><strong>5. </strong><strong>MS Dhoni (India) 196:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_7025" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7025" style="width: 436px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2014/11/MS-Dhoni.jpeg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-7025 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/MS-Dhoni.jpeg" alt="Dhoni is one of those batsmen known to hit sixes at will. (Photo Source: Getty Images)" width="436" height="612" sizes="(max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7025" class="wp-caption-text">Dhoni is one of those batsmen known to hit sixes at will. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>At number six is the six creator of the era, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The man who can hammer the best ball a bowler can ball a Yorker for a six with his signature Helicopter shot has to have a place of high in the sixes list. Though he is in the second half of it at present with 196 sixes registered to his name in 281 ODIs that he has played. Expect him to be somewhere at the top by the time he calls it a day from international cricket, for the rate and ease with which he has been hitting the monster blows off late. Dhoni who was initially a swashbuckling, ruthless hitter translated himself into a self-controlled yet volcanic batsman who has complete faith and belief in himself and launches a supreme submissive attack on his opponents when others loose nerves.</p>
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<h4><strong>4. Brendon McCullum (New Zealand) 200:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_6880" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-6880" style="width: 292px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2014/11/Brendon-McCullum.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-6880" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Brendon-McCullum.jpg" alt="Brendon McCullum uses his quick hands and strong bottom hand to hit the ball out of the park. (Photo Source: Getty Images) " width="292" height="412" sizes="(max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-6880" class="wp-caption-text">Brendon McCullum uses his quick hands and strong bottom hand to hit the ball out of the park. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Brendon McCullum has by now made himself a batting legend for New Zealand, once played triple roles of a batsman, wicket-keeper and skipper Baz was good at everything that he did. McCullum has one of the fastest pair of hands and move around so quickly with his bat in hand that the ball sometimes travels faster after the hit than what the bowler had initially bowled. He has scored 200 sixes in his ODI career of 260 matches so far and the counter is still ticking for more.</p>
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<h4><strong>3. Chris Gayle (West Indies) 238:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_7176" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7176" style="width: 400px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2014/08/Chris-Gayle.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-7176" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Chris-Gayle.jpg" alt="Chris Gayle hits the ball for a huge six ( Image Source : © WICB Media/Randy Brooks ) " width="400" height="482" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7176" class="wp-caption-text">If anybody can hit mightiest sixes it has to be Chris Gayle.( Image Source: © WICB Media/Randy Brooks )</figcaption></figure>
<p>Christopher Henry Gayle is the name of a storm in cricket now, fans like to call him and his hard hitting, ruthless batting style as the ‘Gayle Storm’ though the phenomenon was developed from his performances in T20 cricket one can simply not ignore his effect and contribution for West Indies. The destructive opener has seen the best and the worst phases in his career and by now is mature enough to not bother by anything and when he has his weapon in hand knows only one language i.e. of sixes. Gayle has hit 230 sixes for West Indies so far in ODI cricket.</p>
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<h4><strong>2. Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) 270:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_7466" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7466" style="width: 480px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-7466 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Sanath-Jayasuriya.jpg" alt="Sri Lankan devastating opener Sanath Jaysuriya hits the ball into the air for a huge six (Image Source : AFP )" width="480" height="393" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7466" class="wp-caption-text">Sanath Jayasuriya backed his power and timing to hit those big sixes. (Image Source : AFP )</figcaption></figure>
<p>Sanath Jayasuriya is the man to be credited for the evolution and destructive style of batting. Opening batting was redefined by the Sri Lankan opener and he just loved to rip apart the bowler when they were at their best. Slightest of width or missed line would receive the harshest treatment. Jayasuriya would hit sixes at will and all over the ground, making no difference in the way he treated the pacers and spinner, greeted them in similar fashion. He has hit as many as 270 sixes in his international ODI career and is the second best in this feature.</p>
<h4><strong>1. Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) 351:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_7461" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7461" style="width: 420px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2014/12/Shahid-Afridi.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-7461 size-full" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Shahid-Afridi.jpg" alt="Shahid Afridi goes over the top for a huge six (Image Source : AFP)" width="420" height="592" sizes="(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7461" class="wp-caption-text">Shahid Afridi goes over the top for a huge six (Image Source : AFP)</figcaption></figure>
<p>The table topper, right at the top of the charts is Pakistan all-rounder the <a title="LookBack: Shahid Afridi’s ODI career" href="http://www.crictracker.com/lookback-shahid-afridis-odi-career/" target="_blank"><strong>BOOM BOOM man Shahid Afridi</strong></a>. Afridi in the early years of his career was a better off batsman than a bowler. And for the most part of his 18 years old career elapsing into 396 ODI games bowlers have thought of him as their biggest threat in the Pakistan batting lineup. Though the likes of Younis Khan, Mohammad Younis are their most consistent batsmen Afridi had the capability to swing the tide of the match on his own and in very little time. He never took time to get his eye in and was right at the job, hitting sixes was a regulation for him and no doubt he is way beyond the reach of the other 9 people in the league with him as he has amassed 351 sixes in his career.</p>
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<p><em><strong>(All stats updated till 23rd October 2016)<br>
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Top 10 Batsmen with most sixes in ODI cricket

Top 10 Batsmen with most sixes in ODI cricket: If there is something most entertaining in cricket it has to be a six. Batsman loves it, the spectators loves it,