T20 World Cup 2022: 5 longest sixes in history of mega event

3. Andre Russell (111 m)

When it comes to smashing huge sixes, the absence of West Indian batters from the list is almost unlikely. In T20 World Cups, followers of the game have witnessed the ability of  West Indian batters to play monstrous strokes. From Chris Gayle to Carlos Braithwaite, every batter has had the ability to clear the ropes easily but when it comes to sending it to the farthest, Andre Russell seems to be winning the battle.

Contesting against Australia in a Super 12 match of the T20 World Cup 2021, West Indian batters were struggling to amass runs against Aussie bowlers, but with the arrival of Andre Russell at the crease, things changed as the big man played a cameo of 18 runs off just seven deliveries by thrashing two sixes, with one of them becoming the third-most colossal maximum in T20 World Cups.

In the last over of the West Indies innings, Russel turned out as a threat for Aussie pacer Mitchell Starc as the right-hander known for butchering bowlers wreaked havoc on the speedster by hitting two sixes on the last two deliveries of the innings. His six on the penultimate ball went a mind-boggling 111 meters away.