Top 10 batsmen with most sixes in first 10 overs (In Last 10 years)

Top 10 batsmen with most sixes in first 10 overs (In Last 10 years): The top order plays a really crucial role in every teams’ batting and it helps their cause big time when the ones batting higher in the order strike. It is almost an unwritten rule that the two most exponential batsmen in the squad will open the innings and the one to follow at number three is more often than not the best batsman in the squad. With the field restriction on in the first 10 over’s, the changed approach and two new balls at both the ends, help these strikers blow it clean and out of the park at every opportunity that they see. These modern day batsmen get lit up even with the slightest of width or even a minute angular chance of getting underneath the ball and thus we see so many sixes being hit these days right at the start of the innings. Here are the top 10 batsmen with most sixes in the first 10 overs in the last decade. 10. Adam Gilchrist (Australia) 20 Adam Gilchrist the Australian opener among the several records he created in the last decade where he clearly dominated the bowling. (Photo Souce: Getty Images ) Adam Gilchrist the Australian opener among the several records he created in the last decade where he clearly dominated the bowling. Australia had the best batting pair in Mathew Hayden and Gilly, the two had the license of going for it. Gilchrist has hit 20 sixes in the last 10 years. 9. Hamilton Masakadza (Zimbabwe) 21 Zimbabwe cricket has been on the lower side for the last decade. (Photo Source: AFP) Zimbabwe cricket has been on the lower side for the last decade or so but one of the positives that they can take for now is the way they have performed in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. Hamiltion Masakadza can be proud of this record too, he has struck 21 sixes in ODI cricket in the said duration. 8. Jesse Ryder (New Zealand) 26 Jesse Ryder has seen so much in his cricketing career for New Zealand, he was once the prime of their batting line-up to be sidelined later. (Photo Source:Associated Press) Jesse Ryder has seen so much in his cricketing career for New Zealand, he was once the prime of their batting line-up to be sidelined later. He also was attacked by unknown people which almost served a life threatening blow; he was induced in coma is back to playing the game now. All these while the quality of cricket that he played reflects with him having a reference here for the 26 sixes that he has hit. 7. Paul Stirling (Ireland) 28 Irish cricket is rising and the world is taking a note of it, though they only get an opportunity to showcase their talent and skill at ICC mega events but is noteworthy.(Photo Source:ICC) Irish cricket is rising and the world is taking a note of it, though they only get an opportunity to showcase their talent and skill at ICC mega events but is noteworthy. Paul Stirling the 24 year old right-hand batsman has played 53 ODIs for Ireland and has blown 28 sixes. 6. Martin Guptill (New Zealand) 32 Martin Guptill and Brendon McCullum has been the one of the best things going around in New Zealand cricket. (Photo Source: Getty Images) Martin Guptill and Brendon McCullum has been the one of the best things going around in New Zealand cricket. Guptill has his own style of batting and can clear the ground at will. Fearless batting, clean hitting is the feature of his innings and in the last decade he has hit 32 sixes in the first ten over’s in ODI cricket. 5. Virender Sehwag (India) 32 Virender Sehwag is regarded as one of the best batsmen that have opened the innings for the Indian cricket team. (Photo Source: AFP) Virender Sehwag is regarded as one of the best batsmen that have opened the innings for the Indian cricket team. Sehwag has played some unbelievable innings and the point of attraction is his ability to take the bowlers to the task. He does not think much about the game and simply goes there and plays the best way that he can. Sehwag was never a man of sixes and still he has 32 of them registered to his name. 4. Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) 33 Sanath Jayasuria is among the best strikers of the cricket ball that we have seen. (Photo Source: Charly Booker) Sanath Jayasuria is among the best strikers of the cricket ball that we have seen. Sri Lankan cricket owes a lot to this man and he would take the entire pressure off the team with his batting right at the start of the innings. Jayasuriya has struck 33 maximums in the last ten years in ODI cricket. 3. Shane Watson (Australia) 34 Shane Watson once he gets going has the ability to clear the ropes at will. Once he gets hold of the ball it surely lands deep into the stands. (Photo Source: BCCI) Shane Watson once he gets going has the ability to clear the ropes at will. Once he gets hold of the ball it surely lands deep into the stands. Watson the Australian all-rounder has grown his reputation as an overall match winner though is facing a slump in form at the moment but surely is a much better player and these numbers (34 sixes) suggest that as well. 2. Brendon McCullum (New Zealand) 66 If there is one batsman who can walk the talk and change the course of the game from ball one in international cricket at the moment it has to be Brendon McCullum.(Photo Source: Getty Images) If there is one batsman who can walk the talk and change the course of the game from ball one in international cricket at the moment it has to be Brendon McCullum. The New Zealand captain has played a key strategical and batting role in New Zealand’s recent success in limited over’s cricket. He has 66 sixes registered to his name in the last ten years in one day international cricket. 1. Chris Gayle (West Indies) 80 Chris Gayle is the man of sixes; he likes to deal in boundaries and sixes and trusts his Muscular Caribbean blows to get him runs. (Photo Source: WICB Media/Randy Brooks ) Chris Gayle is the man of sixes; he likes to deal in boundaries and sixes and trusts his Muscular Caribbean blows to get him runs. When Gayle gets going people compare it with a storm and thus the term Gayle Storm started to be used. We have seen many of them in the shortest format but he has been impactful in the ODIs as well. Chris Gayle is among the leading six hitters overall in ODIs and also has added 80 sixes to his tally in the last decade. (Also Read Top 10 highest individual scores in an ODI innings without a six) (*All Stats Updated Till 28th Feb 2015)