Five Indian batsmen with more than 100 T20I sixes
Five Indian batsmen have each cleared the 100-sixes mark in Twenty20 International cricket as of 19 October 2026. Rohit Sharma leads the group with 205 sixes, followed by Yadav with 179, Abhishek Sharma with 142, Hardik Pandya with 126 and Virat Kohli with 124.
T20 cricket’s emphasis on big hitting has driven its rise in popularity since India won the inaugural ICC T20 World Cup in 2007, a development the article links to the sport’s return to the Olympic programme at the LA Olympics 2028. The format is singled out in the source for its entertainment value and aggressive six-hitting, and India are noted as the only team with three T20 World Cup wins (2007, 2024, 2026).
Rohit Sharma is listed as India’s top six-hitter in T20Is with 205 sixes and more than 4,200 runs in the format. The article records his role as T20 World Cup 2024 and Champions Trophy 2025 winning captain, and states he holds the most sixes in ODI history (363*), the second highest total in IPL history (323*), and the second highest in T20I history (205); it also notes he has struck 39 sixes against West Indies in 22 innings, 29 against Australia, and 27 against New Zealand in 22 innings.
Yadav is described as having played 113 matches, scored more than 3,200 runs at a strike rate of 160, and hit 179 sixes. The piece identifies him as the ICC T20 World Cup winning captain in 2026 and credits him with a significant role in the 2024 campaign; it also lists his six-hitting breakdown against opponents — 29 versus New Zealand and 25 each against Australia, South Africa and West Indies — and records that he has 25 half-centuries and four centuries.
Abhishek Sharma is credited in the article as the fastest Indian to reach 100 T20I sixes by deliveries faced, accomplishing the mark in 785 balls. The source states his four sixes in the first England v India T20I helped him enter this group, that he is the fifth Indian batter to reach the milestone, and that he currently has 142 sixes.
Hardik Pandya is identified as the sole lower-order batsman among the five and is described as a power-hitter and finisher since his debut. The article states he is the only T20 all-rounder with more than 2,000 runs and 100 wickets, that he played a central role in India’s 2024 and 2026 T20 World Cup campaigns, has won five IPL titles, and has hit 126 sixes in T20Is.
Virat Kohli is recorded as the fastest Indian to reach 1,000 T20I runs, doing so in 27 innings, and the source recalls his Player of the Tournament award at the 2016 T20 World Cup for a 273-run return in five innings at an average of 136. The article notes he was Player of the Match in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 final after scoring 76 in the final, and states he has hit 124 sixes and “sits fourth on this list.”
The source frames these individual six-hitting tallies within the broader rise of T20 cricket and its global footprint, noting that the format’s popularity has contributed to cricket’s return to the Olympics at the LA Olympics 2028.