Among active players, six-hitting maestro Rohit Sharma holds the record for 22 sixes in the Asia Cup in a span time from 2008-2023. Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya holds the first position with 23 sixes (1990-2008)
Pull shot specialist Rohit Sharma is the only player to complete 250 sixes in ODI cricket as an opener. Rohit Sharma is just 70 runs away from becoming the third Indian opener to score 13000 runs in international cricket after Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag
Rohit Sharma is also the first Indian to complete 10 fifty-plus scores in the Asia Cup. Recently, he scored fifty in a match against Nepal
Apart from these records, Rohit's heroics against Sri Lanka back in November 2014 are still unbroken. He scored 264 runs in 173 deliveries at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Rohit smashed 33 fours and 9 sixes and his innings ended with a strike rate of 152.60
In the upcoming clash between India and Pakistan, people will have an eye on Rohit Sharma given his streak of hitting huge sixes. Currently, he has 273 sixes in his name
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