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Rohit Sharma’s old record of hitting most sixes in the T20 International format has been broken as Austrian batsman Karanbir Singh has claimed the No. 1 spot in the rankings. With 207 sixes, Karanbir Singh is now the batsman with the most number of sixes in the shortest format of the game.
Karanbir Singh broke the record of former India captain Rohit Sharma during Austria’s match against Hungary on Sunday, June 28. Austria national cricket team captain Karanbir hit twelve sixes in this match and rewrote history in world cricket.
When was the record made?
Last Sunday, Austria faced Hungary in the T20 match. Batting first, with the help of Karanbir’s inning of 164 runs in 57 balls, Austria made an excellent score of 322 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs.
A score of over 300 was too much for Hungary in a 20-over match. Team’s opener Karanbir Singh played a brilliant inning of 164 runs with the help of 18 fours and 12 sixes. Hungary had no answer to the huge score. They were all out for 165 runs and Austria won the match by 157 runs.
Who is Karanbir Singh and why is he special for Austria cricket team?
The captain of the Austria cricket team is considered to be the pride of the team as he holds several international records in the T20I format. Breaking Rohit Sharma’s record is the latest in his list of achievements.
With 205 sixes in 151 innings, Rohit Sharma was the batsman with the most number of sixes in the T20I format. Karanbir crossed this milestone in just 59 innings. Since the Austrian batsman is 30 years old with still a few more years left in his international career, his total number of sixes is expected to increase further.
List of top 10 batsmen with most sixes in T20I:
207 – Karanbir Singh (Austria, 59 innings)
205 – Rohit Sharma (India, 151 innings)
196 – Muhammad Wasim (United Arab Emirates, 99 innings)
179 – Suryakumar Yadav (India, 107 innings)
175 – Jos Buttler (England, 143 innings)
173 – Martin Guptill (New Zealand, 118 innings)
166 – Babar Hayat (Hong Kong, 108 innings)
157 – Syed Aziz (Malaysia, 119 innings)
156 – Rovman Powell (West Indies, 106 innings)
150 – Glenn Maxwell (Australia, 118 innings)
Karanbir Singh’s T20I career in brief
Karanbir is in excellent form and is scoring runs easily for the national cricket team. In his last five matches for Austria, the right-handed batsman recorded one century and one half-century. The last half-century he scored was against Hungary on the same date.
His overall batting statistics are also very impressive, as he has scored 2533 runs in 60 matches and 59 innings at an average of 48.71 and a strike rate of 175.41. According to ESPN Cricinfo, during this period the batsman has confirmed an impressive number of four centuries and twenty half-centuries.
It is noteworthy that Karanbir is the all-time leading run scorer for Austria in T20Is. In 2025, the batsman scored 1,488 runs, which was also a record in a calendar year.