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    Rohit Sharma now has the second most sixes in international cricket

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    Indian captain Rohit Sharma created another feat, of having the second most sixes in international cricket in his latest match against West Indies. The match was held in Florida. Apart from this, he also finished his 16000 international runs. he’s the seventh player to do so.

    Rohit Sharma had opened the innings along with Suryakumar Yadav in the fourth T20I match against West Indies. He mustered a total of 33 runs out of 16 balls. He had hit three sixes to take his score to 477 international sixes defeating the tally of Shahid Afridi. He’s now behind Chris Gayle who has a total of 553 sixes attached to his name in international cricket.

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    He also entered the club of most international runs for India. His knock of 33 runs out of 16 deliveries helped him achieve this. Sachin Tendulkar has the highest international runs of 34357. The place is sealed by his contemporary Rahul Dravid. It’s very tough for any cricketer to break Sachin’s record.

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    Most sixes in International cricket

    PlayerInningsSixes
    Chris Gayle551553
    Rohit Sharma427477
    Shahid Afridi508476
    Brendon McCullum474398
    Martin Guptill393379
    MS Dhoni526359
    Sanath Jayasuriya651352
    Eoin Morgan361346
    AB de Villiers484328
    Jos Buttler316275

    Most runs scored by a player from India in the international format

    PlayerInningsRuns
    Sachin Tendulkar78234357
    Rahul Dravid59924064
    Virat Kohli51723726
    Sourav Ganguly48518433
    MS Dhoni52317092
    Virender Sehwag43116892
    Rohit Sharma42716000
    Mohammad Azharuddin45515593
    Sunil Gavaskar31613214
    Yuvraj Singh38811686

    In their latest T20 series against West Indies, India won the first game, the second one was won by the opponent and then India won the third game. The fourth game was again won by India and now the team leads by 3-1, though they have already won the series.

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