CH Gayle owns the record for scoring ten or more sixes in an innings on most occasions

CH Gayle owns the record for scoring ten or more sixes in an innings on most occasions

CH Gayle of West Indies scored 12 boundary sixes in his knock of 135 against England at Bridgetown on 20 Feb 2019 to provide the 25th occasion of a batsman scoring ten or more boundary sixes in an innings in a one day international.  All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs 6s Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 ST Jayasuriya 134 11 1 Srl Pak Singapore 02 Apr 1996
2 Shahid Afridi 102 11 1 Pak Srl Nairobi Gym) 04 Oct 1996
3 MS Dhoni 183* 10 2 Ind Srl Jaipur 31 Oct 2005
4 MV Boucher 147* 10 1 RSA Zim Potchefstroom 20 Sep 2006
5 ML Hayden 181* 10 1 Aus NZl Hamilton 20 Feb 2007
6 BB McCullum 166 10 1 NZl Ire Aberdeen 01 Jul 2008
7 XM Marshall 157* 12 1 Win Can King City NW) 22 Aug 2008
8 Abdul Razzaq 109* 10 2 Pak RSA Abu Dhabi 31 Oct 2010
9 SR Watson 185* 15 2 Aus Ban Dhaka 11 Apr 2011
10 KA Pollard 119 10 2 Win Ind Chennai 11 Dec 2011
11 RG Sharma 209 16 1 Ind Aus Bengaluru 02 Nov 2013
12 CJ Anderson 131* 14 1 NZl Win Queenstown 01 Jan 2014
13 D Ramdin 169 11 1 Win Ban Basseterre 25 Aug 2014
14 AD Mathews 139* 10 1 Srl Ind Ranchi 16 Nov 2014
15 AB de Villiers 149 16 1 RSA Win Johannesburg 18 Jan 2015
16 CH Gayle 215 16 1 Win Zim Canberra 24 Feb 2015
17 MJ Guptill 237* 11 1 NZl Win Wellington 21 Mar 2015
18 AB de Villiers 119 11 1 RSA Ind Mumbai 25 Oct 2015
19 Q de Kock 178 11 2 RSA Aus Centurion 30 Sep 2016
20 MP Stoinis 146* 11 2 Aus NZl Auckland 30 Jan 2017
21 MJ Guptill 180* 11 2 NZl RSA Hamilton 01 Mar 2017
22 RG Sharma 208* 12 1 Ind Srl Mohali 13 Dec 2017
23 CH Gayle 123 11 1 Win UAE Harare 06 Mar 2018
24 NLTC Perera 140 13 2 Srl NZl Mt Maunganui 05 Jan 2019
25 CH Gayle 135 12 1 Win Eng Bridgetown 20 Feb 2019

CH Gayle owns the record for scoring ten or more sixes in an innings on most occasions. He has performed the feat on three occasions. His effort at Bridgetown was  third occasions. He went past AB de Villiers, MJ Guptill and RG Sharma who had performed the feat on two occasions. The following table lists the performance of these four batsmen.

No Player Runs 6s Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 CH Gayle 215 16 1 Win Zim Canberra 24 Feb 2015
2 CH Gayle 123 11 1 Win UAE Harare 06 Mar 2018
3 CH Gayle 135 12 1 Win Eng Bridgetown 20 Feb 2019
                 
1 AB de Villiers 149 16 1 RSA Win Johannesburg 18 Jan 2015
2 AB de Villiers 119 11 1 RSA Ind Mumbai 25 Oct 2015
                 
1 MJ Guptill 237* 11 1 NZl Win Wellington 21 Mar 2015
2 MJ Guptill 180* 11 2 NZl RSA Hamilton 01 Mar 2017
                 
1 RG Sharma 209 16 1 Ind Aus Bengaluru 02 Nov 2013
2 RG Sharma 208* 12 1 Ind Srl Mohali 13 Dec 2017

CH Gayle’s effort against England at Bridgetown on 20 Feb 19 provides the sixth occasion of a West Indies batsman scoring ten or more sixes in an innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs 6s Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 XM Marshall 157* 12 1 Win Can King City NW) 22 Aug 2008
2 KA Pollard 119 10 2 Win Ind Chennai 11 Dec 2011
3 D Ramdin 169 11 1 Win Ban Basseterre 25 Aug 2014
4 CH Gayle 215 16 1 Win Zim Canberra 24 Feb 2015
5 CH Gayle 123 11 1 Win UAE Harare 06 Mar 2018
6 CH Gayle 135 12 1 Win Eng Bridgetown 20 Feb 2019

There are eight occasions of a batsman scoring twelve or more sixes  in  an innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs 6s Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 RG Sharma 209 16 1 Ind Aus Bengaluru 02 Nov 2013
2 AB de Villiers 149 16 1 RSA Win Johannesburg 18 Jan 2015
3 CH Gayle 215 16 1 Win Zim Canberra 24 Feb 2015
4 SR Watson 185* 15 2 Aus Ban Dhaka 11 Apr 2011
5 CJ Anderson 131* 14 1 NZl Win Queenstown 01 Jan 2014
6 NLTC Perera 140 13 2 Srl NZl Mt Maunganui 05 Jan 2019
7 XM Marshall 157* 12 1 Win Can King City NW) 22 Aug 2008
8 RG Sharma 208* 12 1 Ind Srl Mohali 13 Dec 2017
9 CH Gayle 135 12 1 Win Eng Bridgetown 20 Feb 2019

CH  Gayle and RG Shama share the record for scoring twelve  or more sixes in an innings on two occasions.

No Player Runs 6s Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 CH Gayle 215 16 1 Win Zim Canberra 24 Feb 2015
2 CH Gayle 135 12 1 Win Eng Bridgetown 20 Feb 2019
                 
                 
1 RG Sharma 209 16 1 Ind Aus Bengaluru 02 Nov 2013
2 RG Sharma 208* 12 1 Ind Srl Mohali 13 Dec 2017

RG Shama, AB  de Villiers and CH Gayle own the record for scoring most sixes in an innings. All the three batsmen have scored 16 sixes in an innings.

No Player Runs 6s Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 RG Sharma 209 16 1 Ind Aus Bengaluru 02 Nov 2013
2 AB de Villiers 149 16 1 RSA Win Johannesburg 18 Jan 2015
3 CH Gayle 215 16 1 Win Zim Canberra 24 Feb 2015
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