Nicholas Pooran breaks Chris Gayle’s T20 six-hitting record in a Calendar year

Nicholas Pooran breaks Chris Gayle’s T20 six-hitting record in a Calendar year

Nicholas Pooran of West Indies has an aggregate of 139 boundary sixes in T20s in 2024, the most by any batsman in the format in a calendar year. He went past Chris Gayle’s 2015 record of 135, when he struck the sixth of his nine boundary sixes on the way to a 43-ball 97 against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in CPL 2024.

Nicholas Pooran of West Indies has represented the following teams in Twenty20 games. Durban’s Super Giants, Lucknow Super Giants, MI Emirates, MI New York, Northern Superchargers (Men), Rangpur Riders, Trinbago Knight Riders, West Indies

There are eight occasions of batsmen scoring 100 plus boundary sixes by a batsman in a calendar year in the history of Twenty20 games. All such occasions are detailed below. CH Gayle has scored 100 plus boundary sixes in a calendar year on six occasions.

NoPlayerYear6s
1N Pooran2024139
2CH Gayle2015135
3CH Gayle2012121
4CH Gayle2011116
5CH Gayle2016112
6CH Gayle2017101
7AD Russell2019101
8CH Gayle2013100

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