Most Sixes in a Single Season of ODI World Cup

A single World Cup season is a great chance for every batter to show his potential and Gayle did this in 2015. Chris Gayle set the record for most sixes 26 in a single season of the World Cup. Not only Gayle but every batter look for the most runs and sixes, bowlers look for the most wickets, and fielders look for the most catches.

Every player begins training for the World Cup before the tournament begins to achieve their goals and break records. Since we are focusing on the most sixes in a single WC season, every batsman wants to achieve or break this record.

Most sixes record is sometimes broken by top batters or specialized hitters. A specialized hitter or all-rounder is considered best for this job. After analyzing the data, We discovered that most sixes records are broken or set by openers. Those openers are Chris Gayle, Martin Guptill, Sourav Ganguly, Aaron Finch and Matthew Hayden.

Chris Gayle | 26

Chris Gayle smashed 26 sixes in the single season of World Cup 2015. Before Gayle, Sourav Ganguly was the record holder of most sixes in a single WC, set in the 2003 WC. This is the same World Cup when Chris Gayle set the record of the first ever double century in World Cup history.
Overall, two innings contributed to Chris Gayle’s record of 26 sixes in the World Cup. Here is the list of seasonal sixes of Chris Gayle’s World Cup sixes.

Eoin Morgan | 22

Eoin Morgan smashed 22 sixes in World Cup 2019 for England. Although he did not break Chris Gayle’s record, he did break and set a new record for scoring the most sixes in a single World Cup.

Overall, his World Cup batting strike rate was 111 in the season. Most of Eoin Morgan’s matches went without six in the World Cup. Only three matches helped Eoin Morgan to win the hearts of fans by hitting sixes all around the ground. His 17 hits against Afghanistan are the highest sixes in a world cup match by any batter.

AB De Villiers | 21

In World Cup 2015, AB De Villiers set the record for most sixes 21 for South Africa in the World Cup. AB De Villers showed his 360 degree potential with the bat and hit a six in almost every World Cup match of 2015.

He hit a maximum 08 sixes in an innings that came against West Indies at Sydney. 162* came in that innings of the World Cup against West Indies.

Matthew Hayden | 18

Sourav Ganguly set a World Cup record of 15 sixes in 2003, and guess who broke it? Matthew Hayden, Australia’s greatest left arm opener, was the player. He smashed 18 sixes in the World Cup 2007. All of Matthew Hayden’s batting efforts pushed Australia to World Cup victory in 2007.

He scored 659 runs in 11 matches in WC 2007. Here is the sixes record of Matthew Hayden in World Cup 2007.

Aaron Finch | 18

Aaron Finch scored the highest ever WC season sixes 18 in the 2019 ODI World Cup. His maximum sixes 05 in an innings came against Sri Lanka.

Overall, on average he hit a six in every World Cup match played for Australia. Here is the list of his sixe in every match of World Cup 2019.