The most coveted cricket tournament of all time ICC Men’s World Cup has witnessed countless swashbuckling knocks played across all eleven edition so far. As social media and search engines are active ,abuzz with the World Cup news and information and the excitement is building ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.
In the ongoing World Cup, Currently England’s Captain Eoin Morgan leads the chart with 22 sixes. In particular, Morgan hit 17 of those sixes in a single innings against Afghanistan. Besides, his feat of 17 sixes is the most by any batsman in an ODI innings. The batsmen have hit more than 240 sixes till now.
Now, let us look at the batsmen who have managed to hit the ball over the ropes for the most number of times in the World Cup history.
5 Herschelle Gibbs
| Sixes | 28 |
| Innings | 23 |
| Batting Average | 56.15 |
| Runs | 1065 |
4 Brendon McCullum
| Sixes | 29 |
| Innings | 27 |
| Batting Average | 33.72 |
| Runs | 742 |
3 Ricky Ponting
| Sixes | 31 |
| Innings | 42 |
| Batting Average | 45.86 |
| Runs | 1743 |
2 AB de Villiers
| Sixes | 37 |
| Innings | 22 |
| Batting Average | 63.52 |
| Runs | 1207 |
1 Chris Gayle
| Sixes | 47 |
| Innings | 31 |
| Batting Average | 37.93 |
| Runs | 1138 |
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