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Record of most sixes by a batsman in T20 cricket career

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Brendon McCullum holds the record for most sixes by a batsman in T20 Cricket.

17 February 2005 was when first Twenty20 International cricket match was played, at Auckland where Australia beat the home team New Zealand by 44 runs. over years since that day, today, 28 May 2009, when we cricket fans have recently started to realize Twenty20 cricket is more than just "hit out" or "get out" game, big hits still receive the most applause.

Mind you, no more than a six you can hit off a single ball (unless it's a no-ball which will make it 7 runs off 1 ball). For Twenty20 matches, teams tend to select players with ability to the send ball out of the ground..

This gives us one obvious question == which batsman has hit most sixes in T20 cricket?

Brendon McCullum of New Zealand holds the record today with Yuvraj Singh of India close behind. Interestingly, as you can see in the table below, Yuvraj has played half as many games as Brendon. Another Kiwi, Ross Taylor, is also jumping up the ladder pretty quickly although third Kiwi in top 10 six hitters, Jacob Oram, has lost his touch a bit in recent times.

Note : Yuvraj Singh of India is the only batsman to hit 6 sixes in one over. he did it against Stuart Broad of England on 19 September 2007 at Durban in South Africa. Chris Gayle is the only batsman to score a century in T20 Cricket.

Note : following list is limited to cricketers who have hit more than a dozen sixes in their Twenty20 cricket career.. Those with 10 sixes like Rizwan Cheema of Canada, Marlon Samuels of West Indies, Justin Kemp of South Africa and Nazimuddin of Bangladesh or less are ignored in this elite list of powerful hitters!

List updated : on 6th June 2009, upto second day of Twenty20 World cup 2009 in England.

Most sixes by a batsman in Twent20 Career

Batsman (Country)	6s	Matches	Highest	100s	50s
Yuvraj Singh (India)	25	11	70	0	3
Bendon McCullum (New Zealand)	23	21	69*	0	4
Chris Gayle (West Indies)	22	8	117	1	3
Ross Taylor (New Zealand)	19	18	63	0	2
Albie Morkel (South Africa)	18	16	43	0	0
Jacob Oram (New Zealand)	17	14	66*	0	2
Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan)	17	14	87*	0	3
Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)	15	11	88	0	3
Paul Collingwood (England)	15	15	79	0	2
Craig McMillan (New Zealand)	14	8	57	0	1
Mathew Hayden (Australia)	13	9	73*	0	4
Imran Nazir (Pakistan)	13	10	69	0	1
Adam Gilshrist (Australia)	13	13	48	0	0
Shoaib Mallik (Pakistan)	13	16	57	0	2
David Hussey	12	9	88*	0	1
Scott Styris (New Zealand)	12	16	66	0	1