Rohit Sharma has been in exceptional form in limited overs cricket. The right hand batsman scored a sublime fifty against New Zealand in the third ODI. He smashed two sixes in his knock and equaled MS Dhoni’s record of most sixes in ODIs for India.
Dhoni has hit 215 sixes in 285 innings for India and Rohit equaled those figures in just 193 innings. The former Indian skipper has hit 222 ODI sixes in total, including seven for Asia XI side.
Sachin Tendulkar with 195 sixes is at number three. Sourav Ganguly with 189 and Yuvraj Singh with 153 sixes are at number four and five respectively.
Most sixes for India in ODIs
1. MS Dhoni – 215
2. Rohit Sharma – 215
3. Sachin Tendulkar – 195
4. Sourav Ganguly – 189
5. Yuvraj Singh – 153
6. Virender Sehwag – 134
7. Suresh Raina – 120
8. Virat Kohli – 114
9. Ajay Jadeja – 85
10. Mohammed Azharuddin – 77