Martin Guptill breaks into the league of 150 ODI sixes in style. He is now the fastest batsman in ODI Cricket to hit 150 Sixes.
The right-handed batsman from New Zealand took 157 Innings to reach the mark, breaking Shahid Afridi’s previous record of 160 Innings to 150 ODI maximums.
And you can read here the Top 10 – Most Six hitters in all forms of Cricket.
Fastest to 150 Sixes in ODI Cricket
Martin Guptill entered the elite list of batsmen with 150 ODI sixes during his Century knock against Sri Lanka in the 1st ODI at Bay Oval.
Interestingly, it is also the 1st ODI century of this year – 2019.
Here is the list of top 10 batsmen who are the quickest to reach the mark of 150 ODI sixes.
| PLAYERS | MATCHES | INNINGS |
|---|---|---|
| MARTIN GUPTILL | 160 | 157 |
| SHAHID AFRIDI | 164 | 160 |
| ROHIT SHARMA | 171 | 165 |
| AB DE VILLIERS | 183 | 176 |
| EOIN MORGAN | 192 | 179 |
| CHRIS CAIRNS | 210 | 189 |
| MS DHONI | 215 | 192 |
| BRENDON MCCULLUM | 222 | 192 |
| CHRIS GAYLE | 203 | 198 |
| SOURAV GANGULY | 234 | 226 |
One can see that Martin Guptill took 157 ODI Inns and 160 matches to reach the mark, where Shahid Afridi needed 160 ODI innings & 164 matches.
Rohit Sharma, who had a slow start to his career, took to his 165th innings to reach the 150 sixes mark in the ODI format and thus completing the top 3 in the above list.
Having said that, Martin Guptill’s next landmark will be the fastest to 200 ODI sixes, the record which Rohit Sharma broke recently.
Furthermore, here is the list of batsmen with Most Sixes in ODI
Most Sixes by a Player in ODIs
| Player | Inns | 6s | 6s/inns | Runs | HS | SR | 4s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma (IND) | 282 | 378 | 1.32 | 11895 | 264 | 93.04 | 1126 |
| Shahid Afridi (PAK) | 369 | 351 | 0.95 | 8064 | 124 | 117 | 730 |
| Chris Gayle (WI) | 294 | 331 | 1.13 | 10480 | 215 | 87.19 | 1128 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) | 433 | 270 | 0.62 | 13430 | 189 | 91.2 | 1500 |
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni (IND) | 297 | 229 | 0.77 | 10773 | 183* | 87.56 | 826 |
| Eoin Morgan (ENG/IRE) | 230 | 220 | 0.96 | 7701 | 148 | 91.16 | 654 |
| AB de Villiers (SA) | 218 | 204 | 0.94 | 9577 | 176 | 101.09 | 840 |
| Brendon McCullum (NZ) | 228 | 200 | 0.88 | 6083 | 166 | 96.37 | 577 |
| Sachin Tendulkar (IND) | 452 | 195 | 0.43 | 18426 | 200* | 86.23 | 2016 |
| Jos Buttler (ENG) | 176 | 193 | 1.09 | 5578 | 162* | 115.43 | 449 |
| Sourav Ganguly (IND) | 300 | 190 | 0.63 | 11363 | 183 | 73.7 | 1122 |
| Martin Guptill (NZ) | 195 | 187 | 0.96 | 7346 | 237* | 87.29 | 750 |
| Virat Kohli (IND) | 304 | 181 | 0.57 | 14941 | 183 | 93.95 | 1389 |
| Ricky Ponting (AUS/ICC) | 365 | 162 | 0.44 | 13704 | 164 | 80.39 | 1231 |
| Glenn Maxwell (AUS) | 136 | 155 | 1.14 | 3990 | 201* | 126.7 | 382 |
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