It feels weird when a batsman doesn’t hit a single six while playing T20Is. Of course, there might be exceptional conditions, but sixes are like a staple for any batter.
Well, if you ask the mighty Chris Gayle or Suryakumar Yadav, they might even agree with that. Such batters have the knack for sending the ball flying into the stands from the word go.
On that note, let’s have a look at the top 10 instances of batters hitting the most sixes in a calendar year in T20Is.
Most T20I Sixes by a Batter in a Calendar Year
| Player | Year | Inns | 6s | 4s | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karanbir Singh (AUT) | 2025 | 32 | 122 | 127 | 1488 |
| Karanbir Singh (AUT) | 2026 | 24 | 78 | 72 | 895 |
| Fiaz Ahmed (BHR) | 2025 | 37 | 69 | 86 | 1251 |
| Suryakumar Yadav (IND) | 2022 | 31 | 68 | 106 | 1164 |
| Abhishek Sharma (IND) | 2026 | 30 | 62 | 81 | 832 |
| Bilal Zalmai (AUT) | 2025 | 35 | 57 | 103 | 1008 |
| Asif Ali (BHR) | 2025 | 30 | 56 | 89 | 955 |
| Muhammad Waseem (UAE) | 2024 | 26 | 55 | 65 | 909 |
| Muhammad Waseem (UAE) | 2023 | 23 | 54 | 78 | 863 |
| Abhishek Sharma (IND) | 2025 | 21 | 54 | 85 | 859 |
| Babar Hayat (HKG) | 2024 | 23 | 50 | 31 | 651 |
| Ishan Kishan (IND) | 2026 | 30 | 49 | 107 | 1042 |
| Asif Khan (UAE) | 2024 | 22 | 45 | 47 | 719 |
| Sahibzada Farhan (PAK) | 2025 | 26 | 45 | 58 | 771 |
| Shimron Hetmyer (WI) | 2026 | 17 | 44 | 40 | 571 |
Key Insights on Single-Year Six-Hitting Records in T20Is
All-Time Calendar Year T20I Six-Hitting Dominance
Austria’s Karanbir Singh has hit the most sixes in a calendar year in T20I cricket, sending down 122 maximums in 32 innings in 2025. The Austrian all-rounder hit roughly 3.81 sixes per innings.
Karanbir complemented his six-hitting with 127 fours, the most by a batter in a calendar year in this format.
Karanbir has also scored the most runs in a year in T20Is, aggregating 1488 runs at a strike rate of 174.85 in 2025.
Home vs. Away Performance Breakdown
47 of Karanbir’s sixes came in Austria, the most by a batter at home in a calendar year in T20Is.
And his other 75 maximums came outside Austria, the most by a batter in a year in away T20Is.
43 of Karanbir’s 47 sixes in Austria came at the Velden Cricket Ground in Latschach, the most by a batter at a venue in a year in T20Is.
Full-Member and Consecutive Six-Hitting Records
India’s swashbuckling batter, Suryakumar Yadav, was the first batter to smash 50-plus sixes in a calendar year in the T20I format. SKY smashed a whopping 68 sixes in 2022, which is the most by a full-member batter in a year in T20Is.
UAE’s Muhammad Waseem is the only batter to score 50-plus sixes in two calendar years in T20Is. He hit 54 maximums in 2023 and followed it with 55 in 2024.
Waseem and Nicholas Pooran (West Indies) have smashed 30 or more sixes in three calendar years in T20Is. Waseem achieved this feat in three consecutive years, from 2022 to 2024.
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