In the World Cup history where big hitters of the like of Jayasuriya, Gibbs, Richards, AB de Villiers, Yuvraj Singh, Gayle and many others have played, the most number of sixes are hit by Ricky Ponting.
Records: History of WC 100s
Blast From the Past
2015 World Cup: Complete Fixture
Batsmen with Most Sixes in World Cup
- 31 Ricky Ponding (42 innings)
28 Gibbs (23 innings)
27 Jayasuriya (37 innings) and Tendulkar (44 innings)
25 Ganguly (21 innings)
23 Hayden (21 innings)
22 Vivian Richards (21 innings)
19 Gilchrist (31 innings)
18 Sehwag (22 innings)
17 Lara (33 innings))
16 Styris (22 innings), Chris Cairns (24 innings), AB de Villiers (15 innings)
For Other Nations
- 14 KJ O’Brien (Ireland) (14 innings)
13 Davison (Canada) (14 innings)
11 Wasim Akram (30 innings)
10 Odoyo (Kenya) (23 innings)
8 Houghton (Zimbabwe) (19 innings)
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