Rohit Sharma showed that he is the ultimate six-hitting machine in international cricket. On the 16th over of the Indian innings bowled by Nathan Lyon, Rohit Sharma danced down the track and hammered a big six over long on. That six helped Rohit Sharma create history. Rohit Sharma became the first cricketer in international history to hit 100 sixes combined across all formats against Australia. Rohit Sharma has 63 sixes against Australia in ODIs and that is the most by any player against the five-time world champions. With that six, Rohit Sharma also hit his 424th six and this already cemented his reputation of him as the Indian batsman with the highest number of sixes ever hit in cricket.
After the six, only two players are ahead of Rohit Sharma when it comes to sixes in cricket. Chris Gayle of the West Indies has 534 sixes while Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi has 476 sixes. Rohit Sharma is not the first cricketer, though, to have hit 100 sixes combined across all formats…