Suryakumar Yadav vs Jos Buttler: The first match of the five-match T20 International series between India and England is to be played at Eden Garden, Kolkata on Wednesday. This will be India’s first T20 international match of this year. After this, the second match of the series is to be played on 25 January, the third match on 28 January, the fourth match on 31 January and the fifth and last match on 02 February. During this entire series, there will be an interesting race between Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav and England captain Jos Buttler to become the new Sixer King of T20 International.
Suryakumar Yadav vs Jos Buttler
Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav has scored 2570 runs in 74 innings of 78 T20 Internationals at an average of 40.79 and strike rate of 167.86. During this period his highest score was 117. Suryakumar Yadav has 4 centuries and 21 half-centuries in his name in T20 International. He has hit 145 sixes in the shortest format of cricket.
On the other hand, England’s limited overs captain Jos Buttler has scored 3389 runs in 129 T20 international matches at an average of 35.67 and strike rate of 147.02. During this period, 1 century and 25 half-centuries have come from Butler’s bat. Butler has 146 sixes in his name in T20 International.
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The batsman who has hit the most sixes in T20 International is Rohit Sharma. Rohit Sharma has hit 205 sixes in 151 innings of 159 matches. Whereas Martin Guptill is at second place in this list, who has hit 173 sixes.
| batsman | match | sixes |
| Rohit Sharma | 159 | 205 |
| martin guptill | 122 | 173 |
| Muhammad Wasim | 69 | 158 |
| nicholas puran | 106 | 149 |
| jos buttler | 129 | 146 |
| Suryakumar Yadav | 78 | 145 |
| glen maxwell | 116 | 137 |
| david miller | 130 | 130 |
| paul sterling | 147 | 129 |
| aaron finch | 103 | 125 |
Who will become the new sixer king?
During the five-match T20 International series between India and England, there will be a battle between Suryakumar Yadav and Jos Buttler to see who will emerge victorious and become the new Sixer King. As soon as Jos Buttler hits four sixes and Surya hits five sixes, they will join the special club of batsmen who have hit more than 150 sixes in T20 International. However, it may take time for Buttler and Suryakumar Yadav to leave behind Rohit Sharma, who has said goodbye to this format after the T20 World Cup 2024.
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