The last four overs, also known as death overs, of a T20I innings are crucial in of boosting the team’s scoring rate. The team might either be setting up a competitive total or chasing a huge target.
Thus batters look to fetch as many boundaries and sixes as possible to keep their team in the game. The high-stakes T20 World Cup has seen many batters swinging their willows to hit massive sixes in death overs.
This article will list the top 10 batters with the most sixes in death overs (17-20) in T20 World Cup history.
Most Sixes in Death Overs in T20 World Cup
| Player | Innings | Sixes in Death Overs |
|---|---|---|
| AB de Villiers (SA) | 11 | 19 |
| Yuvraj Singh (IND) | 11 | 15 |
| Hardik Pandya (IND) | 12 | 14 |
| David Miller (SA) | 16 | 14 |
| JP Duminy (SA) | 12 | 13 |
| Albie Morkel (SA) | 17 | 13 |
| Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK) | 12 | 12 |
| Jos Buttler (ENG) | 9 | 11 |
| Andre Russell (WI) | 16 | 11 |
| MS Dhoni (IND) | 19 | 10 |
Key Insights
AB de Villiers holds the record for smashing the most sixes in death overs in T20 World Cup history. The Proteas batter struck 19 maximums in 11 games.
ABD and Yuvraj Singh are the only two batters who have hit 15 or more sixes in the last four overs in the T20 tournament.
Six of the 15 sixes hammered by Yuvraj came in a single over, making him thrashed England’s Stuart Broad for six consecutive maximums in the 19th over on September 19, 2007.
