Chris Gayle Equals Afridis Sixes

Bangladesh and West Indies are playing the one day international matches and during the third and final ODI between West Indies v Bangladesh, Chris Gayle played well and he smashed give sixes. With his powerful hitting during the match, he equaled the record of Shahid Afridi for hitting most sixes in the international cricket.

Gayle is the smash hitter and he scored 73 runs just from 66 balls and he hit enormous sixes to equal the record at Warner Park in St Kitts. Shahid Afridi was the only record holder and he shared his tally of 476 sixes with Gayle in 524 ODI while Gayle got this total of sixes in just 443 matches. It is important to highlight that Gayle has played 81 lesser matches than Afridi and the latter has started his international journey sooner.

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West Indies play against Bangladesh in T20 series and Gayle is also part of West Indies squad. It would be golden opportunity for Chris Gayle to break this record.

Shahid Afrid And Gayle

Breaking Down the Format

If you want to check the international record of the international cricketers, there are three main formats, which have been approved by ICC ODIs, T20 Cricket and Test Matches. This record does not add with sixes from 4 day matches or the domestic matches of both the cricketers. Here is the breakdown, which looks like:

• Shahid Afridi
  • ODIs — 351
  • T20Is — 73
  • Test — 52
  • Chris Gayle
    • ODIs — 275
    • T20Is — 103
    • Test — 98

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You can also watch the complete list of the top ten batsmen, who hit maximum no of sixes in their international career: