T20 World Cup News: By performing brilliantly in the T20 World Cup, Team India has emerged as a strong contender to win this tournament. The Indian cricket team has created another record by hitting a rain of sixes in a match. In this way, this tournament is also indicating that India will become the T20 World Cup champion this year. It is worth noting that the Indian batsmen have broken their own 17-year-old record by hitting 13 sixes in the match against Bangladesh. Thus, with the batsmen of the Indian team being in form, India's hopes of winning the World Cup have increased.
broke 17 year old record
The Indian team made a record by hitting 11 sixes in the match played against England in Durban in the 2007 T20 World Cup. But after 17 years, India has broken its own record by hitting 13 sixes in the 2024 T20 World Cup. Apart from this, in 2007, the Indian team became the World Cup winner along with hitting the most sixes. So then the question arises whether India will be able to repeat history by breaking the record and become the World Cup champion?
How did the Indian team hit 13 sixes in 1 match?
It is worth noting that in the match played against Bangladesh, all the 6 batsmen of the top order of India played a role in creating history by hitting 13 sixes. Because, all of them together hit 13 sixes. In which Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dubey hit the maximum of 3 sixes each. Apart from this, Rishabh Pant hit 2 sixes while Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar hit 1 six each.