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Five Longest Sixes In 20-20 World Cup History
Power-hitting has become a very crucial part of the T20 format in cricket.
Power-hitting has become a very crucial part of the T20 format in cricket. The skill has become so important for the teams that they include specialist players to fulfil the role. The 20-20 World Cup 2022, which is being played in Australia, is expected to feature a high number of sixes as well. In this listicle, we will look at the top five longest sixes in the history of the mega event.
5. Junaid Siddique (109 m)- 2022
Junaid Siddique (Source: Twitter)
UAE faced Sri Lanka in the sixth match of the 20-20 World Cup 2022. After losing their respective first matches, both teams faced off in a battle to advance to the Super 12 stage. A loss in this match meant the end of their campaign.
Chasing 153 to win, UAE lost nine batters for a total of 56. However, on the second delivery of the 17th over, Junaid Siddique stunned everyone. The cricketer, known for his right-arm medium-fast bowling, hit a 109-metre maximum.
4. Misbah-ul-Haq (111 m)- 2007
Misbah ul Haq (Source: Twitter)
Pakistan faced Australia in the 18th game of the first edition of the 20-20 World Cup in 2007. Chasing 165, the Men in Green were four down for 46 before right-handed batter Misbah-ul-Haq rescued Pakistan with a scintillating 66-run innings.
Nathan Bracken was holding the ball for Australia to defend 12 runs in the nineteenth over of the game. Misbah took Pakistan in close quarters of the total with a 111-meter six on the third delivery of Bracken’s over.
3. Andre Russell (111 m)- 2021
Andre Russell (Source: Twitter)
West Indian batters were struggling to score runs against Australian bowlers in a Super 12 match of the 20-20 World Cup 2021. Things changed when Andre Russell arrived at the crease. The big man scored 18 runs off just seven deliveries, thrashing two sixes.
Russel proved to be a threat for Aussie pacer Mitchell Starc in the final over of the West Indies innings, as the right-hander, known for butchering bowlers, wreaked havoc on the speedster by hitting two sixes on the last two deliveries of the innings. His six on the penultimate ball travelled an incredible 111 metres.
2. Liam Livingstone (112 m)- 2021
Liam Livingstone (Source: Twitter)
In T20 cricket, Liam Livingstone has developed a reputation for bashing the ball against quality bowlers. In the 20-20 World Cup 2021 match against South Africa, the right-handed English batter demonstrated his power-hitting prowess by ruthlessly hitting the bowlers.
Livingstone hit Kagiso Rabada, one of South Africa’s best bowlers, for two enormous sixes. One of the hits that went over square leg travelled 112 metres, breaking Russell’s previous record of 111 metres.
1. Yuvraj Singh (119 m)- 2007
Yuvraj Singh (Source: Twitter)
Yuvraj Singh was instrumental in helping India win the inaugural 20-20 World Cup in 2007. In the same edition, the left-hander demonstrated that hitting long sixes in T20 is second nature to him. His record of the fastest-ever half-century in T20Is, with the help of six sixes in an over against England, was the talk of the town.
However, his crucial 70-run knock of 30 balls against Australia in the tournament’s semi-finals holds a special place in history. On the last delivery of the tenth over, Yuvraj smashed Brett Lee’s delivery over the square leg, clearing the stands and becoming the tournament’s longest maximum by covering 119 metres.
