It will not be wrong to say that T20I cricket is about hitting boundaries to score runs quickly. What is a better way to score runs than standing at the crease and hitting the balls in the stands? A couple of sixes can take the building pressure of the batsman and fills him with immense confidence. West Indies is the country known to have players who possess the ability to hit the ball out of the park. In this article we will take a look at these batters, who have proved their ball-hitting skills time and again. So, let’s go!
1. Chris Gayle
On the first position, we have the hard-hitting opener who is way ahead of everyone else on this with 63 sixes in his bag, in only 31 innings. Besides this, the power hitter has 78 fours registered to his name. He is renowned as one of the most barbarous hitters of the ball of all time.
2. Dwayne Bravo
Next batter on the list is star all-rounder Dwayne Bravo. DJ hit 25 sixes in 30 innings while playing with a strike rate of 126.79. The middle order batter also hit 35 grounded boundaries in his career. The Trinidadian cricketer was quite street-smart with both the bat and the ball.
3. Marlon Samuels
With 21 sixes in 19 innings, Marlon Samuels makes it to the third position on this list. The top-order right-handed batsman played with a strike rate of 115.72 and has also registered 49 fours to his name. Marlon could not showcase his true ability, thanks to the controversies surrounding him.
4. Johnson Charles
Making it to number four on the list, is Johnson Charles. The right-handed wicketkeeper-batsman has hit 12 maximums in just 14 innings between 2012 and 2021. Besides this he has hit 35 fours to maintain a strike rate of 113.66. The St Lucian Cricketer, also played the role of a wicketkeeper for the team.
5. Lendl Simmons
On spot number five, we have Lendl Simmons with 10 sixes in 14 innings. The top-order batter, who was also an occasional wicketkeeper for the team, also hit 35 fours and had an overall strike rate of 118.53. Lendl is the nephew of the former West Indian all-rounder, Phil Simmons.
6. Andre Russell
The star power-hitter, Andre Russell, also makes it to the list. With 10 sixes in his pocket in 18 innings, he remained not-out on 7 occasions, thus, finishing the game for the team. Besides this, he has recorded 12 fours while playing with a strike rate of 139.82.
7. Kieron Pollard
On number seven, we have another big-hitter, Kieron Pollard. Pollard also hit 10 maximums in his career of 20 innings in the T20I World Cups. He played with a strike rate of 117.59 and also scored 21 grounded boundaries. Besides being destructive in the middle order, Pollard is also an useful medium pacer.
8. Daren Sammy
Next on the list is former captain Daren Sammy. The captain who led his team to two T20I world cup titles hit 9 sixes in 18 innings. The lower-order all-round batter also hit 21 fours and registered a frightening strike rate of 164.12 in the World cup matches.
9. Dwayne Smith
On number nine, stands Dwayne Smith. The tall, aggressive and powerful all-rounder hit 8 sixes in just 8 innings. Playing with a strike rate of 117.16, Smith also bagged 20 fours. He was a tail-ender and played the role of the finisher for his team.
10. Ewin Lewis
Last but not least, Ewin Lewis makes it to the list with 8 sixes in just 9 innings. The attacking all-rounder also hit 13 fours and had a strike rate of 107.29. The young opener says that he chose Chris Gayle as his mentor because he likes to hit big sixes him.
