Batsmen who completed a century by hitting 6 runs in all three formats, one is the ‘Sixer King’

New Delhi. Every batsman in international cricket has the desire to score a century. When they are very close to scoring a century, most batsmen do not like to take risks and try to reach the 100-run mark by taking singles or doubles. On the contrary, there are some batsmen who want to complete the century as soon as possible after reaching it and do not even shy away from hitting sky-high shots for this. The most prominent name in this is India’s explosive opener Virender Sehwag. When Sehwag scored a triple century against Pakistan in Multan, he/she completed the 100-run, 200-run and 300-run mark by hitting a six. In ODIs too, he/she has completed a century by hitting a six on a few occasions.

Apart from Sehwag’s achievement, there are three batsmen from India who have completed a century by hitting a six in all three formats of international cricket. This achievement is registered in the name of current captain of Team India Rohit Sharma, stylish batsman KL Rahul and Virat Kohli. They have celebrated a century by hitting a six in all three formats – Test, ODI and T20I.

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Rohit was the first Indian batsman to do this feat
‘Hitman’ Rohit Sharma is the first batsman from India to do this feat. he/she completed his/her century by hitting a six in the Bulawayo ODI match against Zimbabwe in May 2010. In this match against Zimbabwe, he/she sent the full toss of the host team’s Raymond Price over the covers for a six outside the boundary and celebrated reaching the triple run figure. In the match, Rohit played an innings of 114 runs on 119 balls which included six fours and four sixes.

Later, he/she celebrated his/her century by hitting a six in the Mumbai Test against West Indies in November 2013 and in the Dharamsala T20I in October 2015. In the test held at his/her home ground Mumbai, he/she hit a six over long on off Marlon Samuels’ ball and went straight from 99 to 105. In this test, Rohit played an unbeaten innings of 111 runs off 127 balls which included 11 fours and 3 sixes. In October 2015, Rohit completed his/her century with a six in the T20I against South Africa and made a place in this special club. he/she hit the ball of right-arm fast bowler MD de Lunge for a six over the boundary and went straight from 97 to 103. Rohit scored 106 runs in 66 balls in this innings which included 12 fours and 5 sixes.

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Rahul repeated Rohit’s charisma

After Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul became the second Indian batsman to complete a century with a six in all three formats. The special thing is that Rahul did this feat in the year 2016 within a span of three months. On 11 June 2016, in his/her debut ODI against Zimbabwe, he/she completed his/her century by hitting a six. In the match, he/she not only completed his/her century by hitting Hamilton Masakadza’s ball over the long on boundary for a six but also led India to victory. In his/her first ODI, he/she played an unbeaten innings of 100 runs in 115 balls which included 7 fours and a six.

After this, Rahul completed his/her century by hitting a six in the Kingston Test between India and West Indies which started on 30 July 2016. he/she completed his/her Test century by hitting a six over long off off the ball of spinner Roston Chase. While opening the innings of Team India in the match, Rahul scored 158 runs in 303 balls with the help of 15 fours and 3 sixes. On 27 August 2016, Rahul scored a century in T20I against West Indies. In this T20 held at neutral venue, Landerhill, America, Rahul completed his/her century by hitting a six off Andre Russell’s ball. In the match, Rahul played an unbeaten innings of 110 runs in 51 balls with the help of 12 fours and 5 sixes, but despite this, Team India had to face defeat in the match by 1 run.

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Virat has also done this ‘great’ feat

Virat Kohli also holds the record of completing a century by hitting a six in all three formats. Virat has scored only one century in T20I. In this T20 match of Asia Cup on 8 September 2022 against Afghanistan, Virat completed his/her 71st century in international cricket by hitting a six to Farid Ahmed. In the match, he/she played an unbeaten innings of 122 runs with the help of 12 fours and 6 sixes in 61 balls. In the same year, in the ODI against Bangladesh on 10 December 2022, he/she completed his/her 49th century of this format and 72nd overall century by hitting a six to Ibadat Hussain. With this six, he/she reached directly from 97 runs to 103 runs. In this match played in Chittagong under the India-Bangladesh ODI series, Virat played an innings of 113 runs in 91 balls with the help of 11 fours and two sixes. This is the same match in which Ishan Kishan played a strong innings of 210 in ODI.

Earlier, King Kohli had completed his/her century in Test format in November 2017 by hitting a six off Suranga Lakmal’s ball against Sri Lanka in Kolkata. Kohli had reached from 98 to 104 runs directly with this six. As soon as he/she completed his/her century, the Indian team declared the second innings. Kohli was also leading the Indian team in the match. During this, he/she faced 119 balls and scored an unbeaten 104 runs with the help of 12 fours and 2 sixes.

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