Martin Guptill smashes 8 sixes against Australia; overtakes Rohit Sharma in elusive list

Martin Guptill smashes 8 sixes against Australia; overtakes Rohit Sharma in elusive list

Guptill Six

Guptill overtakes Rohit to become the player with most sixes in T20I after hitting 8 sixes against Australia.

New Zealand batsman Martin Guptill on Thursday broke India opener Rohit Sharma’s record of most sixes in the shortest format of the game when he smashed 8 maximums to announce his return to form. Going through a lean patch, Guptill slammed a whirlwind 97 off just 50 balls to steer New Zealand to 219 runs in the allotted 20 overs against Australia in the second T20I.

Guptill hit eight sixes and six fours during his sensational knock to leapfrog Rohit’s record of most sixes in T20Is. Guptill now has 132 while Rohit has 127 sixes under his belt in the shortest format of the game. England skipper Eoin Morgan (113), New Zealand batsman Colin Munro (107), and West Indies stalwart Chris Gayle (105) are the other three batsmen to have more than 100 sixes in T20Is. Rohit will get chance to take back his numero uno position if he plays the upcoming 5 T20I series against England.

Guptill’s innings helped New Zealand defeat Australia in 2nd T20I

Williamson and Finch with the T20I series trophy

New Zealand rode on Martin Guptill’s whirlwind knock on Thursday to win the second T20I against Australia by four runs at the University Oval. Guptill hammered 97 off just 50 deliveries and was equally supported by captain Williamson and all-rounder Neesham who scored 53 and 45 notout respectively as New Zealand posted an intimidating total of 219 runs on the scoreboard. In reply Australia got off to a good start as the visitors smashed 33 runs from the first three overs.

But Tim Southee removed Matthew Wade in the fourth over to put a brake on Australia’s chase. But the visitors continued to bat risk-free and seven overs into the chase, Australia were 64/1 before Ish Sodhi dismissed skipper Aaron Finch on the last ball of the eight over. Finch’s dismissal triggered a middle-order collapse which saw Australia losing wickets at regular intervals. The visitors were soon found reeling at 113/6 before Marcus Stoinis and Daniel Sams came out firing on cylinders.The duo stitched a 92-run stand for the seventh wicket in just 37 balls but New Zealand held their nerve in the final over to prevail.

The 3rd T20I of the 5 match series will be played in Wellington on 3rd March.

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