Cricket World Cup History: 4 Batsmen with most sixes in the tournament

#1 Chris Gayle (47)

Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle, the Universe Boss, is the only active cricketer in this list. Aged 39, the big Jamaican is still a significant threat to the opposition bowlers. Even in the thrilling encounter against New Zealand, Gayle scored 87 runs from 84 balls with six huge sixes.

In his 32 World Cup matches, Gayle has scored 1138 runs with two centuries and six half-centuries. In the last edition of World Cup, Gayle scored his first double hundred by smashing 215 runs against Zimbabwe. In the process, he became the first player to score a double century in the World Cup.

In the 2015 World Cup alone, Gayle has smashed 26 sixes in just six innings. Overall, Gayle has blasted 47 sixes in his 31 World Cup innings. Unlike the other batsmen, even a mishit from Gayle has landed beyond the ropes most of the time. As quoted by Harsha Bhogle once, six and four indeed seems to have become the binary code for Chris Gayle.