5 records Rohit Sharma smashed in 2017

#2 Most international sixes in a calendar year (65 sixes)

Rohit Sharma has become one of the clean hitters of the ball, smacking even the best of bowlers for long sixes. He finished 2017 hitting 65 international centuries, the most by any player in international cricket in a single year. In ODIs, he accumulated 46 sixes in 21 matches, in T20 internationals he collected 16 sixes in 9 matches and in Tests he hit 3.

Rohit Sharma ended the year on a high, winning the T20 series against Sri Lanka as a captain. In the 2nd T20 played at Indore, he smashed this record, crossing 63 international centuries in a calendar year. The record was previously held by AB de Villiers, who had hit 63 sixes in 2015 playing for South Africa.